EVENT: Creative Health Networking
Exploring Creative Health: Building Connections, Shaping the Future
Join us for an interactive networking event hosted by the Creative Health Hub, University of Huddersfield. An afternoon designed to connect academic staff and postgraduate researchers who are curious about, or already working within, the growing field of Creative Health.
This event will bring together colleagues from across disciplines to explore how creativity, culture, and health intersect, and how we can work collaboratively to drive positive change across research and practice.
You’ll have the opportunity to:
- Meet others across the University who share an interest in Creative Health.
- Discover existing projects and opportunities to get involved in the Hub’s work.
- Explore new collaborative ideas through themed discussion groups.
- Help shape how Creative Health develops as a strategic area of excellence within the University.
Choose Your Themed Cluster
When registering, please select the theme that best aligns with your research, practice, or area of interest (note: please select only one themed cluster along with your general admission ticket). During the event, you’ll join others in a facilitated discussion to share ideas, identify connections, and explore opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration.
Creative Health & Health Inequalities
Exploring how creative interventions can help address unequal health outcomes, co-design projects with marginalised communities, and evaluate differential access to creative opportunities.
Creative Health & Digital / Technical Explorations
Investigating how digital tools, apps, virtual and augmented reality, and technology-enabled evaluation can enhance creative health practice, participation, and impact.
Creative Health & Community Engagement / Co-Production
Focusing on engaging communities in designing and delivering creative health initiatives, strengthening VCSE partnerships, and ensuring community voices are embedded in research and practice.
Creative Health & Place-Making
Examining how creative practice can shape public spaces, urban and rural environments, and contribute to healthier, more connected places through arts, design, and the built environment.
Creative Health & the Creative and Cultural Industries
Exploring how culture, heritage, music, design, performance, and festivals influence wellbeing; integrating creative and cultural industries into health and social care; and examining cultural identity and health.
Creative Health & Workforce Development
Considering how to build capacity, skills, and leadership across the creative health workforce, supporting cross-sector learning, professional development, and sustainable creative health ecosystems.
When: Monday 17 November, 2.00pm - 4.30pm
Where: Oastler Building, OA5.5/02
This event is open to Staff and Post-Graduate Researchers at the University of Huddersfield.