CHASER
Research Collaboration and Evaluation through Healing Arts Scotland
About
Healing Arts Scotland 2024 (HAS) was an exciting country-wide weeklong event celebrating and advocating for improved physical, mental and social health through the arts (August 2024). Spearheaded by Scottish Ballet as part of the Jameel Arts & Health Lab’s global ‘Healing Arts’ campaign in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), the one-week activation event was produced together with a national coalition of organisations across culture, science, health, education and government as part of the Edinburgh International Festival.
CHASER (Research Collaboration and Evaluation through Healing Arts Scotland) led an innovative mixed-methods evaluation to explore the impact and experiences of HAS, as well as facilitated the creation of new research partnerships.
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Learn more about the project by:
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Downloading the HAS impact report which includes findings from our mixed-methods research.
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Reading a blog about the HAS celebratory event in Scottish Parliament.
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Watching our feedback film below to hear from HAS participants.​
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This project is funded by the Jameel Arts & Health Lab (a partnership of the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, the Steinhardt School at New York University, Community Jameel, and CULTURUNNERS).
Feedback film
As part of our mixed-methods research, we created a short film with production company Neon8 to capture HAS experiences.
Team
/ Dr Katey Warran
University of Edinburgh
/ Dr Nisha Sajnani
New York University
/ Dr Pilar Letrondo
University of Edinburgh
/ Lisa Sinclair
Scottish Ballet
/ Dr Bethany Whiteside
The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
/ Tessa Brinza
New York University
/ Marcel Foster
New York University
/ Dr David Jarman
Edinburgh Napier University
/ Calum Smith
Oxford University / World Health Organization
/ Marta Reichlin
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore