Paul Crawford

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

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Paul Crawford is Professor of Health Humanities at the School of Health Sciences, Director of the Centre for Social Futures at the Institute of Mental Health, University of Nottingham, UK. He is also Adjunct Professor at Canberra University, Australia. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health. As the founding father of the new, global and rapidly developing field of health humanities, Professor Crawford has spearheaded research in applying the arts and humanities to inform and transform healthcare, health and wellbeing. Most recently, Professor Crawford led the What's Up With Everyone campaign with Academy-award winning Aardman (Wallace & Gromit, Shaun the Sheep, Chicken Run etc.) to support the mental health literacy of young people. This campaign co-created with young people five short original films and a companion website, whatsupwitheveryone.com, focusing on perfectionism, loneliness & isolation, competitiveness, social media and independence. Professor Crawford has written over 140 publications including peer-reviewed papers or chapters and 13 books. He remains the leading figure in health humanities worldwide. Professor Crawford on the editorial boards of Journal of Medical Humanities, Communication & Medicine and Applied Arts in Health and acts as a referee for several prominent publishing houses and major journals. He has also appeared on BBC Radio 4 (Today Programme, Woman's Hour), Radio 2 (Johnnie Walker), 5 Live (Simon Mayo) and various regional shows.