2023 Research Awards shortlist announced

We are delighted to announce the shortlisted entries for the 2023 Research Awards. This year’s Awards include new categories to celebrate research that addresses real-world problems and improves academic practice.

Work recognised by the judges ranges from: teaching for multilingual learners; exploring the cultural and societal shifts that characterised the world of Stonehenge; open access information on oceanic biological carbon from space; and developing diversity and inclusion training for use in policing.

Disciplines represented in the shortlist include Education, Environmental Science, Psychology, English Literature and International Business & Strategy.

Professor Parveen Yaqoob, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation said: “We received over 50 strong entries to the Research Awards this year and the judging panel had to make some tough decisions to produce a shortlist that captured the very best of the University’s research output.

“The quality of the work demonstrates just how committed colleagues are to making a difference through their research, despite the challenges we have faced over the last couple of years.

“I am looking forward to the Awards event when we will showcase the creativity and far-reaching impact of their work.”

The eleven shortlisted entries are:

External Collaboration and Partnerships

• Helen Bilton (Institute of Education): The PGCert Healthcare Education Team - working together to solve problems
• Naomi Flynn (Institute of Education): Bringing successful teaching for multilingual learners from the US to the UK
• Deepa Senapathi and Mike Garratt (Agriculture, Policy & Development): Empowering small holder communities to co-design ecological interventions to improve sustainability

Openness in Research

• Shovonlal Roy (Geography & Environmental Science): Open-access EO-derived novel ocean carbon products for climate studies and societal benefits
• Nicola Wilson (English Literature) and Helena Clarkson (University Museums and Special Collections Services): Virtual Volunteering: Transcribing publishing correspondence in the Modernist Archives Publishing Project (MAPP)

Public Engagement with Research

• Hannah Cloke (Geography & Environmental Science): The importance of imagination in saving lives from floods
• Duncan Garrow (Archaeology): World of Stonehenge
• Alice Mauchline and Mike Garratt (Agriculture, Policy & Development): Close the Gap

Research Impact

• Rita Fontinha (International Business & Strategy): The four-day week: The pandemic and the evolution of flexible working
• Anna Macready (Agri-Food Economics and Marketing): EIT Food TrustTracker(R) Consumer Survey: Moving towards a more trusted food system
• Netta Weinstein (Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences): Building an inclusion and diversity training programme for policing based in empirically-informed motivational principles

The shortlisted projects will be showcased and the winner in each category will be announced at the 2023 Research Awards event on Tuesday 13 June from 13:45 in the Meadow Suite on Whiteknights campus. Bookings for the event will open shortly.