Research for a better world competition
This competition aimed to reward doctoral research projects that are changing lives, helping shape our understanding of the world and addressing local and global challenges.
Category: Global research,
Steve Gomersall, Institute of Education, "How technology can be integrated into the classroom in low-resource settings and crisis situations"
Category: National research
Seada Kassie, School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, "BRIDGE-ing the gap to restore personhood: A culturally grounded dementia care education framework for United Arab Emirates"
Three-Minute Thesis Competition
Shortlisted doctoral researchers had three minutes to give an engaging talk with one slide.
- Judges’ Choice: Vic Pickup, School of Humanities, Sorry not sorry: "The invisible women behind Mills & Boon"
- People’s Choice: Hillary Chanda, School of Built Environment, "The charcoal–solar paradox"
Research in an Object Competition
Students were invited to submit an object that connected with their doctoral research.
- Judges’ Choice joint winners: Gaia Mortier, School of Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Science, "Thylacine louse egg"
- People’s Choice: Abiola Ayodeji, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, "Who eats what and where?"
Research Poster Competition
Doctoral researchers were invited to submit a poster on any aspect of their doctoral research.
- Judges’ Choice: Rebecca Matthews, School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, "The ‘Gold Standard’ birth: How unmet birth expectations shape maternal mental health"
- People’s Choice: Annabelle Brenes, Henley Business School, "Lights on: The economic impact of special economic zones in Central America, Colombia and the Dominican Republic"
Your Research as a Bedtime Story Competition
This light-hearted competition required researchers to strip their research story down to basic components and communicate it in language that is accessible from ages 5 to 100.
- Judges’ Choice: Samuel Clark, School of Philosophy, Politics and Economics, "The village that laughed back"
- People’s Choice: Kimberley Perry, School of Biological Sciences, "Tommy the tumour cell and the overcrowded castle"
Poetry, Rhyme & Rap Competition
Doctoral researchers were invited to submit a poem, rhyme or rap which offered an insight into the everyday life of a doctoral researcher and the doctoral experience.
- Judges’ Choice: Harry Simmonds, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, "Hear the wheat strands"
- People’s Choice: Philip Gilfus, School of Philosophy, Politics and Economics, "My journey to an odd realisation"
Research Image Competition
Doctoral researchers were invited to submit an image that offered a visual perspective on their doctoral research.
- Judges’ Choice: Andre Parise, School of Biological Sciences, "Fungal Sun"
- People’s Choice: Andre Parise, School of Biological Sciences, "Fungal Sun"
Research Life in Pictures Competition
Doctoral researchers were invited to submit a picture/ pictures that offered an insight into the everyday life of a doctoral researcher.
- Judges’ Choice: Hillary Chanda, School of Built Environment, "Encounters of solar adoption research"
- People’s Choice: Seada Kassie, School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences "Paws, papers and progress"
