Systems Science Research in Public Health (SysSci)
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Glasgow
Department Name: UNLISTED
Abstract
Many different things affect how healthy we are throughout our lives, and how long we can expect to live. These things include our genes, our behaviour and, most importantly, the social, political and environmental conditions in which we are born, grow up, live, work and age. These conditions are not the same for everyone and there are big differences in health between people who are well off and those who are not, and on average the richest live many more years in good health than the poorest.
Our programme seeks to understand what policy makers can do to help people live healthier for longer, and how we can address the unfair gap between rich and poor. Systems science is a collection of methods and approaches for understanding complex relationships between things and how they develop over time. It is often used in the natural sciences such as for understanding eco systems or the weather, but we believe it can also help us understand how social, environmental and political conditions (for example economic recessions, climate change) influence health and wellbeing.
Our programme will seek to develop a group of researchers with the necessary topic and methods skills and then work with research partners and policy makers to address one of the key challenges of our times – how we can live healthier for longer.
Our programme seeks to understand what policy makers can do to help people live healthier for longer, and how we can address the unfair gap between rich and poor. Systems science is a collection of methods and approaches for understanding complex relationships between things and how they develop over time. It is often used in the natural sciences such as for understanding eco systems or the weather, but we believe it can also help us understand how social, environmental and political conditions (for example economic recessions, climate change) influence health and wellbeing.
Our programme will seek to develop a group of researchers with the necessary topic and methods skills and then work with research partners and policy makers to address one of the key challenges of our times – how we can live healthier for longer.
Technical Summary
In their Industrial Grand Challenges, the UK Government has set the twin targets of increasing healthy life expectancy by five years by 2035 whilst narrowing the gap between rich and poor. Healthy life expectancy, including inequalities in it, are considered in the Scottish National Performance Framework, the National Indicators for Wales and the Northern Ireland Outcomes Delivery Plan.
The aim of this programme is to provide underpinning research that can support decisions around which combination of policies and interventions, over which timescales, and implemented with which intensity, are most suitable to bring about the whole-systems change required. It also seeks to understand how to lock in gains over the longer term. Our focus will be on identifying policy and intervention options with the capacity to multi-solve, that is to exploit the interdependencies and synergistic dynamics between multiple government priorities, such as health and wellbeing, economic prosperity, strong communities, housing, and climate resilience.
The programme will carry out interdisciplinary, collaborative research and methods advancement to develop and apply soft systems approaches and simulation modelling. It will seek to build new capacity in soft systems methods and system dynamics, and draw on existing Unit/University strengths in data sciences/big data, health inequalities, microsimulation and agent based modelling.
The objectives are:
1. To improve population health and reduce inequalities through novel systems science research on the interdependencies between the wider determinants of health, and the policies and interventions that affect them.
2. To work closely with policy makers to support adaptive policy design under conditions of uncertainty – informing the design, implementation and iterative refinement of public health-relevant policies and large-scale interventions.
3. To develop and build capacity in systems science methods applied to public health grand challenges.
4. To provide systems science input into research programmes across the Unit, the wider university and beyond.
As a new programme added after the main QQ process, the focus in the first 12 months will be to
- appoint researchers at junior and senior levels with relevant methodological skills
- develop collaborations and networks across the university, and with key systems science research groups in the UK and internationally.
The aim of this programme is to provide underpinning research that can support decisions around which combination of policies and interventions, over which timescales, and implemented with which intensity, are most suitable to bring about the whole-systems change required. It also seeks to understand how to lock in gains over the longer term. Our focus will be on identifying policy and intervention options with the capacity to multi-solve, that is to exploit the interdependencies and synergistic dynamics between multiple government priorities, such as health and wellbeing, economic prosperity, strong communities, housing, and climate resilience.
The programme will carry out interdisciplinary, collaborative research and methods advancement to develop and apply soft systems approaches and simulation modelling. It will seek to build new capacity in soft systems methods and system dynamics, and draw on existing Unit/University strengths in data sciences/big data, health inequalities, microsimulation and agent based modelling.
The objectives are:
1. To improve population health and reduce inequalities through novel systems science research on the interdependencies between the wider determinants of health, and the policies and interventions that affect them.
2. To work closely with policy makers to support adaptive policy design under conditions of uncertainty – informing the design, implementation and iterative refinement of public health-relevant policies and large-scale interventions.
3. To develop and build capacity in systems science methods applied to public health grand challenges.
4. To provide systems science input into research programmes across the Unit, the wider university and beyond.
As a new programme added after the main QQ process, the focus in the first 12 months will be to
- appoint researchers at junior and senior levels with relevant methodological skills
- develop collaborations and networks across the university, and with key systems science research groups in the UK and internationally.
Organisations
- University of Glasgow (Lead Research Organisation)
- NHS Manchester (Collaboration)
- Manchester University (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW (Collaboration)
- University of the Basque Country (Collaboration)
- Newcastle University (Collaboration)
- CSART (Collaboration)
- Government of the UK (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY (Collaboration)
Publications
Antosz P
(2023)
What do you want theory for? - A pragmatic analysis of the roles of "theory" in agent-based modelling
in Environmental Modelling & Software
Arnold KF
(2022)
Estimating the effects of lockdown timing on COVID-19 cases and deaths in England: A counterfactual modelling study.
in PloS one
Barton CM
(2020)
Call for transparency of COVID-19 models.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
Boyd J
(2024)
How can agent-based modelling provide new insights into the impact of minimum unit pricing in Scotland?
in Drug and Alcohol Review
Boyd J
(2022)
Agent-Based Modelling of Health Inequalities following the Complexity Turn in Public Health: A Systematic Review.
in International journal of environmental research and public health
Boyd J
(2023)
The contribution of health behaviour to socioeconomic inequalities in alcohol harm: Analysis of the UK biobank, a large cohort study with linked health outcomes.
in SSM - population health
Boyd J
(2022)
Causal mechanisms proposed for the alcohol harm paradox-a systematic review.
in Addiction (Abingdon, England)
Brand-Correa L
(2022)
Economics for people and planet-moving beyond the neoclassical paradigm.
in The Lancet. Planetary health
Broadbent P
(2023)
The public health implications of the cost-of-living crisis: outlining mechanisms and modelling consequences
in The Lancet Regional Health - Europe
Related Projects
| Project Reference | Relationship | Related To | Start | End | Award Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MC_UU_00022/1 | 31/03/2020 | 30/03/2026 | £4,603,000 | ||
| MC_UU_00022/2 | Transfer | MC_UU_00022/1 | 31/03/2020 | 30/03/2026 | £5,774,000 |
| MC_UU_00022/3 | Transfer | MC_UU_00022/2 | 31/03/2020 | 30/03/2026 | £2,597,000 |
| MC_UU_00022/4 | Transfer | MC_UU_00022/3 | 31/03/2020 | 30/03/2026 | £3,437,000 |
| MC_UU_00022/5 | Transfer | MC_UU_00022/4 | 31/07/2020 | 30/03/2026 | £1,000,000 |
| Title | Glasgow Doughnut Canvas Portrait |
| Description | Community co-produced artwork: production led by GALLANT team members Dr Annika Hjelmskog and Prof Petra Meier, with participants of the ARCadia Festival, and creation of painted Doughnut Economics canvas by voting on Glasgow's current 'thriving' performance. |
| Type Of Art | Artwork |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | Ongoing ndevelopment of Glasgow City Portrait with Thriving Cities and Glasgow City Council. |
| URL | https://doughnuteconomics.org/stories/197 |
| Description | Annika Hjelmskog: Citation in House of Commons Library reading list |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CDP-2022-0170/CBP09414.pdf |
| Description | Citation in Scottish Parliament Health, Social Care and Sport Committee policy report on Tackling health inequalities in Scotland |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://sp-bpr-en-prod-cdnep.azureedge.net/published/HSCS/2022/9/28/c2d290be-c302-4d47-8443-90394391... |
| Description | FutuRes: Population Europe |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
| URL | https://population-europe.eu/files/documents/policy-brief.policy-with-foresight.web_.final__1.pdf |
| Description | Glasgow City Region Commission for Economic Growth |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Professor Petra Meier - Engagement with Scottish Government National Strategy for Economic Transformation (Wellbeing Economy Monitor) |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
| Description | Professor Petra Meier - Invited expert to give evidence to the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee of the Scottish Parliament's inquiry into health inequalities. |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://www.parliament.scot/chamber-and-committees/committees/current-and-previous-committees/sessio... |
| Description | Professor Petra Meier - National Performance Framework Expert Advisory Group |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| URL | https://nationalperformance.gov.scot/national-outcomes |
| Description | Scottish Government review of National Outcomes - Expert Advisory Group |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| URL | https://nationalperformance.gov.scot/national-outcomes |
| Description | Complex systems simulations for intervention development: Human trafficking and conflict-related violence |
| Amount | £161,296 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/V006681/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2021 |
| End | 09/2022 |
| Description | Delivering a Climate Resilient City through City-University Partnership: Glasgow as a Living Lab Accelerating Novel Transformation (GALLANT) |
| Amount | £10,370,235 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NE/W005042/1 |
| Organisation | Natural Environment Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2022 |
| End | 01/2027 |
| Description | Developing Methods for Systemic Health Impact Assessments (System-HIA ) |
| Amount | £156,522 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NIHR153474 |
| Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2023 |
| End | 12/2023 |
| Description | Evaluating a 'Minimum Income Guarantee' and modelling major income supplementation policies: A development award |
| Amount | £153,119 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NIHR154243 |
| Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2023 |
| End | 02/2024 |
| Description | Exascale Agent-based Modelling for PoLicy Evaluation in Real-time (ExAMPLER) |
| Amount | £412,695 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/Y008839/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2023 |
| End | 11/2024 |
| Description | Exploring the consequences of the `cost of living' crisis on health inequalities |
| Amount | £30,021 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Alan Turing Institute |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2022 |
| End | 03/2023 |
| Description | Glasgow Aligning Local Policy Partnerships (GALoPP): connecting people, ideas, sectors and policies for inclusive sustainable futures |
| Amount | £39,622 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ES/Y000471/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2023 |
| End | 09/2023 |
| Description | Glasgow PhD Studentship |
