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Gweneth is a landscape architect and Research Fellow in the Mental Health Policy Unit at the Health Research Institute. Her work focuses on the impact of the built environment on community health and behaviour. Her current research focuses on how the design of outdoor spaces - particularly secondary schoolyards - can better meet the wellbeing needs of adolescents.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Is the schoolyard sick? Investigating the design impacts of secondary schoolyards on perceptions of student wellbeing, Health Research Institute
1 Feb 2020 → 20 Mar 2024
Award Date: 20 Mar 2024
Master, Landscape Architecture, Harvard University
1 Sept 2000 → 15 May 2003
Award Date: 15 May 2003
Bachelor, Science, Natural Resources, University of Michigan
1 Sept 1991 → 1 May 1995
Award Date: 1 May 1995
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Green spaces in Australian secondary schools
LEIGH, G., DAVEY, R. & Corkery, L.
1/08/24 → 6/08/26
Project: Research
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Leafy localities, longer lives: A cross-sectional and spatial analysis
Leigh, G. & Leigh, A., Feb 2024, In: Landscape and Urban Planning. 242, p. 1-11 11 p., 104947.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Enjoyed by Jack but Endured by Jill: an Exploratory Case Study Examining Differences in Adolescent Design Preferences and Perceived Impacts of a Secondary Schoolyard
Leigh, G., Muminovic, M. & Davey, R., 27 Feb 2023, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20, 5, p. 1-14 14 p., 4221.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Misaddressed Letter Experiment
Leigh, G. & Leigh, A., 15 Dec 2018, In: Applied Economics Letters. 25, 21, p. 1527-1530 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Bloom: Healthy spaces exhibition 2012
Leigh, G., 2 Jan 2014, In: Journal of Occupational Science. 21, 1, p. 86-101 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Evil twins
Leigh, G., Mar 2011, In: Landscape Architecture. 101, 3, p. 460 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review