Social Futures Institute research projects
The Social Futures Institute has over 40 research projects. We've listed a number of these to indicate our main areas of interest.
Current projects
Young people’s workforce third sector capacity building programme: A feasibility study | Professor Tony Chapman, Dr Peter van der Graaf, Emma Bailey and Robert Crow (Social Futures Institute), John Bateman, Dave Packwood and Ruth Gilchrist (UK Youth), Diane Evans (National Youth Agency).
British Steel archive
Hartlepool Borough Council Children's Services 'Supporting and developing the integrated youth support workforce' | Jonathan Roberts (principal investigator), Professor Tony Chapman, Dr Peter van der Graaf, Sarah Cardew, Robert Crow and Emma Bailey
Comparative studies in Social Enterprise in North East England and Yamagata Japan | Professor Tony Chapman (Teesside University), Professor Tomoaki Shibukawa (Tohoku University of Community Service and Science), Dr Tomohito Nakajima (Sanno University) and Professor Tokihiko Takatani (Tohoku Koeki University)
Design and analysis of returns for the Redcar and Cleveland carers strategy 2009-2014 | Rob Crow in partnership with Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council and Redcar & Cleveland NHS PCT
Gateway project
Pedagogic quality and inequality in university first degrees | Dr Andrea Abbas (co-investigator, Teesside University), Dr Paul Ashwin (co-investigator, University of Lancaster), Dr Ourania Filippakou (Research Fellow, University of Nottingham) Dr Monica McLean, (principal investigator, University of Nottingham)
Recalling and recognising faces of other races: a behavioral and eye movement study | Dr Kazuyo Nakabayashi (Teesside University) and Professor Toby Lloyd-Jones (The University of Swansea)
Surestart and parenting service
The development of emotional intelligence within PDP | Dr Helen Dudiak, Dr Debbie Pope, Jan Anderson, Dr Pamela Qualter, Dr Kathryn Gardner
Long term unemployed males and health messages
The Digital Villages Network Project (Redcar and Cleveland) | Paul Davies (East Cleveland Community Development Group) in partnership with Prof Eileen Green, Carrie Singleton (SOFI) and Steve Thompson (IDI) at Teesside University
Processes, outcomes and metrics for assessing synchronous and asynchronous collaboration in Virtual Worlds | Stewart Martin, Head of Education (Teesside University)
Two steps forward, two back? Understanding recurrent poverty | Dr Tracy Shildrick, Professor Robert MacDonald, Kayleigh Garthwaite (all Teesside University) and Dr Colin Webster (Leeds Metropolitan University)
Youth achievement foundations evaluation | Professor Tony Chapman, Peter van der Graaf, Emma Bailey and Catherine Iles
Northern Rock Foundation third sector trends study | Professor Tony Chapman, Director, Social Futures Institute and Professor Fred Robinson, St Chad's College, Durham University
How ‘out’ is ‘out’? Living lesbian lives in the British armed forces since January 2000 | Dr Joan Heggie
Recently completed projects
Extended youth transitions, higher education and social inclusion | Professor Robert MacDonald, Dr Colin Webster, Dr Andrea Abbas, Dr Mark Cieslik, Dr Tracy Shildrick and Mark Simpson
Years ahead task group on demographic ageing | Professor Tony Chapman, Emma Bailey and Robert Crow
The impact of UK youth, young achievement award on young people’s perceptions of positive life choices | Professor Tony Chapman, Peter van der Graaf, Emma Bailey, Catherine Iles, Jonathan Roberts
Making sense of youth transitions | Stuart Dearlove, Professor Tony Chapman, Professor Robert MacDonald and Catherine Iles
Review of adolescent stress | Dr Seija Sandberg, Professor Robert MacDonald
The shape of the voluntary and community sector in North Yorkshire and City of York | Professor Tony Chapman, Robert Crow, Beth Baxter
ADVANCE women to employability | Professor Eileen Green, Dr Joan Heggie
Researching the impact of major skills issues in the Tees Valley | Professor Tony Chapman, Dr Joan Heggie, Judith Brown, Robert Crow, Jane Ward
The main project | Dr Helen Dudiak and Gemma Spiers
Third sector policy seminar series - breaking down boundaries, creating opportunities | Professor Tony Chapman, Judith Brown
An evaluation of the ‘improving life choices’ project | Dr Roger Sapsford, Professor Tony Chapman
Designing and planning outdoor environments for people with dementia | Professor Tim Blackman, Dr Paul Van Schaik, Dr Clive Fencott and Professor Brian Hobbs
Impact of the changing funding environment on the voluntary and community sector | Professor Tony Chapman, Robert Crow, Jane Ward, Judith Brown
Punjabi communities in the North East | Dr Steve Taylor, Deborah Booth and Dr Manjit Singh