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Oxford Human-Nature Health Research Platform (OxHNH)

Our research aims to discovers if, how and why ‘nature’ supports human mental health and wellbeing. In our research process, we intentionally look to re-connect humans with the natural world, and we investigate how and why that re-connection is good for humans and good for the planet.

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What we do

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Research Programmes

OxHNH's research programmes.

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Projects

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Outputs

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Latest Outputs

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The role of Hybrid Green Spaces in Secure Psychiatric care

Hybrid Green Spaces in psychiatric intensive care units offer a transformative approach to mental healthcare environments, addressing tensions between therapeutic intent and institutional control.

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Co-Design Methods and Tools in More-Than-Human Health, Wellbeing and Flourishing: A Scoping Review

Under compounded crises of climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss, researchers are exploring more-than-human co-design to involve and engage human and non-human entities.

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Ecological-Collective-Flourishing: A radical proposal for research and policy to develop and sustain human and environmental flourishing

A growing body of research is connecting global environmental degradation to negative impacts on mental health and human flourishing.

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Featured project

Explore our work on nature-based programmes in schools.

Is Nature A Policy Solution to Mental Health in Schools?

The Agile Research Sprint is designed to rapidly generate actionable evidence on the role of nature-based programmes in improving mental health and wellbeing outcomes for secondary school students.

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