| Amount | £52,139 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Glasgow |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2021 |
| End | 09/2024 |
| Description | Jennifer Boyd Wellcome Trust Transition Award |
| Amount | £26,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2023 |
| End | 09/2023 |
| Description | SOCITS: A SOCial sITuational Systems approach to measuring and modelling influences on adolescent mental health |
| Amount | £643,361 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | MR/X003264/1 |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2022 |
| End | 02/2025 |
| Description | SPHSU/MRC EU - Participatory Systems Mapping |
| Amount | £158,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | MC_PC_20039 |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2021 |
| End | 12/2021 |
| Description | Shreya Sonthalia - MacRobertson Postgraduate Travel scholarship |
| Amount | £3,880 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Glasgow |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2023 |
| End | 05/2023 |
| Description | Supporting the spread of effective integration models for older people living in care homes: A mixed method approach |
| Amount | £374,806 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NIHR201872 |
| Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2021 |
| End | 03/2023 |
| Description | Synthetic Data Fund 1: Linking survey-based full-scale synthetic populations with administrative records: exploring added value for Scotland's safe havens |
| Amount | £10,535 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 323883 |
| Organisation | Research Data Scotland |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2024 |
| End | 10/2024 |
| Description | System-science Informed Public Health and Economic Research for Non-communicable Disease Prevention (the SIPHER Consortium) |
| Amount | £4,472,738 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | MR/S037578/2 |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2020 |
| End | 09/2024 |
| Description | The HealthMod Cluster: Enhancing Policy Modelling Capabilities to Tackle the Economic Determinants of Health and Health Inequality |
| Amount | £7,452,382 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | MR/Y030656/1 |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2024 |
| End | 03/2028 |
| Description | Thriving Cities Portrait |
| Amount | £73,680 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Glasgow |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2021 |
| End | 03/2023 |
| Description | Understanding the impacts of income and welfare policy responses to COVID-19 on inequalities in mental health: A microsimulation model |
| Amount | £145,310 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 2301174 |
| Organisation | UK Health Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2021 |
| End | 04/2022 |
| Description | Understanding the impacts of income and welfare policy responses to COVID-19 on inequalities in mental health: A microsimulation model |
| Amount | £145,310 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Health Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2021 |
| End | 12/2021 |
| Description | Unlocking data to inform public health policy and practice |
| Amount | £147,894 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NIHR133585 |
| Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2021 |
| End | 12/2021 |
| Title | Guide to SIPHER's Evidence Products |
| Description | This interactive guide provides a comprehensive overview of all current and upcoming SIPHER products - categorised as Qualitative, Quantitative, and Data Products. Guidance on their functions and key characteristics allows users to find the product best suited to specific research or policy needs. The guide has been developed by Andreas Hoehn (UoG, SIPHER Researcher) and Emma Comrie (Public Health Scotland) to stimulate the uptake of data and models developed by the SIPHER consortium. The guide in it's full functionality is publicly available, and so is the underlying code we developed: https://github.com/AndreasxHoehn/SIPHER_Product_Guide |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The launch of the product guide in 06/2023 has sparked interest and a wealth of follow-up exchange regarding data and models developed by the SIPHER consortium among different policy stakeholders. Policy stake holders include, for example, Public Health Scotland, the Scottish Government, Sheffield City Council, Glasgow City Region, and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority. Throughout the launch of the product guide, a new exchange with the EU-based policy think tank Population Europe has been established. The technical elements of this tool (project design, open code, hosting, connectivity with Google Analytics) have been the topic of different presentations, such as an invited presentation at the German Federal Institute of Population in 07/2023. |
| URL | https://sipher.ac.uk/product-guide/ |
| Title | SIPHER Inclusive Economy dataset (local authority level) |
| Description | The SIPHER Inclusive Economy (local authority level) dataset, developed within the SIPHER Consortium in collaboration with SIPHER policy partners, provides a meaningful collection of data that can be used to explore the extent and nature of economic inclusion across local authorities (LAs) in Great Britain. The data set is available as an open access resource. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The data set is currently utilised by the SIPHER consortium to produce peer-reviewed articles. The data set has been used as a data source for an MPH thesis. In addition, the data set has been the primary subject of workshops with SIPHER policy partners, bringing together analysts at Public Health Scotland, the Scottish Government, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, and the Sheffield City Council. The data set has sparked interest among analysts of the Glasgow City Council and the German Federal Institute for Population which has led to an increase in exchange and collaboration. |
| URL | https://osf.io/vnsur/ |
| Title | Synthetic Population Dataset |
| Description | We used static spatial microsimulation to create a synthetic micro dataset for individuals in Great Britain with detailed individual attributes which can be used to model a wide range of health and other outcomes. These attributes are constructed from a range of sources including the United Kingdom Census, survey and administrative datasets. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) have started to use the database to help them better understand the health inequalities that exist within the region. For example, it was used to create 'neighbourhood maps' that were incorporated in a report to the Wider Leadership Team at GMCA relating to early years and child development indicators at neighbourhood level geographies in the Stockport council area. |
| URL | https://sipher.ac.uk/videos/ |
| Description | Co-supervision of PhD student with University of Sydney |
| Organisation | University of Sydney |
| Country | Australia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Primary supervision of PhD student Shreya Sonthalia by Professor Petra Meier. The PhD project aims to develop a system dynamics model to support public mental health policy in Scotland, focusing on the interactions between social determinants of mental health (such as housing, education, socio-economic status and community cohesion). |
| Collaborator Contribution | Co-supervision of PhD student Shreya Sonthalia by Professor Jo-Ann Occhipinti . Sydney have agreed to provide a placement (in person or virtual) during the course of her studies. |
| Impact | None as yet |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Collaboration on an evaluation of the mental health impacts of Universal Credit |
| Organisation | Manchester University |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Meier provides intellectual input to the collaboration and ensures alignment to SIPHER's work on the health impacts of the economic shock associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. She will sit on the Science Advisory Board for the research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Sharing of expertise and intellectual input. |
| Impact | Successful NIHR funding application for 'Evaluation of the mental health impacts of Universal Credit: a mixed methods study'. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Collaboration on an evaluation of the mental health impacts of Universal Credit |
| Organisation | Newcastle University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Meier provides intellectual input to the collaboration and ensures alignment to SIPHER's work on the health impacts of the economic shock associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. She will sit on the Science Advisory Board for the research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Sharing of expertise and intellectual input. |
| Impact | Successful NIHR funding application for 'Evaluation of the mental health impacts of Universal Credit: a mixed methods study'. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Collaboration on an evaluation of the mental health impacts of Universal Credit |
| Organisation | University of Glasgow |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Meier provides intellectual input to the collaboration and ensures alignment to SIPHER's work on the health impacts of the economic shock associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. She will sit on the Science Advisory Board for the research. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Sharing of expertise and intellectual input. |
| Impact | Successful NIHR funding application for 'Evaluation of the mental health impacts of Universal Credit: a mixed methods study'. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | GALLANT Team |
| Organisation | University of Glasgow |
| Department | Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Petra Meier worked with a cross-university Consortium to develop a large consortium bid to NERC. SIPHER provided a blueprint that informed the shape of an outline and full NERC bid, and in particular the systems science strand in it. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Intellectual input and expertise |
| Impact | We submitted a £10m application to NERC Strategic programme call led by Professor Jamie Toney. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Multidimensional Social Inequalities as Demographic Determinants: Mortality Inequalities, Excess Mortality, and Working Life Expectancy - Andreas Hoehn |
| Organisation | University of the Basque Country |
| Country | Spain |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This international collaboration is based on a successful grant application by PI Tim Riffe (University of the Basque Country, Bilbao). The grant named SPHSU/SIPHER researcher Andreas Hoehn as an international, UK-based collaborator due to his methodological expertise. This 100,000EUR grant was awarded by the Spanish Ministry for Science and Innovation. This project aims to measure and understand (1) mortality inequalities and (2) inequalities in the working life course using novel demographic methodology. Andreas Hoehn has contributed to the successful grant application and will contribute to knowledge exchange activities and sub-projects going forward. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Collaborators come from a wide range of countries, including Spain, Germany, UK, and the Czech Republic - reflecting a diverse range of national contexts and welfare state regimes. PI Tim Riffe has led on the grant application and is overall project lead. Project partners have exchanged ideas for a workshop to take place in early summer 2024. Please note that the project has just started and is in it's early stages. |
| Impact | Please note that the project has just started and is in it's early stages. The team has planned to network, to deliver knowledge exchange activities, and to produce collaboratively written research output. |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Ongoing Collaboration with CSART |
| Organisation | CSART |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | We are working closely with Professor Jo-An Atkinson at the University of Sydney in developing CSART, a not-for-profit transdisciplinary organization working to integrate health and social sciences with computational modelling, data science and systems science. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Sharing of expertise and intellectual input into the development of our research |
| Impact | We are developing a proposal with Jo-An (CSART Managing Director) & colleagues in the US to use systems science to understand the impacts of Covid-19 on mental wellbeing. We are now jointly supervising a PhD student based at University of Glasgow in the Systems Science Programme and SIPHER, working on mental health system dynamic modelling. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Proposal to the Wellcome Trust for their commission on workplace mental health |
| Organisation | University of Glasgow |
