Key funding
- Understanding the impacts of income and welfare policy responses to COVID-19 on inequalities in mental health: A microsimulation model; The Health Foundation, £145k (2020-21).
- Social and environmental impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic in Vietnamese provinces bordering China and Laos following border closure; EPSRC, £288k (2020-22).
- Whose crisis?: The global COVID-19 crisis from the perspective of communities in Africa; AHRC, £139k (2020-21).
- Health, mortality and health-care in people with learning disabilities; Baily Thomas Charitable Fund, £100k (2020-22).
- Better Parks, Healthier for All?; Medical Research Council, £384k (2020-23).
Research news
- International partnerships research global impact of COVID-19
- A study of the lives of people with learning disabilities through the pandemic
- Time for change to tackle malnutrition among older people in Scotland
- Childhood maltreatment linked to higher risk of multiple health conditions in later life
- Colombian river guardians rally support in Scotland
- Major new report takes stock of violence in Scotland
- New study finds victims of rape or sexual assault feel marginalised
Key publications
- Simulating the density reduction and equity impact of potential tobacco retail control policies. Tobacco Control (2020).
- Association between childhood maltreatment and the prevalence and complexity of multimorbidity: A cross-sectional analysis of 157,357 UK Biobank participants. Journal of Comorbidity (2020).
- Early impacts of Universal Credit: the tip of the iceberg? The Lancet Public Health (2020).
- Socioeconomic inequalities in children’s exposure to tobacco retailing based on individual-level GPS data in Scotland. BMJ Tobacco Control (2019).
- Inequalities in the dental health needs and access to dental services among looked after children in Scotland: a population data linkage study. BMJ Archives of Disease in Childhood (2017)
At Glasgow we work together to understand, and address, the processes that generate inequalities and their profound effects on individuals, communities and populations across the world.
Inequality, deprivation and marginalisation have many causes. In Glasgow, we recognise that a one-size-fits-all answer does not exist, and we work to find appropriate, sustainable solutions.
Our impact
We work with communities, governments and international organisations to evaluate and develop policies and action that seek to create fairer societies.
For example, our award-winning research and learning programme, GoWell has informed policies and strategies which have directly led to improvements in social regeneration and health outcomes in deprived neighbourhoods and communities.
We have created new forums for dialogue and influence on refugee, asylum and migration policy. Working with policymakers, practitioners and other stakeholders, Glasgow researchers have enhanced service delivery for marginalised groups by informing policy debates.
Our researchers work with local and national governments to develop and assess policies to reduce health inequalities. Researchers from Glasgow have shown that having access to green space may significantly reduce the gap in mental wellbeing and mortality between richer and poorer people. This work is now influencing urban planning and development, with the long-term aim of changing people’s environments and reducing health inequalities.
Our goal is to support real world change so that everyone can fulfil their potential irrespective of who they are or where they come from.
Meet our academic ambassadors
- Professor Michele Burman
- Professor Chris Chapman
- Professor Sayantan Ghosal
- Professor Laurence Moore
- Professor Sally Wyke
Supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals:
Find out more: Sustainable Development Goals