Sheffield Hallam University
Lead on Relationships across the life course
Andrea is professor of Applied Social and Policy Research at Sheffield Hallam University, where she is Director of the Centre for Loneliness Studies and Co-director of the Campaign to End Loneliness. She is a leading researcher on loneliness and social isolation, specialising in the wider social determinants and implications through research, programme evaluation, and evidence-based policy and practice. Many aspects of her research focus on co-production involving all key partners in the research process, including ‘experts by experience’.