Paul Crawford
Paul Crawford is Professor of Health Humanities and Director of the Centre for Social Futures at the Institute of Mental Health, The University of Nottingham, UK. As the founding father of the global field of health humanities, he has led multiple prestigious projects to advance the arts and humanities in healthcare, health and wellbeing. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health, Royal Society of Arts and Academy of Social Sciences. His work has led to multiple esteemed appointments in the UK and overseas. He contributes regularly to policy development in mental health and human care, advising senior politicians. He has written over 140 publications and 13 books, most recently: Cabin Fever: Surviving Lockdown in the Coronavirus Pandemic (Emerald, 2021), Florence Nightingale at Home (Palgrave, 2020) [longlisted for the B.S. Hughes Prize 2021 and nominated for The People’s Book Prize, 2021] and The Routledge Companion to Health Humanities (Routledge, 2020). He is series editor for Arts for Health (Emerald) and Editor-in-Chief for The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Health Humanities (Springer). He has won multiple large prestigious grants from research councils within United Kingdom Research and Innovation. His most recent AHRC-funded program and campaign with Academy-award winning Aardman, www.whatsupwitheveryone.com brought new animations co-created with young people to advance their mental health literacy. Since launch in February 2021 these resources have reached over 18m people and attracted the support of multiple celebrities, government ministers and major organisations relevant to mental health, schools and colleges, universities and parenting. This campaign also won Best Social Media and Content at the Design Week Awards 2021, UK.