| Department | Institute of Health and Wellbeing |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This was a SIPHER-aligned proposal to the Wellcome Trust for their commission on workplace mental health (total amount requested £44,164.65 exclusive of VAT - note this was a commission for a contract not a grant). The proposal built on the existing collaborations developed as part of SIPHER and was focused on a SIPHER-relevant topic, specifically minimum wage increases and mental health outcomes. The aim was to review the evidence for the impact of minimum wage interventions on mental health outcomes and wellbeing measures. It brought together SIPHER's expertise in evidence synthesis, participatory research and policy analysis and applied these to a topic of direct relevance to SIPHER's focus on the economy and health. The proposal was led by SIPHER Research Associate (Macintyre) and involved collaboration with SIPHER colleagues (Chambers, Stewart, Smith) and SIPHER collaborators (Fearfull) as team members and SIPHER PI (Meier) on the expert advisory group, and extended this collaboration to include new collaborators in Meier's home institution (Thomson, Katikireddi). The expression of interest was submitted to the Wellcome Trust in June 2021 and we were short-listed invited to submit a full proposal, which was submitted in August 2021. Unfortunately the full proposal was not successful; but this nevertheless was a successful collaboration, which evidences SIPHER's interdisciplinary skill set and strong working relationships. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Intellectual input and experise. |
| Impact | The expression of interest was submitted to the Wellcome Trust in June 2021 and we were short-listed invited to submit a full proposal, which was submitted in August 2021. Unfortunately the full proposal was not successful; but this nevertheless was a successful collaboration, which evidences SIPHER's interdisciplinary skill set and strong working relationships. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Proposal to the Wellcome Trust for their commission on workplace mental health |
| Organisation | University of Strathclyde |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This was a SIPHER-aligned proposal to the Wellcome Trust for their commission on workplace mental health (total amount requested £44,164.65 exclusive of VAT - note this was a commission for a contract not a grant). The proposal built on the existing collaborations developed as part of SIPHER and was focused on a SIPHER-relevant topic, specifically minimum wage increases and mental health outcomes. The aim was to review the evidence for the impact of minimum wage interventions on mental health outcomes and wellbeing measures. It brought together SIPHER's expertise in evidence synthesis, participatory research and policy analysis and applied these to a topic of direct relevance to SIPHER's focus on the economy and health. The proposal was led by SIPHER Research Associate (Macintyre) and involved collaboration with SIPHER colleagues (Chambers, Stewart, Smith) and SIPHER collaborators (Fearfull) as team members and SIPHER PI (Meier) on the expert advisory group, and extended this collaboration to include new collaborators in Meier's home institution (Thomson, Katikireddi). The expression of interest was submitted to the Wellcome Trust in June 2021 and we were short-listed invited to submit a full proposal, which was submitted in August 2021. Unfortunately the full proposal was not successful; but this nevertheless was a successful collaboration, which evidences SIPHER's interdisciplinary skill set and strong working relationships. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Intellectual input and experise. |
| Impact | The expression of interest was submitted to the Wellcome Trust in June 2021 and we were short-listed invited to submit a full proposal, which was submitted in August 2021. Unfortunately the full proposal was not successful; but this nevertheless was a successful collaboration, which evidences SIPHER's interdisciplinary skill set and strong working relationships. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | SIPHER-Clackmannanshire Council Collaboration |
| Organisation | Government of the UK |
| Department | Clackmannanshire Council |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | SIPHER is working with Clackmannanshire (Clacks) Council as a case study for the Scottish Government. The collaboration began in summer 2020 and to date our work together has focused on understanding how we can support each other in the inclusive growth agenda. In November 2020 we co-hosted a systems mapping workshop with Clacks Council to map the inclusive growth/economy systems. We anticipate that this will be just the first step in our collaborative relationship. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Clacks Council are facilitating the use of their local area as a case study for SIPHER and actively participated in the design and delivery of the participatory systems mapping workshop in November 2020. In December 2020 the results were presented to, and very well received by, local politicians including the Leader of the Labour Party at Clackmannanshire Council in an All Party Parliamentary Briefing on the Wellbeing Economy and Community Wealth Building. Clacks Council are now using the map to inform conversations around financial planning in Clacks for 2021 and beyond. |
| Impact | This is a multidisciplinary, multi-sector collaboration between Clacks Council, the Scottish Government and SIPHER researchers (including public health, engineers, social policy researchers). The participatory systems map is now close to completion and is being using in ongoing conversations to inform systems thinking in Clacks Council and financial planning for 2021 onwards. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Thriving Cities Glasgow City Portrait |
| Organisation | University of Glasgow |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Petra Meier works with cross-Glasgow university interdisciplinary consortium, Glasgow City Council, C40 Cities and the Doughnut Economics Action Lab to create a Glasgow City Portrait. Methods will be informed by SIPHER's soft systems methods. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Intellectual input and expertise. |
| Impact | We have secured Internal strategic reserves funding for 18 months RA & G7 administrator |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Understanding the impact of Covid on inequalities in mental health |
| Organisation | Newcastle University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Meier, Bambra Lomax and Heppenstall contributed intellectual input and expertise to the development of this collaboration. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Collaborators have contributed expertise and intellectual input, as well as access to data and existing tools. |
| Impact | Grant application to The Health Foundation for 'Understanding the impacts of income and welfare policy responses to COVID-19 on inequalities in mental health: A microsimulation model'. Application submitted to https://www.health.org.uk/funding-and-partnerships/programmes/covid-19-research-programme in August 2020. This application was successful and is listed under 'Further Funding'. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Understanding the impact of Covid on inequalities in mental health |
| Organisation | University of Essex |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Meier, Bambra Lomax and Heppenstall contributed intellectual input and expertise to the development of this collaboration. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Collaborators have contributed expertise and intellectual input, as well as access to data and existing tools. |
| Impact | Grant application to The Health Foundation for 'Understanding the impacts of income and welfare policy responses to COVID-19 on inequalities in mental health: A microsimulation model'. Application submitted to https://www.health.org.uk/funding-and-partnerships/programmes/covid-19-research-programme in August 2020. This application was successful and is listed under 'Further Funding'. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Understanding the impact of Covid on inequalities in mental health |
| Organisation | University of Glasgow |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Meier, Bambra Lomax and Heppenstall contributed intellectual input and expertise to the development of this collaboration. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Collaborators have contributed expertise and intellectual input, as well as access to data and existing tools. |
| Impact | Grant application to The Health Foundation for 'Understanding the impacts of income and welfare policy responses to COVID-19 on inequalities in mental health: A microsimulation model'. Application submitted to https://www.health.org.uk/funding-and-partnerships/programmes/covid-19-research-programme in August 2020. This application was successful and is listed under 'Further Funding'. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Understanding the impact of Covid on inequalities in mental health |
| Organisation | University of Leeds |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Meier, Bambra Lomax and Heppenstall contributed intellectual input and expertise to the development of this collaboration. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Collaborators have contributed expertise and intellectual input, as well as access to data and existing tools. |
| Impact | Grant application to The Health Foundation for 'Understanding the impacts of income and welfare policy responses to COVID-19 on inequalities in mental health: A microsimulation model'. Application submitted to https://www.health.org.uk/funding-and-partnerships/programmes/covid-19-research-programme in August 2020. This application was successful and is listed under 'Further Funding'. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Using the SIPHER Synthetic population to support Greater Manchester's work on alcohol harm - Andreas Hoehn |
| Organisation | NHS Manchester |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The SIPHER team has supported novel work undertaken by the NHS Greater Manchester and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority to support a better understanding of alcohol harm across Greater Manchester. The work consisted of two parts: (1) an analysis of routinely collected administrative data including hospital spells data and data from the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System, (2) an analysis of a novel survey-based full-scale synthetic population data set. For this collaboration, the SIPHER team has provided (2) - the underlying synthetic population data set. In addition, the team has supported the development of statistical code for performance-optimised statistical analysis, and advised on the usage of the data, and provided guidance on the interpretation of findings obtained from the data set. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners of this collaboration (NHS Greater Manchester and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority) have analysed all data and have written the report. |
| Impact | The report, a collaborative document published by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and the NHS Greater Manchester, was published as an internal document (for now) which is available to all members of this collaboration and participating organisations. Outward-facing presentations and material are currently in progress. The report is entitled: "Alcohol Harms, Phase 2 Report - Analysis of Hospital Spells, Synthetic Population and NDTMS Datasets". |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | AHRC Mobilising Community Assets to Tackle Health Inequalities Programme Advisory Board |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Petra Meier has joined the AHRC Mobilising Community Assets to Tackle Health Inequalities Programme Advisory Board The aims of the Mobilising Community Assets to Tackle Health Inequalities programme are to: • To develop testable and replicable collaborative models for integrating community assets within the changing structures of health and social care in the UK, by understanding the complexities, barriers and enablers of integration. • To explain the links between these community assets and health inequalities with a view to creating healthier communities and environments, particularly for people living in the most deprived areas. • To converge data and learning from a range of local and regional models to inform the spread and adoption of collaborative models across the UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Academy of Social Sciences Webinar - October 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 17th October 2023 Professor Petra Meier took part in a webinar organised by the Academy of Social Sciences titled Reducing Health Inequalities - From Evidence to Policy: Ideas for change based on social science evidence Together with Professor Trish Greenhalgh from the University of Oxford, Petra will guided the audience through a comprehensive examination of the prevailing health inequalities within the UK. This event was part of Election 24: Ideas for change based on social science evidence, a Campaign for Social Science project which draws on a range of social science research to suggest evidence-based social policy directions ahead of a UK general election in 2024. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://acss.org.uk/campaign-for-social-science/election-24-hub/ |
