O²RB Excellence in Impact Awards 2021

O²RB Excellence in Impact Awards, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, 19th October 2021, #O2RBImpactAwards Supported by the ESRC Impact Acceleration Account

Winners, Highly Commended awardees, their research colleagues and a panel of distinguished guest presenters gathered together to celebrate amazing social sciences research making a difference at the O²RB Excellence in Impact Awards ceremony, held at the Museum of Natural History on 19th October 2021.

The Awardees, their collaborators, and members of the public who joined via livestream from around the world, celebrated the outstanding economic and societal research impacts that the researchers had achieved in collaboration with non-academic partners.

Winners

Educating drivers on the dangers of hands free phone use

Dr Gemma Briggs

Jamie Lachman, Lucie Cluver, and colleagues smile as they hold their Impact Awards winners certificate, in front of the O2RB Excellence in Impact Awards event branding

Reducing violence against children through evidence-based parenting resources during COVID-19

Dr Jamie Lachman and Professor Lucie Cluver

Supporting and informing policy reforms relating to irregular and destitute migrants across Europe

Dr Sarah Spencer and Mr Nicola Delvino

Professor Melinda Mills, Dr Jennifer Beam Dowd, and colleagues from the LCDS team smile as they hold their Impact Awards winners certificate, in front of the O2RB Excellence in Impact Awards event branding

Data driven policy interventions during the COVID-19 pandemic

Professor Melinda Mills, Dr Jennifer Beam Dowd and team

Highly Commended

Influencing public and government awareness of climate change attitudes

Prof Rosa Freedman holds the Highly Commended award with Sarah Blakemore and Alex Dressler, flanked by event branding at the awards reception

Impacting policy and practice to safeguard against abuse by humanitarian aid workers

Professor Rosa Freedman (University of Reading)

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Impacting corporate and government policies leading to improved working conditions for workers in the gig economy

Professor Mark Graham and The Fairwork Foundation Team

Professor Suzanne Graham holds the Highly Commended impact award, flanked by event branding at the awards reception

Influencing foreign language teaching practices and student achievement

Professor Suzanne Graham (University of Reading)

Professor Trish Greenhalgh receives her Highly Commended impact award

Influencing international understanding of COVID-19 precautions

Professor Trisha Greenhalgh

Impacting judicial approaches to discrimination law in India

Professor Tarunabh Khaitan

Improving routes to justice for victims of transnational human rights violations in South America

Dr Francesca Lessa

Impacting law, policy, and business practice around the ethical use of Artificial Intelligence

Professor Sandra Wachter and Dr Brent Mittelstadt

Special mention

Reforming satellite imagery restrictions over Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories

Dr Michael Fradley and Dr Andrea Zerbini

Revisit the Winners' and Highly Commended Awardees' announcements

Winners of the O2RB Excellence in Impact Awards 2021 announced

21 September 2021

Yellow banner with the title Excellence in Impact Awards

Highly Commended awardees of the O2RB Excellence in Impact Awards 2021 announced

06 October 2021

Contact us

For more information about the O²RB Excellence in Impact Awards, please contact esrciaa@socsci.ox.ac.uk

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