Multiverse Lab asked more than 3,000 people what matters to them when it comes to their health and wellbeing. Launched as an online experience during lockdown, Multiverse Lab then toured as a pop-up installation to outdoor spaces including the Great North Museum in Newcastle, Hetton Community Pool, Trinity Square in Gateshead, South Shields Market Place and Carlisle Old Town Hall.
Playful and fun, Multiverse Lab was developed to make communities’ voices heard, including those under-represented in public engagement. Visitors to Multiverse Lab explored the major health breakthroughs of the last 100 years, the region’s health inequalities and cutting-edge research being carried out in the North East and Cumbria today. Bespoke technology invited visitors to leave a message to share the health or social care breakthrough they hope to see in their lifetime.
From cancer to dementia to mental health to equality, the issues people talked about are available online, and can inform wider research and engagement projects.
Search the archive to inspire your own research or engagement projects. You can search the archive by keyword to find out what people had to say about specific topics or just explore!
Take a look at a summary report of the most talked about issues at Multiverse Lab.