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SAGE is delighted to announce more details about our conference on Sound, Nature and Wellbeing in Ageing in September 2025. British Academy/Wellcome Trust Conferences bring together scholars and specialists from around the world to explore themes related to health and wellbeing. The state of our wellbeing has a profound impact on our quality of life. This…

Dr Philip Reeder is speaking about SAGE at the Kaunas Institute of Technology as part of the Intermediality in Communication International Conference. He will be speaking about the use of the data gathered from listening workshops, discussions and on-going co-production sessions as the design of the intervention is being finalised. Philip will also be presenting…

In perhaps one of the wettest and coldest months in memory, Abigail Gardner, Stephen Tatlow, Philip Reeder, Alice Goodenough and Wendy Martin (Brunel) have embarked on Phase One of their two-year UKRI funded project, SAGE Sound Environment and Ageing: Bringing the Outside into Care Homes. This involves them conducting walking interviews with care home managers…

Research by the University of Gloucestershire investigation whether sounds of nature can have a positive impact on the wellbeing of care home residents has secured funding of more than £336,000. Building on previous studies, researchers in science, sound art and cultural studies will ‘develop and test an intervention using immersive audio technologies in partnership with…

A new study from experts and researchers at the University of Gloucestershire will explore whether the sounds of nature could have a positive impact on care home residents. The research will involve working with older people in the community to record nature-based soundtracks. These will include sounds such as birdsongs, waterfalls, and sea waves which will be played through immersive sound…

Aiming to utilise nature-based soundtracks to boost wellbeing, a multidisciplinary team of university experts in social science, sound art and cultural studies are collaborating on a two-year study to develop and test immersive audio intervention for care home residents. The two-year study titled ‘SAGE, ‘Sound, Environment and Ageing: Bringing the Outside into Care Homes’, has been awarded…

Charity Lilian Faithfull Care is working with the University of Gloucestershire to explore whether the sounds of nature can have a positive impact on the mental health and wellbeing of people in care homes.

Innovative research by University of Gloucestershire exploring whether the sounds of nature can have a positive impact on the mental health and wellbeing of people in care homes, has won funding of more than £336,000. Building on previous studies, a multi-disciplinary team of researchers in social science, sound art and Cultural Studies will develop and…