| Description | Alison Heppenstall - Agent-based modelling, challenges and the future. Turning Institute talk July 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Alison Heppenstall delivered a talk titled 'Agent-based modelling, challenges and the future' at an online Alan Turing Institute event on 7th July 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Alison Heppenstall - Simulating social systems with individual-based models: is it worth it? GIS Symposium. University of Ausburg July 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Alison Heppenstall delivered a talk titled 'Simulating social systems with individual-based models: is it worth it?' at a Geographical Information System (GIS) symposium held at the University of Ausburg, Germany on 13th July 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Blog: We need to consider the impact of actions taken to tackle the climate crisis on health inequalities. Jennifer Boyd |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | During COP27 I wrote a blog which discussed the impact of climate mitigation and adaptation strategies on health and health inequalities on the SPHSU website which was shared on twitter. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/healthwellbeing/research/mrccsosocialandpublichealthsciencesunit/shari... |
| Description | Capacity building workshop with Talent Lab cohorts |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Meier was invited onto a panel to speak to mid-career PIs who are preparing to lead their own first big collaborative grants and Q&A session about "what you wish you had known" |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Care home integration website - Jonathan Stokes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Beta version of the ML-CHIP project's dissemination website. Aimed primarily at policymakers, but also interested members of the general public/patients and carers. The website presents an overview of study findings, together with interactive maps and graphs (these also available on Tableau: https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/alfariany.fatimah/vizzes). It provides data available nowhere else on (i) what integration activity is happening where across the country (historically from old Clinical Commissioning Groups, CCGs, and now mapped to their corresponding Integrated Care Systems, ICS), and (ii) the association of each activity type with key outcomes of interest. NIHR ARC are working up a next version to direct to ICS leads across England to inform future policy rollout. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://carehomeintegration.wordpress.com |
| Description | Centre for Economics of Obesity Stakeholder Advisory Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Meier has joined the Centre for Economics of Obesity Stakeholder (University of Birmingham) Advisory Group and attended it's first annual meeting on 12th May 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/centre-for-the-economics-of-obesity/our-people.aspx |
| Description | Chair of an international conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Co-Chair of the GIScience conference, one of the largest computational geography conferences in the field. 450 delegates attended. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://giscience2023.github.io |
| Description | Child Poverty Targets meeting with Public Health Scotland and the Scottish Government - Corinna Elsenbroich January 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with Public Health Scotland and the Scottish Government to present how computational modelling from SIPHER can help to understand social and health consequences of achieving the child poverty targets. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | City Portrait Stall: Global Sustainable Development Congress 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | GALLANT team members Dr Annika Hjelmskog and Prof Petra Meier hosted a stall on City Portraits in the main conference hall for delegates for one full day of the Congress. Requests from delegates for City Portrait updates, further information, potential future collaborations were received and an interview given to Health and Care Scotland news and information service for Scotland's health and social care sector. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.timeshighered-events.com/gsd-congress-2022 |
| Description | Conference talk, International Microsimulation Association, University of Vienna |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Challenges of using microsimulation for simulating the impact of interventions on populations. IMS. University of Vienna, Austria. Jan 2024. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://ima-2024.wifo.ac.at |
| Description | Corinna Elsenbroich - Public Health Scotland Minimum Unit Pricing Expert Advisory Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | SIPHER Co-Director Corinna Elsenbroich attended a meeting with the Public Health Scotland Minimum Unit Pricing Evaluation team on 28th June 2022. The meeting was about how Process Tracing could help with the evaluation of the MUP intervention. Following the meeting she was invited to join their Expert Advisory Group - she has attended 4 further meetings from January-March 2023. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023 |
| Description | Discussion of the current use of decision support tools in Sheffield City Council |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | 8 people joined this session to explore the current use of decision support tools to inform policy making in Sheffield City Council, and aspirations for the SIPHER decision support tool. The session sparked a number of questions and is informing the development of a SIPHER white paper on decision support for systems science in public health. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Doughnut Unrolled, Data Portrait of Place: peer-to-peer exchange |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | GALLANT team members Dr Annika Hjelmskog and Prof Petra Meier participated in a webinar sharing peer learning on City Portraits. Annika was invited by DEAL to share Glasgow's work. Several expressions of interest in collaboration from other organisations have been received since. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://doughnuteconomics.org/stories/191 |
| Description | Dr Corinna Elsenbroich - Scottish Government Child Poverty group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | SIPHER Co-Director Corinna Elsenbroich attended an online meeting of the Scottish Government Child Poverty Action group on 20th February 2023 where she discussed how Systems Science approaches might be able to provide policy analysis support in this area. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.gov.scot/publications/cpag-scotland-evaluation-second-tier-advice-information-training-s... |
| Description | ESRC Workshop on Digital Twins in the Social Sciences by Dr Corinna Elsenbroich |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Workshop to discuss Digital Twins in the social sciences * Future use cases of digital twins involving the economic and social sciences. * What the social sciences have to contribute to developing and improving digital twins. * What barriers social scientists face in developing and contributing to digital twinning, and what might be done to minimise these. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.ukri.org/our-work/browse-our-areas-of-investment-and-support/digital-twins-and-cyber-phy... |
| Description | Evaluation Advisory Board meeting - Domestic Abuse Duty Evaluation - Corinna Elsenbroich January 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting of the methods advisory group for the Evaluation Advisory Board meeting - Domestic Abuse Duty Evaluation of the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Evening reception hosted at Scotland House, London, for politicians, third sector organisations, research funders and research organisations. Jonathan Stokes, Jonathan Olsen, Rich Mitchell. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Jonathan Olsen, Prof Rich Mitchell and Dr Jonny Stokes participated in an evening network reception hosted at Scotland House, London, for politicians, third sector organisations, research funders and research organisations entitled 'Creating Healthier Places: A Place-Based Approach to Research & Partnership'. The evening reception took place on Tuesday 27th February 2024 and was attended by politicians, third sector organisations, research funders and research organisations from across the UK. The Places and Health team disseminated their research about 20-minute neighbourhoods and aspects of place that can benefit or harm health and health inequalities. The team created a 4-page evidence summary document which was provided to attendees. Prof Iain McInnes gave a keynote presentation that highlighted and discussed the Places Team research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Expert Advisory Group Meeting for Public Health Scotland - Corinna Elsenbroich January 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Participation in the Expert Advisory Group for PHS' evaluation of the Minimum Unit Pricing of Alcohol. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://publichealthscotland.scot/news/2023/june/minimum-unit-pricing-reduces-alcohol-related-harm-t... |
| Description | Expert Advisory Group Meeting for Public Health Scotland - Corinna Elsenbroich March 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Participation in the Expert Advisory Group for PHS' evaluation of the Minimum Unit Pricing of Alcohol. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://publichealthscotland.scot/news/2023/june/minimum-unit-pricing-reduces-alcohol-related-harm-t... |
| Description | Expert Data Advisor: JBC |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | I am an invited expert on the JBC panel advising on data and methods used to analyse COVID data. This feeds directly into the SAGE group and government policy on COVID. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
| URL | https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/joint-biosecurity-centre |
| Description | Expert input to design of a new Swedish Funding Programme on Public Health Interventions |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Meier was invited by Secretary General for Forte, The Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare to provide her views as an expert international researcher to inform he design of a new funding programme on effective prevention strategies for decreasing health inequalities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://forte.se/en/prevention-research-and-public-health-research/ |
| Description | GALLANT City Portrait Workshop with Glasgow City Councillors |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | GALLANT's Workstream 1 team (including Prof Petra Meier, Dr Annika Hjelmskog and Petra Olehno) delivered an engagement and co-production workshop with Glasgow City Councillors. The event was designed to spark discussion between Glasgow's elected politicians and GALLANT researchers about how Glasgow can become a 'Thriving City'. Kate Raworth and Leonora Grcheva from the Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL) attended. Workshop outputs will be included in the finished City Portrait (Spring 2023). Blog produced for the University of Glasgow website. Additional URL: https://doughnuteconomics.org/stories/218). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/sustainablesolutions/ourprojects/gallant/city-portrait/gcpworkshop... |
| Description | Girls@COP26 event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Meier represented SIPHER at The Girls@Cop26 Health systems & sustainability event organised by Glasgow City Council in November 2021. Across the two-week conference more than 2500 S3 pupils participated in Girls@COP26 - The Solutions are Feminist, at Glasgow Caledonian University. Schools joined forces to discuss the global issues around environment and gender - UN Sustainable Development Goal 5 - alongside other female related issues including health and challenges that can affect women and girls' bodies. The event has since won the Sister Cities International award and there will be a public exhibition launched in October with photos featuring Professor Meier and the other speakers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
| URL | https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=29541 |
| Description | Glasgow City Development Plan group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Attended by GALLANT team members Dr Annika Hjelmskog and Prof Petra Meier, with presentation from Annika on the City Portrait to the group responsible for Glasgow's City Development Plan. Follow-up discussions planned to explore incorporating the City Portrait into City Development and Local Development Plans. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Glasgow's City Portrait Workshops Begin |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Public write up by GALLANT team members Dr Annika Hjelmskog and Prof Petra Meier of City Portrait event for the GALLANT / Centre for Sustainable Solutions website. Social media output. Shared on Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL) website: https://doughnuteconomics.org/stories/165 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/sustainablesolutions/ourprojects/gallant/city-portrait/gcpworkshop... |
