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...
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...
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...
Why is there a political conflation of modern slavery and immigration? Professor Louise Waite recently gave evidence to the House of Lords Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee. The Committee is hearing oral evidence from experts regarding how effectively the Modern Slavey Act (MSA) has been working since it came onto the statute books nearly a...
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 -...
International Women’s Day (IWD) on 8 March 2024 has provided the opportunity for us to reflect on some of the research that has been supported by the Leeds Social Sciences Institute (LSSI) that directly affects the lives of women around the world. One of the key messages from LSSI is to advocate for the...
Professor of Psychology Anna Madill secured LSSI Impact Acceleration Account funding to further existing research into how her educational materials could support drug rehabilitation work with young people in Assam ‘My team and I had been working on a project, The Big Picture, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council and the Arts and...
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...
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...