Dr Peter Van der Graaf

Peter is interested in the interface between research, practice and policy making and how this interface facilitates (or hinders) social improvement processes at local, regional, national and international levels. He conducts research on knowledge mobilisation in public health, with a focus on the wider determinants of health (e.g. housing, health landscapes, urban regeneration) and how they affect people's health and wellbeing.

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• Correction: Leading co-production in five UK collaborative research partnerships (2008–2018): responses to four tensions from senior leaders using auto-ethnography, van der Graaf, P., Kislov, R., Smith, H., Langley, J., Hamer, N., Cheetham, M., Wolstenholme, D., Cooke, J., Mawson, S. 24 Feb 2023, In: Implementation Science Communications
• Leading co-production in five UK collaborative research partnerships (2008-2018): responses to four tensions from senior leaders using auto-ethnography, Van der Graaf, P., Kislov, R., Smith, H., Langley, J., Hamer, N., Cheetham, M., Wolstenholme, D., Cooke, J., Mawson, S. 27 Jan 2023, In: Implementation Science Communications
• Performing Impact in Research: A Dramaturgical Reflection on Knowledge Brokers in Academia, Van Der Graaf, P. 12 Apr 2023, The Palgrave Handbook of Imposter Syndrome in Higher Education, Cham, Switzerland, Springer
• ‘What I really want is academics who want to partner and who care about the outcome’: findings from a mixed-methods study of evidence use in local government in England, Cheetham, M., Redgate, S., Van der Graaf, P., Humble, C., Hunter, D., Adamson, A. 1 Feb 2023, In: Evidence and Policy
• Co-production practice and future research priorities in United Kingdom-funded applied health research: a scoping review, Smith, H., Budworth, L., Grindey, C., Hague, I., Hamer, N., Kislov, R., van der Graaf, P., Langley, J. Dec 2022, In: Health Research Policy and Systems
• Co-production in local government: process, codification and capacity building of new knowledge in collective reflection spaces. Workshops findings from a UK mixed methods study, van der Graaf, P., Cheetham, M., Redgate, S., Humble, C., Adamson, A. 1 Dec 2021, In: Health Research Policy and Systems
• What makes a ‘successful’ collaborative research project between public health practitioners and academics? A mixed-methods review of funding applications submitted to a local intervention evaluation scheme, van der Graaf, P., Blank, L., Holding, E., Goyder, E. Dec 2021, In: Health Research Policy and Systems
• Barriers and Facilitators for Physical Activity in Already Active Pregnant and Postpartum Women? Findings from a Qualitative Study to Inform the Design of an Intervention for Active Women, Subramanian, M., Van der Graaf, P., Dawson, R., Hayes, L., Ells, L., Sachdeva, K., Azevedo, L. 9 Jun 2020
• Challenges, opportunities and solutions for local physical activity stakeholders: an implementation case study from a cross-sectoral physical activity network in Northeast England, P. Rigby, B., van der Graaf, P., B. Azevedo, L., Hayes, L., Gardner, B., J. Dodd-Reynolds, C. Dec 2020, In: BMC Public Health
• Mobilising knowledge in public health: reflections on ten years of collaborative working in fuse, the centre for translational research in public health, van der Graaf, P., Cheetham, M., Lake, A., Welford, M., Rushmer, R., Shucksmith, J., Rhodes, A. 1 Nov 2020, In: Evidence and Policy

• Paige Alsop Start Date: 01/10/2023
• Ruth Muscat Enhancing knowledge mobilisation skills and training for health librarians: comparative case study analysis in the North East and North Cumbria Start Date: 11/07/2022

• Sociology PhD June 30 2009
• Sociology MA July 15 1998