Creative industries in mental health

In the spotlight this month is Wellbeing: Investigating Singing Health in Ensembles using Digital Technologies (WISHED)

Imagine singing in a choir, in the performance venue of your choice, reaping the rewards of this shared experience from the comfort of your own home. This project uses state of the art Virtual Reality (VR) technology to quantify the health and wellbeing benefits of group singing.

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More fascinating examples

Arts and Creative Technologies

ASMR: Sound interventions for mental health and wellbeing in adolescents

Key contact: Clau Nader Jaime

Researching the therapeutic benefit of exploration in computer games

Key contact: Cristobal Catalan

Gamification - applications to mental health

Key contact: Joe Cutting

COMUSICATE: Connecting through Music and Technology

Key contact: Caroline Waddington-Jones

Computer Science

Games for health and wellbeing; social wellbeing of disabled gamers

Key contact: Paul Cairns

Games and wellbeing - creativity and therapeutic value

Key contact: Jo Iacovides

Protecting from online harms in gaming, particularly gambling-related

Key contact: David Zendle

Library, Archives and Learning Services

Using University of York's art collection to encourage mindful and meditative engagement with art

Key contact: Helena Cox

Education / Sociology

Digital and online risks to mental health

Key contact: Beth Bell, Jennifer Chubb and Steph Jesper

English and Related Literature

Women and Material Entanglements in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World

Key contact: Chloe Wigston Smith

Health Sciences

Digital interventions for phobias

Key contact: Michael Saiger

History of Art

How did art-making within the project titled ''Art in Action for Political Actors'' help political actors deal with traumatic experiences from protests and confrontations with the authorities?

Key contact: Clara Cheung

School of Physics, Engineering and Technology (PET)

Singing for wellbeing via a virtual choir

Key contact: Helena Daffern

XR Stories: Research and development for the future of immersive and interactive storytelling