Project overview
The COVID-19 pandemic has created an unprecedented scale of public wellbeing need. Provision of non-clinical solutions to support mental health using existing resources is therefore vital.
A collaboration between University of Southampton, University of Cambridge, University of Sussex, and Historic England, supported by the Heritage Alliance, Places of Joy investigates whether heritage appears as a joyful space at a time of national crisis, and if so, how and why.
The work aims to understand the roles and characteristics of heritage sites in contributing to wellbeing. Its findings are revealing the importance of visits to heritage sites in promoting positive subjective wellbeing, as well as satisfying deeper psychological and socio-cultural needs.
A collaboration between University of Southampton, University of Cambridge, University of Sussex, and Historic England, supported by the Heritage Alliance, Places of Joy investigates whether heritage appears as a joyful space at a time of national crisis, and if so, how and why.
The work aims to understand the roles and characteristics of heritage sites in contributing to wellbeing. Its findings are revealing the importance of visits to heritage sites in promoting positive subjective wellbeing, as well as satisfying deeper psychological and socio-cultural needs.
Staff
Lead researchers
Research outputs
Eirini Gallou, David Uzzell & Joanna Sofaer,
2022, Wellbeing, Space and Society, 3
Type: article
Joanna Sofaer & Eirini Gallou,
2022
Type: other
Joanna Sofaer, Ben Davenport, Marie Louise Stig Sørensen, Eirini Gallou & David Uzzell,
2021, International Journal of Heritage Studies, 12(1), 4-18
Type: review