Hear about research with impact in Library poster talks

A series of presentations in the Library will allow colleagues to discover how Reading is addressing twenty-first century challenges

Winners and finalists from the University’s Engagement and Impact Awards 2022 will be discussing their outstanding work during a series of short talks from 12pm each weekday between Tuesday 15 and Friday 18 November.

The talks will take place in the library foyer and will be followed by a short Q&A session. Each event will last no longer than 30 minutes.

The Engagement and Impact Awards celebrate excellence in our research, highlighting projects that address real world problems and change the world around us. They recognise individuals and teams at the University who make an outstanding contribution to engaging the wider world with their work and making an impact. In 2022 we received 28 entries from across a wide spectrum of disciplines and from researchers at different stages of their careers. Eleven high-quality applications were selected and four winners chosen.

Each of the projects that will be presented during Posters in the Library week address a significant challenge and engage individuals, organisations or communities to bring about positive change locally, nationally and internationally.

Details of the programme are shown below with links to further information on each topic:

Tuesday 15 November

12pm: Reducing risk of glacial floods in Central Asia - Maria Shahgedanova (Department of Geography and Environmental Science
1pm: We Make Film: Filmmaking, creativity and disability in urban India - Shweta Ghosh (Department of Film, Theatre and Television)


Wednesday 16 November

12pm: Reducing missed outpatient appointments and health inequalities through AI  - Weizi (Vicky) Li and colleagues (Business Informatics, Systems & Accounting, Henley Business School)
1pm: Uncovering hidden stories from Oxford Road - Sally Lloyd-Evans, Alice Mpofu-Coles, Robyn Woronka, Toby Barlow (Department of Geography and Environmental Science)


Thursday 17 November

12pm: Tackling air pollution through citizen science - Hong Yang and Marta O’Brien (Department of Geography and Environmental Science)
1pm: Improving ethnic diversity in higher education - Ciara McCabe and colleagues (School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences)


Friday 18 November

12pm: Discovering land for housing migrant workers in Kochi, India - Angelique Chettiparamb (Real Estate & Planning, Henley Business School)
1pm: Destigmatising self-injury through art - Alanna Skuse and Tina O’Connell (Department of English Literature; Reading School of Art)

We hope this event will inspire you to find out more about the impact that research at Reading has and the ways we work together to ensure research brings benefits to all.

You can find out more about the winning and shortlisted projects by downloading the Awards booklet or visiting the research webpages.

For many more examples of our research engagement and impact, visit research.reading.ac.uk/engagement-and-impact/

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