Dr Karen Gray
BA, PhD, PhD
Current positions
Senior Research Associate
School for Policy Studies
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Research interests
Methods and approaches for evaluating and researching arts and leisure activities for health and wellbeing; ageing and dementia; knowledge exchange and policy development; arts and cultural sector; embedded research; evidence use in social care.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Hoppiness: Brewing with Care Homes
Principal Investigator
Description
This inter-disciplinary project involves working alongside older adults living in care homes, their carers and brewers to explore the histories and cultures of brewing in the South West and…Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
01/01/2024 to 31/10/2024
ConnectED: Connecting Evidence to Decision Making
Principal Investigator
Role
Researcher
Description
ConnectED is a project that aims to help decision-makers in Adult Social Care make better decisions by growing their ability to use research.Managing organisational unit
School for Policy StudiesDates
05/01/2022 to 31/12/2024
Publications
Recent publications
25/03/2024“Shooting in the dark”
Evidence and Policy
Pandemic Preparedness in the Live Performing Arts:
Pandemic Preparedness in the Live Performing Arts:
Considering leisure and dementia
Leisure and everyday life with dementia
Pandemic theatre: how England's theatre organisations responded to COVID-19
Pandemic Culture
The analogue journey method
Creative Data Analysis Handbook