Research Arcade

An interactive exhibition exploring the social sciences

Date & time
31 October - 2 November 2025

Event format

Attend event in person

Event type

Exhibition

Event topic

Business, finance & economics, Education, Environment, Health and wellbeing, Identity, Migration, Our working lives, Technology and us, : Social care, architecture & landscape, sustainability

Audience

All

Academic discipline

This is a showcase exhibition featuring multiple projects from different social science disciplines

Venue

Millenium Gallery, Surrey Street, Sheffield S1 2LH

What's on offer?

Join researchers from the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University for a fun, interactive and family-friendly showcase featuring activity stands and exhibits that explore the ideas and issues that shape our everyday lives.

What's it about?

Check out the following exhibits at the Research Arcade:

Biophilic Classrooms in Green Schools

Discover how 'greening' classrooms and workplaces can improve your wellbeing and support sustainability in this immersive installation based on research into green schools in Argentina.

Care in Comics: Storying Social Care Research

Get cozy in our graphic novel reading corner and dive into a library of comics exploring experiences of social care.

Changing the World - One Bite at a Time

Join our team of sustainable food researchers to learn about home hydroponics and how to build a healthier, more sustainable diet.

Don't Worry, Be Happy?!

Explore young people's hopes and fears for the future in this mixed-media art exhibition examining the thoughts and worries of young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

Fair Pay? Global Histories of Workers' Rights

Map out your own story about the history of worker's rights in this interactive exhibition taking a global look at how people understand, express and contest their work-related rights in different parts of the world, at different points in time.

Helping Young Workers to Prosper

Learn about how young people’s experiences of the labour market shape their careers, earnings, health and wellbeing in this infographic exhibit exploring the findings of the 'Transitions of Young Workers' project.

How to Achieve a Healthy and Sustainable Diet

Join nutrition experts at this exhibit exploring evidence-based advice on how to improve the healthiness and sustainability of your diet.

Meanwhile Art Spaces: Working in the In-between

Explore the sanctuary of creativity that is an artists’ studio in this immersive installation looking at the everyday realities of working as an artist in a ‘meanwhile space’.

Mind the Gap

Play a giant board game to explore the digital barriers faced by unpaid carers and young people when accessing services in a digitally-mediated world.

Robopeep: Considering ‘Good’ Future Technologies

Meet Robopeep the robotic sheepdog and play a ‘digital futures’ cardgame at this interactive exhibit exploring emerging technologies and how they could reshape work in industries like wool, agriculture, and beyond — and what a ‘good’ digital future might look like.

Sheffield's Quilt of Welcome

Try your hand at quilting at this live, interactive exhibit where researchers, community groups and attendees are creating a ‘quilt of welcome’ from fabric squares decorated by school children with words - in multiple languages - that make them feel happy and safe.

#TextedWithLove

Read and share ‘digital love notes’ at this fun and interactive, digital exhibition that reflects on how we show our affection for others through texts.

The Wall of Compassion

Add your 'brick' to the 'Wall of Compassion' and talk to our researchers about how together we can build more compassionate, empathetic, and supportive workplaces.