Collaborations

Our researchers lead this pan-European collaboration, which aims to raise awareness of child to parent violence, examine intervention models currently in use in countries across Europe and develop resources for practitioners working with families experiencing this problem. We are working with five partners in different EU countries.

Break4Change (Brighton and Hove City Council, UK and partners)

Break4Change is a programme for young people who are abusive or violent to their parents or carers. The programme is run in partnership between Youth Offending Team (YOT), Targeted Youth Support (TYS) Crime Prevention workers, RISE (a domestic abuse charity) and the Family Intervention Project (FIP). Programmes for both parents and young people are run alongside each other over a 12-week period to initiate and support change.

National University of Galway, Republic of Ireland

Researchers within the School of Political Science & Sociology at the National University of Galway in the Republic of Ireland explore child to parent violence and have contributed research into Non Violent Resistance (NVR), an approach rolled out by Parentline Ireland and being considered by the Young People’s Probation Service. The University of Galway hosted the DAPHNE RCPV conference in June 2014.

Instituto de Investigación Polibienestar, Universitat de València, Spain

The Research Institute on Social Welfare Policy in València focus on research, innovation and social technology, technical advice and training in the field of social policy, with the aim of improving wellbeing and quality of life in society.

Åmål Municipality, Sweden

Åmål Municipality is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden, about 17 miles north of Gothenburg. The municipality employs over 1,200 people across five administrative departments: Childcare and Education, Integration and Labour Management, Healthcare, Technology and Recreation. Representatives from the municipality are engaged with the RCPV work and are rolling out programmes and testing their effectiveness.

National Association XXI Century Rhodopa Mountain Initiative, Bulgaria

This independent, voluntary social non-profit organisation is based in Sofia. It includes 15 permanent members and 110 volunteers from various social, educational, ethno-cultural and ethno-religious backgrounds, representing communities throughout the region. The association has developed and implemented programmes aimed at preventing anti-social behaviour in young people, supporting and reintegrating groups at risk within society and enhancing social engagement.

By pooling resources, we can learn more about the extent of this problem, measure intervention effectiveness, consider ways of addressing gender inequalities and power relations and identify gaps in provision. Making cross-country comparisons, disseminating research findings widely and feeding them into ongoing policy discussion are key to our success.

The Research Councils UK Energy Programme has funded a three-year, £1.3m study into creating opportunities for change that will reduce carbon emissions and associated greenhouse gas emissions from the transport sector. We are collaborating with project partners from six universities:

Centre for Transport Research, University of Aberdeen

The Centre for Transport Research (CTR) acts as the focus for transport research at the University of Aberdeen and specialises in the sustainability of transport systems with emphasis on environment, society and technology.

Business School, Glasgow University

The University of Glasgow Adam Smith Business School combines research and teaching in management, economics and accounting and finance. Research into public policy and governance includes the assessment of strategic planning and transport policies and their implications for both economic performance and environmental sustainability.

Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University

Lancaster University Management school is a collegial, multidisciplinary and innovative management research institution.

Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds

The Institute aims to advance the understanding of transport activity, operations and use, and to develop skills and best practice among transport professionals and decision-makers.

Business School, Open University

The Institute for Social Marketing within the Open University Business School is concerned with the study and dissemination of social marketing theory and practice, with particular focus on developing and evaluating interventions for changing behaviour.

Air Quality Management Resource Centre, University of West of England

The AQMRC at the University of West of England produce research relating to air quality and carbon management, specialising in policy and legislative advice, technical support and implementation and communication and stakeholder dialogue.

We are working with fellow project partners to analyse how disruption can play a role in forcing individuals and organisations to reconsider how they operate. From broken legs, to floods and volcanic ash clouds, there are circumstances that lead to change in people’s mobility and journeys. Together, the project team examines the opportunities for carbon-reducing actions and how positive changes can be embedded in everyday life in organisations and policy making. Capturing travel behaviour through social media is a key constituent of the project, as are forums where lay people and experts deliberate on the issues and challenge one another about what needs to be done to capture chances for change.

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is a group of 5,000 passionate and dedicated clinicians and support staff, working hand-in-hand with partners in the community to care for and support vulnerable people. Together, they provide mental health, learning disability, substance misuse and prison healthcare throughout Sussex, along with a range of specialist services across the South East of England and beyond.

Sussex Partnership NHS Trust started in April 2006 and became a Foundation Trust with teaching status in August 2008. It is now one of the most influential, effective and well-respected mental health trusts in the country. As a teaching trust of Brighton and Sussex Medical School, it is developing a national reputation for leading-edge research.

Professor Gillian Bendelow has collaborated extensively with the Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Together with Sussex Police, they have explored the diagnosis of vulnerability and ‘dangerousness’ by police officers implementing Section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983. Stemming from this research was a Department of Health funded pilot scheme sending mental health nurses on the beat with police officers to help improve services for people facing mental health crisis. Immediate access to expert intervention allowed findings to be put into practice and resulted in a reduced number of people taken into custody.

We will continue to work in partnership with the Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust in order to build knowledge about the needs, care and services for some of society’s most vulnerable people.

MindOut is a mental health service run by and for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. Based in Brighton and Hove, it provides local services including advice, information, advocacy, a peer support group programme, wellbeing activities and events, as well as a number of national initiatives.

Allsorts is a project based in Brighton to support and empower young people under 26 who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans or unsure (LGBTU) of their sexual orientation and/or gender identity, challenging prejudice and discrimination. 

Our collaboration with MindOut and Allsorts enabled us to use a participatory-action research approach and conduct in-depth qualitative analysis of the experiences of suicidal distress and survival with mental health service users and young people who identify as LGBT. Not only were the findings of this study key to determining better provision, but our researchers were able to make recommendations for future applied research practice and were inspired to strengthen our connection through the appointment of principal investigator Katherine Johnson as a trustee of MindOut.

Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals (BSUH) is an acute teaching hospital working across two sites: the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton and the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath.

BSUH provides District General Hospital services to local populations in and around the City of Brighton and Hove, Mid Sussex and the western part of East Sussex and more specialised and tertiary services for patients across Sussex and the south east of England, including acting as the major trauma centre for the area.

Working as one hospital across two sites, BSUH has the flexibility to develop services, which meet the needs of patients at different stages of their treatment and care. It treats over three quarters of a million patients each year.

Central to BSUH’s ambition is their role as an academic centre, a provider of high quality teaching, and a host hospital for cutting-edge research and innovation. They work with the following partners: Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS), the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Postgraduate Deanery, and both the University of Brighton and Sussex University.

Our collaboration with BSUH has enabled us to explore the digital revolution currently transforming healthcare. From GP consultation to remote monitoring and emergency care, there are significant opportunities for deriving patient benefits and increasing productivity through innovation. The challenge for patients, clinicians and policymakers is to understand how to make that happen amidst increasing time and resource pressures.

Our research has improved understanding about how to increase user involvement in project implementation, a key element to a successful transition. Building on the experience of local professionals, patients and researchers, we have been able to identify the promise, and the pitfalls, of EPRs for both practice and research.

>Our latest collaborative endeavour is the BSUH-led EmERGE project. The EU Horizon 2020 programme has provided €5.5 million to fund the development and evaluation of an mHealth platform for use in HIV care.