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Awarded projects

We're excited to share below the impressive and innovative projects our researchers are working on. They're all playing their part in turning social science research outcomes into meaningful impact that will touch our lives and communities. Choose an individual project below to find out more. 

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Active projects

Housing with Pride: Working together to create LGBTQ+ inclusive social housing

March 2021 - January 2023

A mosquito in a test tube

Improving the policy response to infectious disease: The case of dengue in Brazil

May 2021 - May 2022

Creating Kinder Communities - Supporting people making the move to a retirement community

August 2021 - December 2022

Co-Creating Accessible Futures Through New Mobility Services

December 2021 - January 2023

Teaching Gender Equality: A Toolkit for Teachers

January 2022 - December 2022

Improving Evidence Based Practice in Schools for Children with Intellectual Disabilities

Jan 2022 - Nov 2022

Perceptual quality enhancements for 8K CCTV video compression

April 2022 – February 2023

Training programme for university investigations of student sexual assault complaints

April 2022 – February 2023

Plastic Bottles

STOP Single Use Plastics: using stories to improve the governance of plastics pollution

May 2022 – February 2023

Black Bauhinia documentary - next steps

July 2022 – February 2023

Co-creating equitable, diverse and inclusive travel and tourism (CrEDIT)

August 2022 – March 2023

LGBTQIA + written on hands

Intergenerational Exchanges in LGBTQ+ communities

September 2022 – March 2023

Beyond “do no harm": Applying feminist and decolonial approaches to research impact through participatory arts practice

September 2022 – March 2023

Maximising impact of time

Maximising impact of time restricted eating (TRE): understanding barriers and opportunities for health practitioners and patients

September 2022 - March 2023

Campaigning to Improve the Quality of Food in Women's Prisons

October 2022 – February 2023

Developing national and international networks and exploring levers for change at the intersection between rural coastal livelihoods and tourism diversification

November 2022 – March 2023

Neighbourhood natter: Facilitating local conversations to counter loneliness and social isolation

November 2022 - March 2023

Can adaptive language save lives? Improving uptake of cervical screening in ethnic minority populations

November 2022 – March 2023

Data and algorithms to measure and prevent Gender Based Violence in the UK: an inward placement of Data Pop Alliance at the University of Surrey

January 2023 - March 2023

Ethical Innovation and Formalization: The Case of Small-Scale Gold Mining in West Africa

February 2023 - March 2023

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