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The role is based at York, with the expectation of frequent travel to partner institutions. Role Description The Yorkshire Policy Collaboration (YPC), is a partnership between the universities of York, Sheffield, Leeds and Huddersfield, designed to build research-driven policy programmes and strengthen working relationships across the member institutions. The YPC is looking for a dynamic,...
Supporting meaningful collaboration is a huge part of what we do at Leeds Social Sciences Institute A regional research partnership will provide evidence for vital decision-making in the Yorkshire and Humber region to deliver on climate change, inequalities and data gaps. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has announced a £5m grant for the Yorkshire Policy...
LSSI in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Leeds and Oxentia have developed a guidance document to help to support all social science researchers at the University of Leeds who are interesting in exploring commercialisation of their research. This document provides details of the difference between commercialising for STEM and Social Sciences, the potential...
The Nutrition and Lifestyle Analytics Team, from the University of Leeds won the award for 'Outstanding business and enterprise impact' Ateam of researchers from the Consumer Data Research Centre (CDRC) have been awarded an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Celebrating Impact Prize for supporting healthier consumer habits. They won the award in recognition of...
Sherif Youssef, Partnerships and Engagement Officer at the Leeds Social Sciences Institute at the University of Leeds is hosting an interactive workshop to gather business leaders and decision makers within the investment landscape in the Leeds City Region. Highlighting investment and development opportunities the workshop seeks to propose evidence-based solutions to build and scale up...
We produce a monthly internal updates and opportunities bulletin, if you are a University of Leeds student or member of staff, you can also sign up to our mailing list. Contents of the latest bulletin listed below: LSSI UPDATES & EVENTS Impact Acceleration Account - Joint Showcase Event LSSI project case studies LSSI Next Generation Co-production...
Leeds Social Sciences Institute (LSSI) and the Research and Innovation Service team (RIS) welcomed colleagues from across the university to the joint Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) Showcase Event. The event celebrated the many meaningful cross faculty relationships and collaborations between LSSI, RIS and our colleagues at the University of Leeds. As holders of the Impact...
Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) funding gave Dr Manoj Sivan the opportunity to overcome socio-economic barriers between medicine and social sciences. He employed a research fellow to help develop a knowledge-sharing app for patients managing long Covid symptoms at home Dr Manoj Sivan, Associate Clinical Professor and Honorary Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine with Leeds Institute for...
Professor of African History Shane Doyle secured Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) funding to hold research dissemination workshops in Kenya, exploring social and cultural factors behind the region’s high maternal mortality rates Shane’s research seeks to understand the cultural reasons why women in East Africa are at such high risk of death from maternity causes. ‘In...