| Description | Glasgow: Working together for a healthy city - interview on healthandcare.scot website |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | GALLANT researcher Dr Annika Hjelmskog spoke to a reporter at the Global Sustainable Development Congress for article on Glasgow as a healthy city. Article also signposted to University of Glasgow colleagues in the internal newsletter. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.healthandcare.scot/stories/3322/climate-crisis-health-gallant |
| Description | Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership Population Health Strategic Management Team |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | SIPHER presentation to the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership Population Health Managers. Resulted in the planning of a systems mapping session to capture health and social care perspectives within the GM inclusive economy systems map. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Greater Manchester Independent Inequalities Commission Discussion Group on Health and Economy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Participation in a discussion on health and the economy with members of the Greater Manchester Independent Inequalities Commission (https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/what-we-do/equalities/independent-inequalities-commission/). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.greatermanchester-ca.gov.uk/what-we-do/equalities/independent-inequalities-commission/ |
| Description | GroundsWell International Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Petra Meier has joined the International Scientific Advisory Board (ISAB) which provides an independent oversight of the UKPRP funded GroundsWell Consortium.The remit of the ISAB is to provide an independent oversight of the GroundsWell Consortium. The Board will advise and comment on: • the overall strategy adopted for meeting the aims and objective of the Consortium; • the extent to which it has achieved its key milestones; • the Consortium approach to risk management, including review and final approval of the risk management plan; • current and future policy developments that relate to the work of the Consortium; • future research priorities and identify opportunities for new areas of research or funding that might support the aims of the GroundsWell Consortium. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://ukprp.org/what-we-fund/groundswell/ |
| Description | HIA Practitioner Stakeholder Workshops - 10 October 2023 - Corinna Elsenbroich |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Stakeholder workshops on the integration of systems methods with HIA. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | HIA practitioner stakeholder workshops - 06 December 2023 - Corinna Elsenbroich |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Stakeholder workshops on the integration of systems methods with HIA. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | HIA practitioner stakeholder workshops - 06 November 2023 - Corinna Elsenbroich |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Stakeholder workshops on the integration of systems methods with HIA. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | HIA practitioner stakeholder workshops - 25 October 2023 - Corinna Elsenbroich |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Stakeholder workshops on the integration of systems methods with HIA. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | HIA practitioner stakeholder workshops - 30 November 2023 - Corinna Elsenbroich |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Stakeholder workshops on the integration of systems methods with HIA. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | HIA practitioner stakeholder workshops - 5 October 2023 - Corinna Elsenbroich |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Stakeholder workshops on the integration of systems methods with HIA. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Health and Wellbeing Impacts of Retrofit: Presentation at Energy and Net Zero Conference of Scottish Federation of Housing Associations |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by GALLANT researcher Dr Annika Hjelmskog on health and housing retrofit; she talked about City Portrait and GALLANT research, and co-benefits. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.sfha.co.uk/whats-on/event-details/energy-and-net-zero-conference |
| Description | Health, Housing and Fuel Poverty - European Federation for Living |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | Presentation by Annika Hjelmskog to European Federation for Living Conference 2022 session on 'The Rising Cost of Living: Social landlord responses around Europe'. She spoke on links between the cost of living crisis, climate crisis, housing and health, and talked about GALLANT and systems approaches/co-benefits. There was a follow-up Invitation to speak on a podcast, an online write-up on Places for People website, and follow-up information requests from delegates. Conference agenda: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jClLHSReE4jqdK-4VqzGCG-h7AdatW7k/view |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.placesforpeople.co.uk/news/all-news/2022/12/unlock-next-gen-reflects-on-the-european-fed... |
| Description | Healthy Cities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | GALLANT researcher Dr Annika Hjelmskog participated in a tour and talk about Healthy Cities, GALLANT and Doughnut Economics to 4th year planning students from University of Manchester visiting Glasgow on a field trip. Led to ongoing collaboration with the course leader (another NERC grant holder from the Digital Solutions Hub). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Inclusive Economy Advisory Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | SIPHER's Inclusive Economies Advisory Group will meet regularly to provide expert advice to our developing research in the field of inclusive economies. The Group is chaired by Lord Kerslake and met for the first time in October 2020. The discussion revolved around SIPHER's inclusive economy research plans and presentations sparked interesting questions. Many participants, who are senior representative from their organisations (e.g. JRF, Northern Powerhouse Partnership, CIPFA), offered to link up separately outside of the biannual Advisory Group meeting to support SIPHER's development. The group had now met 3 times and is due to meet again in April 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021,2022 |
| Description | International conference for the European Social Simulation Association - Corinna Elsenbroich 4 - 8 September 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | One week international conference for the European Social Simulation Association ESSA. 150 delegates from a range of European Countries, Australia, South and North Americas. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://ssc23-sphsu.online |
| Description | Introduction to the SIPHER Synthetic Population - Andreas Hoehn |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Researchers of the SIPHER consortium have developed a survey-based, full-scale synthetic population data set. This novel large-scale data set represents over 50 million individuals in Scotland, England, and Wales. The data set is created by combining aggregate-level population statistics with individual-level information from the UK Household Longitudinal Study (Understanding Society). Representative at a granular geographic resolution, the data provides new opportunities to quickly assess needs or derive small-area indicators using data on individuals. In more advanced applications, the data can inform parameters of agent-based models or serve as an input data source in microsimulations. On December 12th, members of the SIPHER consortium (Andreas Hoehn & Kashif Zia) as well as an embedded researcher at Public Health Scotland (Emma Comrie) delivered a specifically tailored introduction for researchers at the University of Glasgow and analysts at the Glasgow City Region. Overall, the course had 11 participants, connecting researchers at the SPHSU with researchers at the Urban Data Centre, the Glasgow City Region and Public Health Scotland. All course materials (data, code, slides) were shared with all participants enabling an independent use beyond this event. Since the course, an ongoing exchange as evolved with course participants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/introduction-to-the-sipher-synthetic-population-tickets-755826847447?... |
| Description | Invited keynote Expos Utrecht |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Keynote presentation - Challenges and opportunities of using ABMs for simulating social system. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://exposome.nl/news-events/news/highlights-from-the-exposome-nl-conference-2023.html |
| Description | Invited presentation of a systems science approach to health and wellbeing in all policies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Inaugural presentation to introduce SIPHER to a wide range of researchers and students at the University of Glasgow, and to share ambitions for future development in this area. It generated significant interest in the work of SIPHER and the UKPRP and as a result we have started to develop new research collaborations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Invited talk at a symposium at the University of Zurich |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk at University of Zurich. Challenges and opportunities of using ABMs for simulating social systems. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Keynote presentation at PhD Symposium - University of Newcastle |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Professor Alison Heppenstall delivered a keynote presentation titled "Agent-based modelling for social systems? Is it worth it?" at a PhD Symposium held at the University of Newcastle (UK) in February 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Knowledge Transfer Meeting about Systems Mapping with Tower Hamlets |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Supported Tower Hamlets to upskill in systems mapping to support the development of a new Health and Wellbeing Strategy. We provided bespoke training and advice to local practitioners, who then used and adapted as appropriate for a series of workshops in early 2021. We received feedback that the systems mapping was a success thanks to the quick, interactive training we were able to provide to the local public health team. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021,2022 |
| Description | LIDA - Turing Data Event Data Collection for Academic and Social Benefit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | SIPHER researcher Alison Heppenstall was part of the organising committee for a Leeds Institute for Data Analytics (LIDA) - Turing Institute Data Event 'Data Collection for Academic and Social Benefit held at University of Leeds on July 21st 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://lida.leeds.ac.uk/partnerships/lida-partners/the-alan-turing-institute/turing-data-study-grou... |
| Description | MVLS PPIE group meeting 20 minute neighbourhoods - Jonathan Stokes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | Jonathan Stokes presented initial ideas for a (NIHR PHR) grant proposal on 20-minute neighbourhoods to the MVLS PPIE group. 5 members of the group attended and gave feedback and asked questions to influence the early stage of the research bid planning. Specific changes to the bid in response to this input included incorporating more attention paid to people with different abilities/needs within the community (e.g., people with mobility issues), and incorporating potential impacts on mental health (e.g., via 'community spirit'). This resulted in a more successful research grant proposal (through stage 1, currently awaiting stage 2 final decision). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Meeting with Carnegie UK - April 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Meier met with Ben Thurman from Carnegie UK on 20th April 2023 - they discussed wellbeing policy initiatives and the green recovery agenda. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Meeting with Wellbeing Economy Alliance |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Meier met with colleagues in the Wellbeing Economy Alliance and the Scottish Government to discuss Wellbeing Economies from a systems science perspective. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Meetings with Public Health Scotland on Public Mental Health - Corinna Elsenbroich |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Collaboration with Public Health Scotland on a systems approach for developing a public mental health strategy on the wider determinants of mental health. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | ONS Local Scotland Roundtable event - Jonathan Stokes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Participation of Jonathan Stokes in the roundtable event, with main purpose to help identify how Office for National Statistics (ONS) Local can most effectively add value in Scotland. According to ONS, "Breakout discussions were invaluable in helping to identify the relevant data needs of organisations across Scotland. Using the intelligence gained from the event, we will now work closely with key stakeholders to develop a detailed plan for delivering ONS Local services in Scotland." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | PHASE Advisory Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Meier is a member of the advisory group for the UKPRP funded PHASE network. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021,2022 |
