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Research project

Beyond Bricks and Mortar. Participatory research on place attachment, place perception and heritage in the Test Valley

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Mary Barker PhD, C Psychol

Prof of Psychology & Behavioural Science
Research interests
  • Mary Barker is Professor of Psychology and Behavioural Science. She has a joint appointment i…
Connect with Mary

Email: meb4@soton.ac.uk

Professor Joanna Sofaer

Professor of Archaeology
Research interests
  • Asset-based community development and role of cultural and community assets in health and wel…
  • The relationship between heritage and wellbeing
  • The social value of archaeology 
Connect with Joanna

Email: J.R.Sofaer-Derevenski@soton.ac.uk

Professor Matt Ryan

Professor
Research interests
  • Democracy
  • Social Research Methods
  • Web Science
Connect with Matt

Email: M.G.Ryan@soton.ac.uk

Dr Paolo Spada

Lecturer
Research interests
  • Diffusion and impact of governance and social innovations (Democratic Innovations).
  • Combining large surveys, field experiments, quantitative and qualitative analysis 
Connect with Paolo

Email: P.Spada@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

Joanna Sofaer, Arjun Awasthi, Heather Parsons, Matt Ryan, Jenny Bannister, Nina May, Philip May, Isabel Sargent, James Walsh, Kristina Louise Risley, Toby James Roberts, Chifuniro Somanje, Cara Megan Black, Naomi Leonard, Gabriela Ramos Bonilla, Mansoor Nellikkal, Chairun Nisya, A. Trivedi, Jenny Brain, Marie Stubbington, Paolo Spada, Kath Woods-Townsend & Mary Barker, 2025
Type: report