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Personal profile
Biography
Jack is currently a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in The University of Manchester's School of Environment, Education and Development (SEED).
He was recently awarded a a prestigious three-year Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship for his innovative research project, “Creating Urban Environments for Wellbeing: Advancing Methods and Theory”. This project aims to develop new tools and insights for understanding how changes in urban environments impact people’s wellbeing.
Jack's research sits at the interface of public health, behavioural science and urban research, and focuses on improving urban policy and decision making for healthy cities. He has a background in health psychology and has worked in a number of academic research roles. He has experience in a range of quantitative methods from basic inferential statistics to more complex multi-level regression modelling.
Jack has a keen interest in using natural experimental methods to evaluate the health and wellbeing impacts of environmental interventions. He has worked with researchers, policy makers and urban developers in multiple natural experimental research collaborations, including the EU Horizon 2020 funded GrowGreen project to evaluate the health and wellbeing impacts of nature-based solutions in cities across Europe and China (https://growgreenproject.eu/).
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
Doctor of Philosophy, Evaluating the impact of urban green space interventions on physical activity and other wellbeing behaviours: developing and implementing improved natural experimental methods, The University of Manchester
2017 → 2021
Master in Science, Clinical and Health Psychology, The University of Manchester
2014 → 2015
Bachelor of Science, Psychology
2010 → 2013
Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms
- Sustainable Futures
- Digital Futures
- Manchester Environmental Research Institute
- Healthier Futures
Keywords
- Natural experiments
- Evaluation
- Built Environment
- Green Infrastructure
- Physical Activity
- Wellbeing
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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The effect of changing the built environment on physical activity: a quantitative review of the risk of bias in natural experiments
Anderson, J., Benton, J., French, D. & Hunter, R. F., 7 Oct 2016, In: International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 13, 1, p. 1-18 18 p., 107.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exposure to behaviour change techniques and self-management tasks in a nationally-implemented digital intervention for type 2 diabetes self-management: Analysis of usage data
Hawkes, R., Marsden, A., Cotterill, S., Benton, J. & French, D., 1 Apr 2025, In: Social Science & Medicine. 370, 117858.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Shift workers’ experiences and views of sleep disturbance, fatigue and healthy behaviors: a systematic review and qualitative evidence synthesis
Benton, J., Lee, C., Long, H., Sugavanam, T., Holmes, L., Keane, A., Thurley, N., Kyle, S., Ray, D. & French, D., 10 Mar 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Health-Related Behaviours in Community Gardens in China: An Evaluation of a Natural Experiment
Chen, S., Chang, Y. J., Benton, J., Chen, B., Hu, H. & Lu, J., 12 Jul 2024, In: Land. 13, 7, 1047.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Large walking and wellbeing behaviour benefits of co-designed sustainable park improvements: A natural experimental study in a UK deprived urban area
Anderson, J. (Lead), Benton, J., Ye, J., Barker, E., Macintyre, V., Wilkinson, J., Rothwell, J. J., Dennis, M. & French, D., 1 May 2024, In: Environment International. 187, 108669.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
Projects
- 1 Active
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(MCHP) : Manchester Centre for Health Psychology
Peters, S. (PI), Ulph, F. (PI), Arden Armitage, C. (Researcher), Borrelli, B. (Researcher), Bowen, A. (Researcher), Byrne-Davis, L. (Researcher), Edge, D. (Researcher), French, D. (Researcher), Hart, J. (Researcher), Todd, C. (Researcher), Skevington, S. (Researcher), Wearden, A. (Researcher), Cotterill, S. (Researcher), Brooks, J. (Researcher), Brown, L. (Researcher), Bull, E. (Researcher), Cordingley, L. (Researcher), Epton, T. (Researcher), Smith, D. (Researcher), Speer, S. (Researcher), Powell, R. (Researcher), Bartlett, K. (Researcher), Coupe, N. (Researcher), Shepherd, S. (Researcher), Dienes, K. (Researcher), Ghio, D. (Researcher), Hood, A. (Researcher), Lavallee, J. (Researcher), Rowland, C. (Researcher), Benton, J. (Researcher), Goldthorpe, J. (Researcher), McWilliams, L. (Researcher), Keyworth, C. (Researcher), Goulding, R. (Researcher), Loughran, M. (Researcher), Hawkes, R. (Researcher), Kapadi, A. (Researcher), Hurley, R. (Researcher), Leather, J. (Researcher), Musa, C. (Researcher), Angelakis, I. (Researcher), Reid, C. (Researcher), Reid, H. (PGR student), Hulme, L. (PGR student), Hindmarch, S. (PGR student), Plant, S. (Researcher), Peterson, J. (Researcher), Woof, V. (PGR student), Devereux-Fitzgerald, A. (Researcher), Sawyer, C. (Researcher), Wilkes, J. (Researcher), Birtwell, K. (Researcher), Stringer, G. (Researcher), Tang, M. Y. (Researcher), Coupe, N. (Researcher), Hamnett, C. (Support team), Lyons, S. (Researcher), Hulme, L. (PGR student) & Lee, R. (Researcher)
1/09/10 → …
Project: Research
Prizes
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Best Presentation Award - ISBNPA 2022
Benton, J. (Recipient), 20 May 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Best Qualitative/Systematic Review Paper - IJBNPA 2017
Benton, J. (Recipient), Jun 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Best review
Anderson, J. (Recipient), Benton, J. (Recipient) & French, D. (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Outstanding Contribution to Social Innovation and Environmental Impact
Benton, J. (Recipient), 12 May 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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University of Manchester Research Staff Conference
Benton, J. (Participant)
16 Nov 2022Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Participating in a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
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Science Uncovered: European Researcher's Night
Benton, J. (Chair)
24 Sept 2018 → 28 Sept 2018Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
Datasets
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The effect of changing the built environment on physical activity: a quantitative review of the risk of bias in natural experiments
Benton, J. (Contributor), Anderson, J. (Contributor), Hunter, R. F. (Contributor) & French, D. (Contributor), figshare , 7 Oct 2016
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3645650.v1, https://figshare.com/collections/The_effect_of_changing_the_built_environment_on_physical_activity_a_quantitative_review_of_the_risk_of_bias_in_natural_experiments/3645650/1
Dataset
Thesis
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Evaluating the impact of urban green space interventions on physical activity and other wellbeing behaviours: developing and implementing improved natural experimental methods
Benton, J. (Author), Anderson, J. (Supervisor), Cotterill, S. (Supervisor) & French, D. (Supervisor), 31 Dec 2021Student thesis: Phd
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