| Description | PPI workshop - Jonathan Stokes - |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | PPI workshop to discuss key messages and dissemination of results from the NIHR ML-CHIP project. 10 PPI members attended in Manchester, together with two researchers and two facilitators. Key impacts were influencing the dissemination plan for the project. Moving towards policymakers as the key group of stakeholders for focusing the process/integration activity messages/material, and the public-facing material focused on (potential) outcomes from the process/integration activity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Participatory System Mapping Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | GALLANT team members Prof Petra Meier and Dr Annika Hjelmskog participated in this workshop, featuring a collaboration group working on Systems Science methods between CECAN (University of Surrey) and SPHSU (University of Glasgow). Petra presented GALLANT's City Portrait as a research case study to the group. Led to ongoing collaboration with CECAN, with correspondence maintained. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.cecan.ac.uk/resources/toolkits/the-participatory-systems-mapping-toolkit/ |
| Description | Petra Meier - GCPH: Developing the evidence base for a long term approach to Population Health in Scotland |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Petra Meier has joined a new working group convened by the Glasgow Centre for Population Health. The purpose of the group is is to begin to discuss the evidence base for a whole system, long term (ten year) plan for Population Health in Scotland. Consideration about how to develop a long term approach to Population Health is already underway across the Scottish Government, Public Health Scotland, COSLA, Directors of Public Health and more widely, with a focus on primary prevention. The working group will provide the policy and data context shaping the early consideration of a long-term approach. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023,2024 |
| Description | Petra Meier - UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) Academic Challenge Panel |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Petra Meier has joined the newly formed Academic Challenge Panel, Advisory Board for the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) . This is an opportunity, through one formal meeting a year (normally online), to support and advise on the academic content of our research strategy, and play the role of critical friend to the CaCHE research team. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023,2024 |
| Description | Poster presentation Shreya Sonthalia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented PhD research outline in poster session at the International Student Colloquium, part of the conference of the International System Dynamics Society. Frankfurt 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation at Public Health Scotland on Public Mental Health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A Tsuchiya - Presentation at Public Health Scotland, Public Mental Health, on Work Strand 6 Social Valuations, 28 April 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentation of City Portrait work to Glasgow City Council stakeholders by Annika Hjelmskog |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A presentation was made to senior Glasgow City Council officials by Annika Hjelmskog to share the development of a desk-based City Portrait for Glasgow. Feedback was given on this first draft, and lots of questions were asked about the next steps for the project. Council officials confirmed their support and enthusiasm for the project and agreed to ongoing collaboration in the new year. A wider engagement activity with a larger number of City Council stakeholders is being planned (for March 2022) to further develop the insights gained at this presentation meeting. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation to Durham Health and Social Theory Seminar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Meier gave a presentation to the Health and Social Theory Group at the Durham University Sociology department titled An Introduction to the work of the SIPHER Consortium - A systems science approach to health & wellbeing policy |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presentation to the EPIC conference - Corinna Elsenbroich October 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation on computational modelling for One Health at the EPIC annual conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.epicscotland.org |
| Description | Presentation to the UK Government's Open Innovation team |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Meier delivered a presentation to the UK government Open Innovation Team about current systems science projects |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Presented research idea to the MLVS Patient and Public Involvement Panel. Jennifer Boyd |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I presented a research proposal for a fellowship application to approximately 15 members of the general public belonging to the MLVS PPI panel. The presentation sparked questions and a discussion afterwards. Members of the panel made suggestions on how to improve the proposed research design. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Professor Petra Meier - Scottish Government Ministerial roundtable on Wellbeing Economy & National Strategy for Economic Transformation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | The National Strategy for Economic Transformation (NSET) sets out the Scottish Government's vision for a wellbeing economy and contains bold actions to deliver economic prosperity and wellbeing for all Scotland's people and places, within environmental limits. Professor Meier participated in a roundtable discussion with the Minister for Green Skills, Circular Economy and Biodiversity, Lorna Slater MSP and Director General Economy, Louise Macdonald, to seek discuss how expert stakeholder can work together with the Scottish government to deliver on this vision of a wellbeing economy. The meeting was held on 28th June 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Public Health Scotland Mental Health Evidence Project Advisory Group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Meier and SIPHER Workstrand 2 Lead Fiona Campbell have both joined the Public Health Scotland Mental Health Evidence Project Advisory Group. Fiona attended the last meeting on 23rd August 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Public Health Scotland and COSLA-led Inclusive/Wellbeing Economy Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Petra Meier and Rachel Anderson acted as facilitators for the Public Health Scotland and COSLA-led Inclusive/Wellbeing Economy Workshop held on 31st August 2021. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Public Health Scotland data on alcohol consumption during COVID lockdown - briefing paper by Public Health Scotland |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Briefing paper: research from the University of Sheffield's School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), which looked at how the first lockdown impacted alcohol consumption, is featured. With aim to raise awareness and disseminate project results. Generated media and other interest. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://publichealthscotland.scot/media/2976/alcohol-sales-and-consumption-in-scotland-during-the-ea... |
| Description | Regular Meetings with Public Health Scotland Wellbeing Economy Colleagues |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | To share work on understanding and developing inclusive growth indicators between PHS and SIPHER. In early sessions we discussed SIPHER's work to date on inclusive economy indicators. We now meet regularly to share learning in this policy space. Since the initial meeting we have agreed to support the development of two additional projects of mutual benefit. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021,2022 |
| Description | SIPHER Quarterly meetings with Public Health England / OHID |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | From July 2021, the SIPHER Directorate are holding quarterly catch up meetings with Rory Tierney and Abbygail Jaccard, Senior Economic Advisers in Public Health England (now the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities) to discuss alignment of SIPHER with their strategic objectives. OHID have provided us with a letter of support which states that "the SIPHER Consortium's work on identifying and mapping the complex relationships between health, health inequalities and their social determinants is of enormous interest to OHID and the local and regional public health teams we work with, particularly given our focus on improving the health outcomes of policies across government." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
| Description | SIPHER/systems modelling meetings with DWP |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The SIPHER Directorate are now holding quarterly meetings with colleagues in the DWP's Work and Health Unit. We have discussed how SIPHER's inclusive economy work could feed into their toolkit for local areas. We have made plans for future activities including holding a SIPHER led workshop with DWP colleagues later this year. We are also discussing systems science methods more generally and making connections to the MRC/CSO Unit's Systems Science programme |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022 |
| Description | Scientific Advisory Board |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | SIPHER's Scientific Advisory Board meets annually to provide expert advice to our developing modelling work. The Group is chaired by Professor Arpana Verma at the University of Manchester and met for the first time in November 2020. The discussions revolved around SIPHER's methodological developments in the field of inclusive economy. Many participants, who are senior researchers and policy influencers around the world, offered to link up separately outside of the meeting to support SIPHER's development. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
| Description | Scientific Chair of AGILE conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Scientific chair of the AGILE conference, an applied geography conference. Responsible for the scientific theme of the conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://agile-gi.eu/conference-2024 |
| Description | Scottish Parliament Health Inequalities Inquiry: Voluntary Health Scotland online engagement event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Professor Meier attended an online engagement event on 20th May facilitated by Voluntary Health Scotland as part of the Scottish Parliament Health Inequalities Inquiry. The event, attended by several MSPs was focussed on local government, housing and planning. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://vhscotland.org.uk/event/health-inequalities-inquiry-engagement-event-social-justice-and-soci... |
| Description | Sheffield Spacial Analysis Network (SSAN) Webinar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Petra Meier delivered a presentation titled "Geographical interrelations between inclusive economy, health and well-being inequalities: an update from the SIPHER Consortium" at an SSAN hosted webinar on Friday 29th April 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Short Course delivered to Ipsos Mori by Dr Corinna Elsenbroich |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Short course on Process Tracing delivered to Ipsos Mori. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Short Course on Qualitative Comparative Analysis for UK Evaluation Society and CECAN Ltd - Corinna Elsenbroich September 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Masterclass series for those working in consultancy, NGOs, Government, academia and other evaluation settings. One day online course on Qualitative Comparative Analysis for Evaluation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.cecan.co.uk/events/ukes-cecanonline-masterclass-qualitative-comparative-analysis-qca/ |
| Description | Short Courses on Qualitative Comparative Analysis for UK Evaluation Society and CECAN Ltd delivered by Dr Corinna Elsenbroich |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A one day short course delivered by Corinna Elsenbroich on Qualitative Comparative Analysis to disseminate complexity sensitive social science methods to practitioners and academics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022,2023 |
| URL | https://www.cecan.co.uk/events/ukes-cecan-online-masterclass-qualitative-comparative-analysis-qca/ |
