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LSSI Internal Updates & Opportunities - March 2024

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Fostering interdisciplinary research excellence that delivers real impact LSSI updates and events  LSSI NEWS LSSI Director and Human Geography Professor Louise Waite advises the House of Lords on the Modern Slavery Act Mentoring Scheme for Co-production Network Launched The Co-production Network has moved Cultivating communities of practice - open access article #IWD2024 What are the social...

Mentoring Scheme for Co-production Network Launched

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The mentoring scheme has been established to support researchers across the University in developing their experience in co-production.  Mentees will gain invaluable insights and guidance from their mentors; the process should be rewarding and mutually beneficial for both parties. Mentoring allows researchers to share knowledge and skills with others, gain new perspectives this will support...

LSSI Early-Stage Enterprise and Commercialisation Funding

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Would you like to harness your ideas to make your research more impactful and self-sustaining by generating an income stream?  Considering enterprise and commercialisation activities from your research can have great value for social impact.  Having a beneficial social impact is often a core value for social scientists, but did you know that it can...

LSSI External Newsletter - March 2024

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Fostering interdisciplinary research excellence that delivers real impact News and updates from LSSI LSSI supported development and design of successful UKRI funded Yorkshire Policy Innovation Partnership (YPIP) Joint LSSI and RIS Impact Acceleration Account Showcase Supporting Research on Marginalised Futures of Sustainable Cooling - Item on LSSI Next Generation Co-production funded work Go Fund Yourself -...

Theatre education in Kenya: Exposing female exploitation and supporting women's resistance in the creative arts

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Using Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) funding, Professor Jane Plastow was able to prove the value of theatre education for Kenyan communities as a way to share complex social and cultural information – uncovering some unexpected, exploitative outcomes. Professor of African Theatre Jane Plastow began working in Kenya in 2018, using theatre to address a range...

LSSI Internal Updates & Opportunities - February 2024

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Fostering interdisciplinary research excellence that delivers real impact   LSSI updates and events  LSSI NEWS LSSI supported development and design of successful UKRI funded Yorkshire Policy Innovation Partnership (YPIP) Dr Kate Pangbourne - UKCGE Recognised Research Supervisor LSSI CALLS Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) Funding call for applications Four ESRC collaborative studentships in the social sciences announced...