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In these projects we look at how to improve public health and healthcare systems by looking at health as a wider system. We use behavioural intervention to improve health outcomes and employ games to engage with wider stakeholders and design better solutions.

A musician performs on the flute for an attentive audience at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, creating a lively atmosphere.

Consulting local communities on the impact of tourism in Edinburgh

26 May 2025

Edinburgh Visitor Economy Partnership (EVEP) is a collaborative network of organisations and individuals supporting the delivery of tourism in Edinburgh.

Close-up of a person adjusting the settings on their smartwatch

Caring for carers: innovating for workplace health and wellbeing support

15 November 2022

This project aims to develop an innovative digital intervention which will help individuals better understand the ways in which their health, work and wider lives interact.

A range of exercise equipment and accessories

Supporting Healthy Ageing at Work (SHAW)

14 October 2021

The aim of the study is to design innovative workplace interventions to support the health and wellbeing of mid to later life workers.

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Role-playing Brazilian Heroes in impoverished communities

28 July 2021

This project focuses on the gamified intervention that aimed at promoting critical thinking and filtering of information in the context of the pandemic and fake news surrounding it in Brazil.

A group of school children gather around an information board during a lesson about Covid-19

COVID-19 and Indigenous communities in Colombia

15 October 2020

This project aimed to estimate the diagnosis and seroprevalence of Covid-19 and understanding how local cultural traditions and beliefs influence the infection in the indigenous communities in Choco, Colombia.