Winners of the 2024 Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Celebrating Impact Prize will be announced at an awards ceremony in London on 20 November 2024.
We will be sharing all finalists’ impact stories at research outcomes and impact.
Finalists
Team application: The Centre for Child Protection, University of Kent
Entrants:
- Dr Tracee Green, University of Kent
- Dr Aravinda Kosaraju, University of Kent
- Emma Soutar, University of Kent
Project title: Integrating a trauma informed approach to investigating child sexual exploitation
Professor Charlotte O’Brien, University of York
Project title: Supporting strategic litigation to secure EU nationals’ post-Brexit rights
Team application: Digit working time reduction team
Entrants:
- Professor Brendan Burchell, University of Cambridge
- Dr David Frayne, University of Salford
Project title: Improving productivity and wellbeing with a four-day working week
Professor Gordon Harold, University of Cambridge
Project title: Reducing parental conflict to improve outcomes for children
Professor Neil Stewart, University of Warwick
Project title: Informing the Financial Conduct Authority’s measures to help consumers take better control of their spending
Team application: OSR4Rights research group
Entrants:
- Professor Yvonne McDermott Rees, Swansea University
- Dr Daragh Murray, Queen Mary University of London
- Dr Phil Bartie, Heriot-Watt University
- Dr Alexa Koenig, University of California, Berkeley
- Dr Riza Batista-Navarro, The University of Manchester
- Sam Dubberley, Human Rights Watch
- Dave Mateer, HM Software
Project title: Strengthening the use of open source research in human rights investigations
Team application: The Post Office scandal project
Entrants:
- Professor Richard Moorhead, University of Exeter
- Dr Karen Nokes, University College London
- Dr Rebecca Helm, University of Exeter
- Dr Sally Day, University of Exeter
- Paul Gilbert, LBC Wise Council
Project title: The Post Office scandal: lawyers’ ethics and ruined lives
Dr Timo Leiter, London School of Economics and Political Science
Project title: Better prepared: new global targets strengthen climate adaptation and resilience