Impact and public engagement
We produce world-class research with many applications relevant to individuals and society
We are committed to using our research to engage and inspire people beyond academia. Our researchers work with practitioners in health, policy, education and the arts to make a difference.
Healthy mental ageing: the Lothian Birth Cohorts
Follow-up studies of surveys taken by Scottish schoolchildren in 1932 and 1947 give researchers a unique insight into cognitive ageing
Outreach course and community partnerships
Undergraduate students work with schools and organisations around Edinburgh to deliver Psychology-based resources
Edinburgh Cognitive and Behavioural ALS Screen (ECAS)
Research into Motor Neurone Disease helps healthcare professionals assess patients for changes in cognition and behaviour
It's My Turn: an interactive play on turn-taking
An interactive theatre performance uses music and mimicry to teach children how to take turns
Brain box
Everything you need to know about the brain, in a box!
Impact and public engagement stories
- UK's first museum of languages travels to Edinburgh
- Psychology lecturer awarded British Academy-Wolfson Fellowship
- Intelligent ageing explored at Festival of Politics
- Secrets of successful ageing shared in reunion
- Edinburgh summer shows: Memory, bilingualism and trickery
- Tackling depression and dementia over a Pint of Science
- Edinburgh Science Festival: music and the mind
- Celebration of research impact highlights MND research
- Inter-generational storytelling workshop challenges stereotypes of ageing