ESRC Impact Acceleration Account
Introducing the ESRC IAA at Áù¾ÅÉ«ÌÃ
The ESRC IAA at Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà helps to maximise the societal and economic impact of social science research by facilitating collaboration and knowledge sharing with external partners. The scheme supports the translation of research findings into practical applications, policy recommendations and commercial opportunities.
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Rapid Impact
Name School Project title Project summary Rebecca Loader SSESW Reductions in Education Funding - Rapid Response Emma Campbell NBE Running a EU 'Clever Cities' conference session on co-design Nichola Booth SSESW Autism in the Air Shane Brighton HAPP Talking to Americans about Northern Ireland: an Historical Briefing to British Diplomats in Washington Laura Dunne SSESW Attendance at UN General Assembly event Marek Martyniszyn Law Engagement with the European Court of Justice - Leading Impact
Name School Project title Project summary Yecid Ortega SSESW Improving community relations through understanding historic, linguistic and cultural identities Christine Brown Wilson Nursing & Midwifery The Codesign of a Chinese Dementia Awareness Game Denise Currie and Heike Schroder QMS Evidence-based Wellbeing Strategies for the Health and Social Care Workforce (NI): Informing Human Resource Strategy and Practice Emma Reisz HAPP Participant auto-Ethnography Around Colonialism and Empire (PEACE) / working title: MMMV2 Katerina Dounavi SSESW Acting on early life autism signs (Act-ELAS) Cheryl Lawther Law Trend Indicator Toolkit for Dealing with Online Extremism Pratyush Nath Upreti Law The Role of Geographical Indications in Promoting Rural Development in Nepal Ruth Hunter MDBS There is no Planet B: The importance of protecting where we live Tess Maginess SSESW Translating Age: Exploring attitudes to and experiences of ageing among older migrant women in Northern Ireland and Canada Katrina McLaughlin Psychology Development of Domestic Abuse Training for Nursing and Midwifery Students Mandi McDonald SSESW Amplifying care-experienced voices through participatory arts Maria Cockerill SSESW Reciprocal Maths – A Train the trainer model for Latin America: Phase 2 Martina Galeotti Nursing & Midwifery Development of a pocket guide for health professionals to support women and their partners during
miscarriageNichola Booth SSESW CatVR Gemma Catney NBE Geographies of Ethnic Diversity and Inequalities (GEDI) Census Data Dashboard Gerry Marshall SSESW Changing the way we train social workers: Immersive Technology in Post-Qualifying Social Work
SettingsJulie Viebach SSESW Can the record be trusted? Prospects and Challenges of Human Rights Documentation and Archiving
in the Digital Age - CROSS+
Name School Project title Project summary Paulina Wilson Law Comparative law challenges in cross-border/multilingual law practice - Partnerships
Name School Project title Project summary Amy Jayne McKnight MDBS Extending RARDTAC, REDRESS-Rare, and RAiN rare disease networks to enhance impact from social science research Edwar Calderon NBE Long-Live Diversity: Good Relations among young groups in Mid Ulster Estelle Lowry NBE Engaging the rural community with social isolation data from the Northern Ireland Longitudinal Study Maria Cockerill SSESW Carry on Reading! Building partnerships with non-academic audience to enable children from firestricken areas to read with peers. Mel Engman SSESW Scaffolding Community Bilingualism (SCB) - Placing People
Name School Project title Project summary Liam O'Hare SSESW Innovation Zones ‘Conversations’ project secondment Lee Kane Voice of Young People in Care (VOYPIC) Our Data, Our Research, Our Future Chiara Magliacane Eyrados Edu-Larp Lab 2024: An educational tool involving performances and politics Savannah Dodd Photography Ethics Centre Learning from experience: A toolkit for ethical practice in photography
STRIDE Consultancy
STRIDE is a consultancy firm based at Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà Belfast, specialising in social impact programmes that work. It was supported through the CROSS strand.
Reducing Opioid Related Deaths
This project sought to reduce opioid related deaths for individuals who are at high risk of death from overdose on release from prison. It was supported through the Leading Impact strand.
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Explore Further
UKRI Impact Acceleration Accounts (IAAs) are strategic awards that offer funding to research organisations for a wide range of impact-driven activities. These awards allow research organisations to respond flexibly, responsively, and creatively to various opportunities for creating impact. There are 32 organisations across the UK with ESRC IAAs.