| Description | Short courses on Process Tracing delivered to the the UK Evaluation Society and CECAN Ltd by Dr Corinna Elsenbroich |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | One day short courses to learn about complexity sensitive social science methods |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022,2023 |
| URL | https://www.cecan.co.uk/events/ukes-cecan-online-masterclass-process-tracing-introductory-course-2/ |
| Description | Shreya Sonthalia, - study visit to Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Shreya Sonthalia, a SIPHER PhD student spent two months working alongside the Systems Modelling team at the Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney. This collaboration has helped shape her ideas and research plans for a model to investigate the impact of different employment-related policies on mental health in Scotland. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Simulating the effects of income and housing policies on Quality Adjusted Life Expectancy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on actionable insights of using AI tools. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Social Simulation Conference 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | SIPHER Co-Director Corinna Elsenbroich delivered a presentation titled 'Hand in (Latex) glove: A discussion of agent-based modelling and public health' at the Social Simulation Conference held at the University of Milan in September 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://ssc2022.behavelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SSC22_Short_Programme.pdf |
| Description | Steering Group Meeting for the DfE Behaviour Hubs Evaluation attended by Prof Corinna Elsenbroich |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Inaugural meeting of the steering group for developing a complexity sensitive evaluation framework for the DfE Behaviour Hubs Programme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.gov.uk/guidance/behaviour-hubs |
| Description | Sustainable Glasgow board meeting - May 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Professor Meier attended a board meeting of the Sustainable Glasgow partnership on 27th April 2023. The Sustainable Glasgow Partnership aims to position Glasgow as a leading city in the development of the green and wider circular economy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/sustainableglasgow |
| Description | Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare - panel meeting May 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Petra Meier took part in the review panel for the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (FORTE) to review applications submitted to the Preventive and health-promoting interventions within the target areas of the public health policy 2023 funding call |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Systems Science and Public Health Podcast Series Episode 1 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This podcast, launched in February 2021, will catch up with scientists, thinkers, policymakers and practitioners who work in the field of systems science and public health. The podcast, hosted by Professor Meier has now recorded four episodes. The podcast series is a joint venture between the SIPHER Consortium and the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow. Episode 1 featured Professor Jo-An Occhipinti who is Head of the Systems Modelling, Simulation and Data Science at the Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Australia. She is also the Managing Director of C-SART which is an international alliance of centres of excellence in systems modelling to inform health and social policy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://sipher.ac.uk/podcasts/ |
| Description | Systems Science and Public Health Podcast Series Episode 2 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This podcast, launched in February 2021, will catch up with scientists, thinkers, policymakers and practitioners who work in the field of systems science and public health. The podcast, hosted by Professor Meier has now recorded four episodes. The podcast series is a joint venture between the SIPHER Consortium and the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow. Episode 2 featured Brian Castellani who is a Professor of Sociology at Durham University. Brian is also a co-investigator of the Centre for the Evaluation of Complexity Across the Nexus (CECAN). His research focuses on advancing the tools of social complexity theory and computational social science for the study of public health questions |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://sipher.ac.uk/podcasts/ |
| Description | Systems Science and Public Health Podcast Series Episode 3 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This podcast, launched in February 2021, will catch up with scientists, thinkers, policymakers and practitioners who work in the field of systems science and public health. The podcast, hosted by Professor Meier has now recorded four episodes. The podcast series is a joint venture between the SIPHER Consortium and the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow. Episode 3 featured Robin Purshouse, who is a Professor of Decision Sciences at the University of Sheffield. His research interests include modelling, analysis and optimisation for supporting decision-making. Robin is a Co-Director of the SIPHER Consortium. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://sipher.ac.uk/podcasts/ |
| Description | Systems Science and Public Health Podcast Series Episode 4 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This podcast, launched in February 2021, will catch up with scientists, thinkers, policymakers and practitioners who work in the field of systems science and public health. The podcast, hosted by Professor Meier has now recorded four episodes. The podcast series is a joint venture between the SIPHER Consortium and the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow. Episode 4 featured Patricia L. Mabry, an interdisciplinary scientist who applies cutting edge methodologies (modelling and simulation, data science, network science, Artificial Intelligence) to research questions in healthcare, science of science, tobacco control, and health disparities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://sipher.ac.uk/podcasts/ |
| Description | Systems Science and Public Health Podcast Series Episode 5 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This podcast, launched in February 2021, will catch up with scientists, thinkers, policymakers and practitioners who work in the field of systems science and public health. The podcast, hosted by Professor Meier has now recorded four episodes. The podcast series is a joint venture between the SIPHER Consortium and the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow. Episode 5 featured Nigel Gilbert, a Distinguished Chair in Computational Social Science at the University of Surrey. He is Director of the Centre for Research in Social Simulation, Director of the Centre for the Evaluation of Complexity Across the Nexus (CECAN), and Director of the University's Institute of Advanced Studies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://sipher.ac.uk/podcasts/ |
| Description | Systems Science in Public Health Podcast Episode 6 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This podcast, launched in February 2021, will catch up with scientists, thinkers, policymakers and practitioners who work in the field of systems science and public health. The podcast, hosted by Professor Meier has now recorded four episodes. The podcast series is a joint venture between the SIPHER Consortium and the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow. Episode 6 featured Birgit Kopainsky, Professor in system dynamics at the University of Bergen, Norway. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://share.transistor.fm/s/d1234c05 |
| Description | Systems Science in Public Health Podcast Series Episode 7 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This podcast, launched in February 2021, will catch up with scientists, thinkers, policymakers and practitioners who work in the field of systems science and public health. The podcast, hosted by Professor Meier has now recorded four episodes. The podcast series is a joint venture between the SIPHER Consortium and the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow. Episode 7 featured Dr Pete Barbrook-Johnson, a Departmental Research Lecturer in the Economics of Environmental Change at the University of Oxford. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://share.transistor.fm/s/eed3cd7a |
| Description | Systems Science in Public Health Podcast Series Episode 8 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This podcast, launched in February 2021, will catch up with scientists, thinkers, policymakers and practitioners who work in the field of systems science and public health. The podcast, hosted by Professor Meier has now recorded four episodes. The podcast series is a joint venture between the SIPHER Consortium and the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, University of Glasgow. Episode 8 featured Professor Magda Cerdá, a Professor and Director of the Center for Opioid Epidemiology and Policy, at the Department of Population Health at NYU Grossman School of Medicine. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://share.transistor.fm/s/93132e21 |
| Description | Systems Science in Public Health Workshop Series - ABMs |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I coordinated and organized the delivery of a workshop series on "Systems Science in Public Health Workshop Series" covering essential methods and their application to public health issues. The workshops were delivered by PGRs of the systems science, complexity, and relationship team. The workshops ran every Wednesday (10 am - 12pm) between the 17th Nov to 14th Dec. The workshops were open to all staff & students and held in hybrid format at the Unit and on Zoom. No prior knowledge was needed for any of the workshop topics. Participants got the opportunity to explore systems methods through various interactive exercises and gain theoretical knowledge of their relevance to public health issues. Each one of the four 2-hour workshop provided introductions to theoretical and practical examples of complexity science methods. This week's topic was Agent-based Modelling presented by Cristina Chueca Del Cerro. The workshop introduced participants, with little to no prior knowledge of complexity sciences and computer simulations, to agent-based modelling. After this workshop, participants were familiar with this method and have some examples to work with in NetLogo.? Overall, about 10-15 individuals (PhD students, Masters students, Postdocs, Mid-level to senior researchers) were reached, which contributed to the visibility and discussion about how to best include systems methods in public health research from a variety of perspectives.? |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Systems Science in Public Health Workshop Series - Comparisons of methods - Roxana Pollack |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I coordinated and organized the delivery of a workshop series on "Systems Science in Public Health Workshop Series" covering essential methods and their application to public health issues. The workshops were delivered by PGRs of the systems science, complexity, and relationship team. The workshops ran every Wednesday (10 am - 12pm) between the 17th Nov to 14th Dec. The workshops were open to all staff & students and held in hybrid format at the Unit and on Zoom. No prior knowledge was needed for any of the workshop topics. Participants got the opportunity to explore systems methods through various interactive exercises and gain theoretical knowledge of their relevance to public health issues. This 3-hour workshop summarized areas of overlap between each individual method and their complementary application to research on specific health issues. It focused on a summary and comparison of the application of systems science methods to Public Health challenges. This workshop provided an overview of the methods covered in the previous four sessions and allowed participants to explore their application to different examples of current public health challenges. It focused on comparing the approaches and highlighting differences in their research application. Overall, about 8-10 individuals (PhD students, Masters students, Postdocs, Mid-level to senior researchers) were reached, which contributed to the visibility and discussion about how to best include systems methods in public health research from a variety of perspectives.? |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Systems Science in Public Health Workshop Series - Network Analysis Roxana Pollack |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I coordinated and organized the delivery of a workshop series on "Systems Science in Public Health Workshop Series" covering essential methods and their application to public health issues. The workshops were delivered by PGRs of the systems science, complexity, and relationship team. The workshops ran every Wednesday (10 am - 12pm) between the 17th Nov to 14th Dec. The workshops were