Winners
Outstanding impact in business
Winners: Professor Colin Mason, University of Glasgow and Professor Richard Harrison, The University of Edinburgh
Project: Developing business angel investment in the UK
Research by Professors Colin Mason and Richard Harrison has played a crucial role in stimulating business angel investment worth £750 million a year in the UK.
Outstanding impact in public policy
Winner: Dr Aisha K Gill, University of Roehampton
Project: Countering ‘honour’ crimes and forced marriage
Dr Aisha K Gill’s pioneering research on violence against women, ‘honour’ crimes and forced marriage has improved support for victims, raised awareness and enabled better prevention strategies and the successful prosecution of perpetrators.
Outstanding impact in society
Winners: Professor Jenny Kitzinger, Cardiff University and Professor Celia Kitzinger, University of York
Project: Online support for practitioners and relatives of coma patients
Professors Jenny Kitzinger and Celia Kitzinger have created a much-needed online resource supporting relatives of patients in long-term coma states.
Outstanding impact in public policy
Winner: Dr Hester Parr, University of Glasgow
Project: Changing police attitudes and approaches to missing persons
A unique study led by Dr Hester Parr has improved the way UK police officers relate to missing persons and transformed policing guidance on the handling of missing persons and their families.
Outstanding early career impact
Winner: Dr Jennifer Doyle, Trafford Housing Trust
Project: Enriching social housing to benefit local communities
Dr Jennifer Doyle’s valuable research is helping the social housing sector foster social change in deprived communities through improvements in measuring, monitoring and evaluating social impact.
Outstanding international impact
Winner: Dr Jane Dyson, University of Oxford
Project: The film changing lives in the Indian Himalayas
Dr Jane Dyson’s inspiring documentary about the challenges facing young people in the Indian Himalayas has reached school children, students, policymakers and others in many different countries.
Impact champion
Winner: Professor Charlie Jeffery, The University of Edinburgh
Project: Bringing social science impact to wider audiences
With his long term commitment to maximising impact opportunities for his own research and that of colleagues and collaborators, Professor Charlie Jeffery is a model of leadership in the social sciences.
Finalists
Outstanding international impact
Finalist: Professor Ian Scoones, University of Sussex
Project: Changing views on Zimbabwe’s land reform
Based on his 15-year study of rural livelihoods in Zimbabwe, Professor Ian Scoones and team have successfully transformed understanding of the impact of the 2,000 land reform, leading to policy shifts within the region and internationally.
Outstanding early career impact
Finalist: Dr Oliver Owen, University of Oxford
Project: Supporting police reform in Nigeria
Dr Oliver Owen’s five-year fieldwork study within the Nigerian Police Force is providing unique research evidence for reforms aimed at improving police performance, effectiveness and accountability.
Outstanding impact in public policy
Finalist: Dr Victoria Lavis, University of Bradford
Project: Transforming prison practices on equality and diversity
A six-year research programme driven by Dr Victoria Lavis has shaped a new national equalities policy framework and new policies and guidance for the care and management of transgender offenders.