Quality of Life research

We undertake independent research to build the evidence base on:

  • the need for a health and wellbeing approach in housing
  • the barriers that prevent such an approach
  • how to overcome those barriers.

Our research funding comes through national funding bodies, philanthropic organisations, private sponsorship and competitions.  We often collaborate with other organisations – including universities – on our research, ensuring that it is robust and serves the needs of our audiences. 

At the moment, we’re collaborating the UCL Institute of Health Equity on Building Health Equity – a project to understand and overcome the barriers to developers and investors doing more for health equity through their work. We’re grateful to have funding from Legal & General for this research.

We’re also looking at the effects of mass timber on both building performance and health and wellbeing with dRMM and Edinburgh Napier University, funded by Built by Nature.

And we’re working on a large scale UKRI-funded project led by Cambridge University which aims to measure and communicate the knowledge and impacts of climate change on local communities on the Isle of Anglesey/Ynys Môn.

Explore our research:

  • Public Map Platform: Charting the green transition on the Isle of Anglesey/Ynys Môn

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  • Community Consultation for Quality of Life national reports

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  • Our Edinburgh Neighbourhood (Community Consultation for Quality of Life)

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  • Your Place, Our Place report (Community Consultation for Quality of Life)

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  • Review of post-occupancy evaluation

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  • Your City, Your Voice Belfast report (Community Consultation for Quality of Life)

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  • Community Voices Cardiff report (Community Consultation for Quality of Life)

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  • Your Quality of Life Community Report

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  • Inclusive Engagement Toolkit

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  • Measuring Success: A social value roundtable

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  • Resident Review: Closing the feedback loop in UK housing

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  • Quality of Life Framework Evidence Review

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  • Public participation in planning in the UK: A review of the literature

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  • Community Consultation for Quality of Life: an ongoing research project

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  • Young and Renters Lose out in Lockdown

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  • Quality of Life Foundation literature review

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  • Quality of life at home: Exploring people’s perceptions of where they live before and during lockdown

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Quality of Life Foundation,

c/o dRMM, 148 Tooley Street,

London, SE1 2TU

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Quality of Life Foundation,

c/o dRMM, 148 Tooley Street,

London, SE1 2TU