The RSE is pleased to announce that 37 exceptional researchers are to be recognised through the latest RSE Research Awards programme. Totalling just over £664,000 in funding, the research supported will not only benefit Scotland’s cultural, economic and social well-being but will also have an international impact.
Representing all 15 of Scotland’s universities, projects range from menstrual health education; to gamifying finance; to boredom and young people; some projects also support international collaboration between researchers in Scotland and 15 other countries, including New Zealand, China, Japan and the USA.
The RSE’s Research Awards Programme is vital to support the outstanding talent in Scotland’s vibrant research community. The innovative work of these awardees in advancing knowledge, tackling global challenges and providing new ways of thinking will provide significant benefits to society and to our economy. On behalf of the RSE, I offer my congratulations to each and every recipient, and wish them success in their research.
Professor Charles W. J. Withers FBA FRSE, Research Awards Convener, Royal Society of Edinburgh
The RSE Research Awards programme runs twice a year in Spring and Autumn and aims to support Scotland’s academic researchers, nurture promising talent, stimulate research in Scotland, and promote international collaboration, which will be of lasting benefit to the individuals and communities concerned and to broader society.
The full list of Spring 2022 RSE Research Awardees is as follows:
- Dr Michael Barany, University of Edinburgh
Future public understanding of mathematics
- Dr Matt Brennan, University of Glasgow
Imagining a just and green future for music cities: the case of Glasgow as a UNESCO City of Music - Dr Jiazhi Fengjiang, University of Edinburgh
Chinese transnational humanitarianism in Southeast Asia - Dr Laura Forrest (nee Whyte), University of the West of Scotland
The menstrual health education in schools (MHEiS) study: developing a school-based menstrual health education programme - Dr Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas, University of Glasgow
Zoo devices for animal welfare and visitor education - Dr Johanne Miller, University of the West of Scotland
Killing time: boredom and young people - Dr Kimberly More, University of Dundee
Maximising the prophylactic impact of a salubrious diet: a higher-order habit intervention - Dr Catriona Murray, University of Edinburgh
Figuring Stuart monarchy: monumental sculpture and the royal image, 1603-1819 - Dr Elizabeth Shaw, University of Aberdeen
Moral uncertainty and criminal justice
- Dr Maria Gardani, University of Edinburgh
Scottish Student Mental Health Research Network (ScotSMART) - Dr Una MacGlone, University of Edinburgh
Diversifying improvisation - Dr Inge Sørensen, University of Glasgow
Sustainable screens Scotland - Dr Martin Zeilinger, Abertay University
Gamifying finance – financialisation of play
- Dr Faye Donnelly, University of St Andrews and Dr Tilman Schwarze, University of Glasgow
Security and space: finding common grounds - Dr Kimberley Fowler, University of Glasgow
Converging traditions in multilingual manuscripts: re-thinking the multicultural implications of the New Testament - Dr Andrew Jennings, University of the Highlands and Islands
Scottish island futures – 2050 and beyond - Professor Anne Kiltie, University of Aberdeen
Developing Aberdeen’s cancer network - Dr Rhoda MacRae, University of the West of Scotland
To assess the feasibility of introducing cognitive screening for older prisoners - Dr Barry Maguire, University of Edinburgh
Justifying community wealth building - Dr Emanuela Patti, University of Edinburgh
David Rizzio at the Scottish Court - Dr Katey Warran, University of Edinburgh
CREATE dance for dementia: cocreating a research agenda to facilitate equitable dance for dementia
- Dr Peter Adkins, University of Edinburgh
Vegetarianism in Modernist Culture, 1890-1940 - Dr Stephen Bowman, University of Stirling
The memory of John Paul Jones in Anglo-American relations, c.1900s-c.1990s - Dr David Campbell, Heriot-Watt University
Unintended impacts of water conservation initiatives on the accumulation of microplastics in wastewater systems – mitigation tool - Dr Charlotte Cochard, University of Dundee
Effect of defects, electronic configuration, and local strain on the negative capacitance of Cu-Cl boracite - Dr Andreas Haag, University of St Andrews
Understanding the impact of PICI-phage interactions on toxin expression in clinical strains of staphylococcus aureus - Professor Linda Kirstein, University of Edinburgh
Did intraplate magmatism in Morocco share a common origin with the Cameroon volcanic line? - Dr Min-Hsiu Liao, Heriot-Watt University
Counter-translating the city: walking through the linguistic landscape and soundscape in Edinburgh - Dr Iain MacInnes, University of the Highlands and Islands
Katherine Beaumont, Countess of Atholl, and her widowhood - Dr Fabien Massabuau, University of Strathclyde
Realisation of cheap and tuneable next-generation UV sensing by solution-processed gallium oxide alloys - Dr Brian Mathias, University of Aberdeen
Learning by seeing and doing: visual and motor contributions to native and second language acquisition in Germany and Scotland - Dr Micaela Mazzei, Glasgow Caledonian University
Community wealth building in Scotland: exploring ‘new’ ways to build an inclusive local economy - Dr Fiona McNeill, University of Edinburgh
Analysing uptake and completion of computer-science-related National Qualification Group Awards across Scotland - Dr Pedro Mendonca, Edinburgh Napier University
Fair digi-work Scotland – evaluating decent work in the digital platform economy in Scotland post-covid - Dr Michael Penman, University of Stirling
In search of Kings: Dunfermline Abbey ground-penetrating radar project, Stage IV - Professor Trevor Stack, University of Aberdeen
Rethinking corruption, organized crime and civil society through comparative ethnography in Mexico - Dr Momchil Terziev, University of Strathclyde
Russel’s solitary wave in the 21st century