Our resources
A selection of research papers, evidence reviews, and briefing notes from our co-founders.
Discomfort as pedagogical strategy
Eisenstadt et al look at how the right kind of psychological discomfort is necessary for learning (and therefore behaviour change)
Public Health England’s Evidence Review of Bystander Intervention in Universities (2016)
Fenton, Mott et al. evaluate the evidence for the bystander approach in higher education.
Northumbria Active Bystander Evaluation Report
An overview of our work in Northumbria, supported by Home Office Safer Streets (Round 4) and Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner’s Violence Reduction Unit.
From campus to communities; Gainsbury, Fenton, & Jones 2020
A 2020 research article in BMC Public Health evaluated the first UK-based bystander programme for the prevention of domestic violence and abuse in general communities.
Football Onside® Briefing Paper
We discuss the context, evidence, and evaluation of the first evidence-led bystander intervention programme in the UK for the prevention of sexual and domestic violence and abuse in sport.
Executive Summary: Bystander at Work® S.Africa Pilot Evaluation
Professor Rachel Fenton's overview of a pilot Bystander at Work® programme delivered to 321 people across Southern Africa.
Embracing Discomfort: Now and Men podcast
Our co-founder Nate Eisenstadt discusses discomfort with Now and Men hosts Sandy Ruxton and Stephen Burrell.
Bystander Intervention in Football and Sports research paper (Kovalenko & Fenton, 2024)
Anastasiia Kovalenko and Rachel Fenton's article in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence analysing bystander intervention in professional football club settings.
Bystander at Work® Southern Africa Pilot Evaluation Report
Professor Rachel Fenton evaluates a pilot Bystander at Work® programme delivered to 321 people across Southern Africa.