open to all staff & students and held in hybrid format at the Unit and on Zoom. No prior knowledge was needed for any of the workshop topics. Participants got the opportunity to explore systems methods through various interactive exercises and gain theoretical knowledge of their relevance to public health issues. Each one of the four 2-hour workshop provided introductions to theoretical and practical examples of complexity science methods. This week's topic was Network analysis. The workshop introduced the concept of network analysis, its relation to complexity and how it has been used in the past. Through activities, we explored dimensions of NA and discuss how it could be useful to the participants in their own research to address aspects of complexity. Overall, about 10-15 individuals (PhD students, Masters students, Postdocs, Mid-level to senior researchers) were reached, which contributed to the visibility and discussion about how to best include systems methods in public health research from a variety of perspectives.? |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Systems Science in Public Health Workshop Series - SSM - Roxana Pollack |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I coordinated and organized the delivery of a workshop series on "Systems Science in Public Health Workshop Series" covering essential methods and their application to public health issues. The workshops were delivered by PGRs of the systems science, complexity, and relationship team. The workshops ran every Wednesday (10 am - 12pm) between the 17th Nov to 14th Dec. The workshops were open to all staff & students and held in hybrid format at the Unit and on Zoom. No prior knowledge was needed for any of the workshop topics. Participants got the opportunity to explore systems methods through various interactive exercises and gain theoretical knowledge of their relevance to public health issues. Each one of the four 2-hour workshop provided introductions to theoretical and practical examples of complexity science methods. This week's topic is Soft Systems Methodology (SSM). The workshop will provide an overview of the process of SSM and discuss its key strengths of as a problem structuring approach, and as a systemic way to achieve accommodation, if not consensus, in managing change. It will be of interest to researchers who are looking at complex issues with a social component.? Overall, about 10-15 individuals (PhD students, Masters students, Postdocs, Mid-level to senior researchers) were reached, which contributed to the visibility and discussion about how to best include systems methods in public health research from a variety of perspectives. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Systems Science in Public Health Workshop Series - System dynamics - Roxana Pollack |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I coordinated and organized the delivery of a workshop series on "Systems Science in Public Health Workshop Series" covering essential methods and their application to public health issues. The workshops were delivered by PGRs of the systems science, complexity and relationship team. The workshops ran every Wednesday (10 am - 12pm) between the 17th Nov to 14th Dec. The workshops were open to all staff & students and held in hybrid format at the Unit and on Zoom. No prior knowledge was needed for any of the workshop topics. Participants got the opportunity to explore systems methods through various interactive exercises and gain theoretical knowledge of their relevance to public health issues. Each one of the four 2-hour workshop provided introductions to theoretical and practical examples of complexity science methods. This session will present the basic concepts of system dynamics, showcase examples to provide a sense of what the models look like and what they can do. The session will be delivered online and include some individual activities and small group discussions. At the end of the session, participants should have a good understanding of the types of questions these methods are suited to answer. Overall, about 10-15 individuals (PhD students, Masters students, Postdocs, Mid-level to senior researchers) were reached, which contributed to the visibility and discussion about how to best include systems methods in public health research from a variety of perspectives. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Systems mapping CECAN book launch |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Meier was an invited speaker at CECAN event on 27th September 2022 to launch their new Systems Mapping: how to build and use causal models of systems book written by Pete Barbrook-Johnson and Alexandra Penn. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.cecan.ac.uk/events/book-launch-systems-mapping-how-to-build-and-use-causal-models-of-sys... |
| Description | Talk at GIScience conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk called Exascale agent-based modelling for policy evaluation in real-time |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://giscience2023.github.io |
| Description | Thriving Glasgow business workshop -November 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Professor Meier along with colleagues Professor Jaime Toney, Professor John Crawford Jo Winterbottom participated in a workshop for business groups related to the Thriving Glasgow initiative on 23rd November 2023. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Training Workshop. Shreya Sonthalia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Awarded SGSSS funding to deliver training workshops in system dynamics and agent based modelling along with another student (Paul Schuler) on two occasions - May 2022 and October 2022. All PhD students across Scotland were allowed to participate, and over 20 participated across the events. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Training workshop - PhD Topic: Social Determinants of Mental Health: A systems dynamics approach - Shreya Sonthalia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Workshop conducted for Public Health Scotland (approx 20 attendees) to introduce them to systems thinking, in particular system dynamics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | UKRI Population Health Improvement subgroup |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Petra Meier was invited to join the UKRI Population Health Improvement subgroup. The group was formed to support the Health Ageing and Wellbeing (HAW) agenda being developed by UKRI, to address its ambition of improving the health and wellbeing of the population. Within the HAW agenda, a theme was developed on Population Health Improvement with a "task and finish" group, to scope out existing and/or future research activities that would contribute to population health improvement, encompassing health equity, population health intervention development and prevention. The theme places emphasis on systems interventions at the population level. This has now led to the establishment of a new funding scheme - Population Health Improvement Clusters. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023 |
| URL | https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/population-health-improvement-network-of-clusters/#:~:text=UKRI%20s... |
| Description | University of Glasgow Spotlight - A podcast discussing public policy and the political process through a Scottish lens. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Professor Meier appeared on episode 29 of the podcast to discuss her work on economic inequalities and health outcomes and the need for a system-wide view at tackling challenges of poverty, health and sustainability. The podcast which looks at public policy and the political process - at a local, national and international level - through a Scottish lens is co-hosted by Prof. Graeme Roy (Dean of External Engagement) and Kezia Dugdale (Director of the John Smith Centre and former Scottish Labour leader). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://open.spotify.com/show/0YQoD0wLwjz1T1ahaWOKnb |
| Description | Unlock Next Gen |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Podcast recording: following up on the European Federation for Living conference, GALLANT researcher Dr Annika Hjelmskog spoke about Doughnut Economics and sustainability in housing and health to podcast hosts at Places for People. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://soundcloud.com/unlocknextgen |
| Description | UofG College of Social Sciences podcast: UofG Spotlight |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This podcast featured GALLANT Co-Principal Investigator Petra Meier, Professor of Public Health at the University of Glasgow, and Director of the UKPRP-funded Sipher Consortium, a UK-wide hub for Systems Science in Public Health & Economic Research. She discussed her work on economic inequalities and health outcomes and the need for a system-wide view at tackling challenges of poverty, health and sustainability. The podcast was co-hosted by Graeme Roy, who is also part of GALLANT. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/socialsciences/podcast/ep29/ |
| Description | Visit by British Embassy Berlin |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | A visit from Kate Robinson, Science and Innovation team, British Embassy Berlin to meet GALLANT. The team were represented by Prof Jaime Toney, Dr Ria Dunkley, Prof Petra Meier, and Prof Gioia Falcone. Kate met with key Research & Innovation stakeholders, to understand priorities, expertise and focus areas - particularly in the climate, biodiversity and energy space - and explore where UK-German research collaboration exists to date. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Visit to Westminster to lead drop-in session for MPs entitled 'Creating Healthier Places' Jonathan Stokes, Jonathan Olsen, Rich Mitchell |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Dr Jonathan Olsen, Prof Rich Mitchell and Dr Jonny Stokes led a Westminster lead drop-in session for MPs entitled 'Creating Healthier Places: A Place-Based Approach to Research & Partnership'. The drop is session took place on Tuesday 27th February 2024 and was attended by approximately 15 MPs from across the UK. The Places and Health team disseminated their research about 20-minute neighbourhoods and aspects of place that can benefit or harm health and health inequalities. The team created a 4-page evidence summary document which was provided to MPs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Vulnerability and Policing Futures Research Centre Ethical Oversight Panel |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | In September 2022 Professor Meier joined the Ethical Oversight Panel for the Vulnerability and Policing Futures Research Centre (ESRC funded research centre based at the University of York. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.york.ac.uk/business-society/research/spsw/vulnerability-policing-futures-research-centre... |
| Description | Westminster Health Forum policy conference: Priorities for the NIHP and public health in England post-COVID |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invited panellist for the Westminster Health Forum policy conference: Priorities for the National Institute for Health Protection and public health in England post-COVID Thursday 25th March 2021, which discussed the future of public health in light of challenges posed by the pandemic and the creation of the National Institute for Health Protection, as well as taking forward approaches to tackle obesity and health inequalities. Westminster Health Forum conferences are frequently the platform for major policy statements from senior government ministers, regulators and officials, opposition speakers, and senior opinion formers in industry and interest groups, which receive prominent coverage in the national and specialist media. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | What does a Thriving Glasgow mean to you? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Community engagement event led by GALLANT team members Prof Petra Meier and Dr Annika Hjelmskog as part of ARCadia festival (launch event for University of Glasgow Advanced Research Centre). Collaboration with Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL). Artwork produced with participants (Doughnut Canvas Portrait). Workshop outputs will be included in the finished City Portrait (Spring 2023). Blog post/website write up. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.gla.ac.uk/research/az/sustainablesolutions/ourprojects/gallant/city-portrait/gcpworkshop... |
| Description | Workshop series Shreya Sonthalia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Along with other SPSHU students, organised a five-workshop series "Systems Science in Public Health Workshop Series". Participants were given the opportunity to explore systems methods through various interactive exercises and gain theoretical knowledge of their relevance to public health issues. Each one of the four 2-hour workshop provided introductions to theoretical and practical examples of complexity science methods. A fifth 3-hour workshop summarized areas of overlap between each individual method and their complementary application to research on specific health issues. The workshop was open to all students and staff at SPSHU |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |