Research

With our background in Theatre and Psychology, Jude is on board with the Theatre & Performing Research Association’s (TaPRA) aim of ‘promoting the use of scientific procedures for the development of quality and ethically minded evidence for the use of Applied Theatre Interventions’

Current Projects

Supporting Imaginary Communities to explore the role of creative interventions in changing young people’s attitudes towards education.
MOMU: Moving towards Multiprofessional Work in Art and Social Work. To watch Ian Mac’s MOMU presentation for the 2016 Dyslexia Association Staffordshire’s AGM, please click HERE

Current Research Interests:

Working with Offenders, ex-offenders and those at risk of offending behaviour and their experiences of substance misuse.
Research Methods and Ethical considerations within Applied Theatre Research.

Previous Research conducted:

Evaluation of a school-based intervention aimed at increasing the nutritional awareness of 7-10 year olds using performing arts.
H.R. Lees and Dr. P. Mani Das Gupta – Psychology and Mental Health, Faculty of Sciences, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, England
This research has been presented at both the BPS Annual Conference 2012 and The Division of Educational and Child Psychology (DECP) Trainee Educational Psychology Conference 2012. Download a copy HERE.
Investigation into the impact of a school-based performing arts intervention upon the short term retention of nutritional information by 7-10 year olds.
I. R. Mackay and Dr. P. Mani Das Gupta – Psychology and Mental Health, Faculty of Sciences, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, England

For more Information upon TaPRA please see their website @ http://tapra.org/

We are also associated with the British Psychological Society (BPS) who can be found @ www.bps.org.uk/