Impact Acceleration Funded projects 2018-2019
Catherine Dodds (£2,300)
"Research Exchange among Migrant and Refugee Networks in and around Dumfries and Galloway (REMiND)."
Project hosted a three-day film festival focussed on examining the political, economic and environmental underpinnings of refugees and migrants’ experiences of restriction, transition, and freedom.
Mark McCann (£7,613)
"Developing complex systems methods capacity in NHS Health Scotland."
The project tested the potential value and feasibility of introducing complex systems science methods into public health practice, and to take forward projects identified as being of the greatest relevance for the new public health body.
Robert McMaster & Andrew Cumbers (£3,046)
“Public Policy Aspects of Economic Democracy”
Project engaged policy makers in Principal Investigator research looking at the relationship between economic democracy and tackling inequality.
Dot Reid (£2,464)
"Development of an inheritance calculator as a tool for public legal education."
Project laid the groundwork for development of a public legal education tool to inform the general public about their inheritance rights.
Kristinn Hermannsson (£2,494)
"Identifying policy implications of new survey evidence on Syrian refugees and host populations in the UK, Greece and Lebanon."
Project developed an interdisciplinary collaborative relationship for impact, knowledge exchange and future grant capture with academics and policy makers in Malawi.
Alison Phipps (£3,000)
"Refugee Cycle Scotland."
Refugee Cycle Scotland (RCS) provided free guided cycle rides around carefully curated routes on the National Cycle Network (NCN), involving arts and language based activities and installations along the route.
Philip Leifeld (£10,022)
"Support Infrastructure and Impact Maintenance for Scientific Reproducibility Software."
Project engaged with key research users in order to gauge how the PI's research on software implementation could make a difference to them, and how to improve it further.
Matthew Chalmers & Angus Ferguson (£5,874)
“Ethical Design of Apps for Assessing Mental Health.”
Project demonstrated and documented methods for analysis, design and consent (in design of apps for assessing mental health) that are technically effective and scalable, but also ethically and legally acceptable, thereby enabling new forms of socially beneficial systems.
Jonny Houston (£5,000)
"2018 Festival of Social Science."
Deidre Shaw (£5,061)
“Save Your Wardrobe: Digitalising Mindful Consumption “
Project supported the effective development of the SYW clothing app to market and the resultant benefits in terms of consumer and industry change towards more sustainable practices in relation to clothing .
David Smith (£1,800)
"Shaping debates and international recommendations on minority rights in Central and Eastern Europe."
Project built upon a deepening partnership with OSCE HCNM. It supported a visit by the recently appointed High Commissioner, in coming to Glasgow to give a public lecture, as a way of further publicising HCNM’s mandate and activities, and finding out more about the work done at the University.
Javier Solana (£7,456)
"The potential of strategic litigation to promote sustainable finance in the EU."
Project funded law student placements with Client Earth on developing a strategy for holding the Eurosystem to account in respect of their environmental obligations through a process of targeted litigation.
Fergus McNeill (£2,000)
"Pervasive Punishment."
Project funded a book and EP launch event - for an audience of journalists, broadcasters, politicians, criminal justice professionals, academics, people with convictions and the wider public, the event contributed to maximising the impact of the book’s, the story’s and the EP’s academic and artistic engagements with the issues.
Gareth Mulvey (£4,960)
"Refugees as a devolved matter."
Project engaged further with existing partners from previous a previously funded IAA project, and developed new partnerships with key contacts identified abroad .
Sally Wyke (£7,217)
"Europe-wide roll out of EuroFIT, a healthy lifestyle programme delivered through professional football clubs to increase physical activity."
Project identified and trialled a new device for self-monitoring physical activity and prompt reduction in sedentary behaviour. Project purchased and distributed the new monitoring equipment to evaluate performance of individuals on a training regime.
Marguerite Schinkel (£920)
"Graphic Novel and Website launch."
Project paid for launch of graphic novel.