Geoff Bates
@geoffbates.bsky.social
Public health and health policy. Institute for Policy Research, University of Bath.
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Researchers from the TRUUD project have their work featured in new #WHO case studies series on #UrbanHealth, launched today for #WorldCitiesDay.
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🔗case study here: cdn.who.int/media/docs/d...
Inc @uniofbathipr.bsky.social @geoffbates.bsky.social
🔗case study here: cdn.who.int/media/docs/d...
October 31, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Researchers from the TRUUD project have their work featured in new #WHO case studies series on #UrbanHealth, launched today for #WorldCitiesDay.
Inc @uniofbathipr.bsky.social @geoffbates.bsky.social
🔗case study here: cdn.who.int/media/docs/d...
Inc @uniofbathipr.bsky.social @geoffbates.bsky.social
🔗case study here: cdn.who.int/media/docs/d...
Reposted by Geoff Bates
A new paper by @geoffbates.bsky.social, Pablo Newberry, Rachael McClatchey, @jacknewman.bsky.social and @sarahayres.bsky.social explores how health is integrated in urban development, and how to bring about change to support healthier development.
Read it here: doi.org/10.1186/s129...
Read it here: doi.org/10.1186/s129...
How can health be further integrated in urban development policymaking in the United Kingdom? A systems mapping approach - Health Research Policy and Systems
Background In the United Kingdom the government’s new health mission aims to reduce the burden on healthcare services by shifting from treating poor health to prevention. Delivering this requires acti...
doi.org
July 31, 2025 at 8:15 AM
A new paper by @geoffbates.bsky.social, Pablo Newberry, Rachael McClatchey, @jacknewman.bsky.social and @sarahayres.bsky.social explores how health is integrated in urban development, and how to bring about change to support healthier development.
Read it here: doi.org/10.1186/s129...
Read it here: doi.org/10.1186/s129...
Reposted by Geoff Bates
The UK's plan to build 1.5 million homes presents a chance to integrate health into urban development. @geoffbates.bsky.social @danielsblack.bsky.social show how urgent policy and decision-making reforms are needed. Read more: buff.ly/7OvUpSO
Housing growth, economic growth and/or long-term health?
The UK’s plan to build 1.5 million homes presents a rare opportunity to embed health in urban development. Yet new research reveals deep-rooted barriers across public and private sectors. Without u…
blogs.bath.ac.uk
June 18, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The UK's plan to build 1.5 million homes presents a chance to integrate health into urban development. @geoffbates.bsky.social @danielsblack.bsky.social show how urgent policy and decision-making reforms are needed. Read more: buff.ly/7OvUpSO
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#OpenAccess in Area
'Coding with a transdisciplinary team - A project exploring unhealthy urban development' by Andrew Barnfield & @geoffbates.bsky.social
This paper is part of a 'Thinking with Methods' collection - 'Digging into Data'.
doi.org/10.1111/area... #geosky
'Coding with a transdisciplinary team - A project exploring unhealthy urban development' by Andrew Barnfield & @geoffbates.bsky.social
This paper is part of a 'Thinking with Methods' collection - 'Digging into Data'.
doi.org/10.1111/area... #geosky
Area | RGS Geography Journal | Wiley Online Library
In this paper we explore coding in a transdisciplinary team. We discuss how we navigate the spaces and times between disciplines and ideas, and what other researchers can learn from our experience.
doi.org
May 7, 2025 at 12:04 PM
#OpenAccess in Area
'Coding with a transdisciplinary team - A project exploring unhealthy urban development' by Andrew Barnfield & @geoffbates.bsky.social
This paper is part of a 'Thinking with Methods' collection - 'Digging into Data'.
doi.org/10.1111/area... #geosky
'Coding with a transdisciplinary team - A project exploring unhealthy urban development' by Andrew Barnfield & @geoffbates.bsky.social
This paper is part of a 'Thinking with Methods' collection - 'Digging into Data'.
doi.org/10.1111/area... #geosky
Reposted by Geoff Bates
Healthier spaces prevent disease. In our latest blog, @geoffbates.bsky.social & @iprnickp.bsky.social highlight how COVID-19 showed the need for change, but progress was stalled. Reintegrating health into urban planning is key to shift from treatment to prevention.
blogs.bath.ac.uk/iprblog/2025...
blogs.bath.ac.uk/iprblog/2025...
The re-integration of health in urban development policymaking is still needed to shift from curative to preventative policies
Housing and urban environments are critical to public health. Poor conditions worsen inequalities, while healthier spaces prevent disease. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for transformat…
blogs.bath.ac.uk
January 28, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Healthier spaces prevent disease. In our latest blog, @geoffbates.bsky.social & @iprnickp.bsky.social highlight how COVID-19 showed the need for change, but progress was stalled. Reintegrating health into urban planning is key to shift from treatment to prevention.
blogs.bath.ac.uk/iprblog/2025...
blogs.bath.ac.uk/iprblog/2025...
Our new paper ⬇️ on the challenges and opportunities for co-producing big messy planetary health research projects with the wide range of stakeholders involved. Free to read and download
New from @geoffbates.bsky.social & coauthors Daniel Black, Andy Gibson, Kathy Pain, Ges Rosenberg and Jo White
‘What is “good” co-production in the context of planetary health research, and how is it enabled?’
Published in Earth System Governance, read it here: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
‘What is “good” co-production in the context of planetary health research, and how is it enabled?’
Published in Earth System Governance, read it here: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 4, 2024 at 5:29 PM
Our new paper ⬇️ on the challenges and opportunities for co-producing big messy planetary health research projects with the wide range of stakeholders involved. Free to read and download
Reposted by Geoff Bates
🌍 New on the blog! Keir Starmer’s climate pledge: ambitious but unrealistic without major lifestyle shifts. Are we ready for radical change ask Sam Hampton & Lorriane Whitmarsh?
📖Read more: blogs.bath.ac.uk/iprblog/2024...
#ClimateAction #Sustainability
📖Read more: blogs.bath.ac.uk/iprblog/2024...
#ClimateAction #Sustainability
November 19, 2024 at 11:58 AM
🌍 New on the blog! Keir Starmer’s climate pledge: ambitious but unrealistic without major lifestyle shifts. Are we ready for radical change ask Sam Hampton & Lorriane Whitmarsh?
📖Read more: blogs.bath.ac.uk/iprblog/2024...
#ClimateAction #Sustainability
📖Read more: blogs.bath.ac.uk/iprblog/2024...
#ClimateAction #Sustainability