Mental Health & Wellbeing in Demanding Environments is a group within the Cardiff Metropolitan Centre for Health, Activity and Wellbeing Research. Based in the Cardiff Metropolitan University School of Sport and Health Sciences, the group represents a cross disciplinary initiative that seeks to understand the mental health and wellbeing of the individuals, groups and teams and organizations operating within highly demanding environments. Its membership comprises expertise from the social and natural sciences in a range of occupational domains such as sport, education, military, public and private sector business, third sector organizations, music and the fine arts. A number of doctoral research candidates currently undertake study within the research theme.