Projects in Education and Social Work
Projects
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Supporting Human Rights Defenders around the world through temporary relocation in Scotland
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China’s increasingly close engagement with the African continent has triggered considerable controversies over the past decade, with a leading role played by Chinese NOCs
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DOLFIN is a research and know-how platform designed to support and strengthen the activities of the two existing natural resources centres (CEPMLP and Centre for Water Law, Policy and Science) and other departments of the University of Dundee.
Public engagement project
The Extractives Hub (Hub) is a project funded by the UK Department for International Development (DfID) that is hosted since 2019 at CEPMLP
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The Strategic Dialogue on Sustainable Raw Materials for Europe (STRADE) addresses the long-term security and sustainability of the European raw-material supply from European and non-European countries
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School of Business academics Carlo Morelli and Ruth Bickerton are investigating the impact of funeral costs, while a new charity (Funeral Link) has been set up in the city to help families cope in the aftermath of a bereavement
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This study explores how housework time is passed between generations in UK families, focusing on links between parents’ housework time, their children’s time as adolescents, and into early adulthood.
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Funded by DFID, this project examines how refugee youth in Uganda and Jordan navigate protracted crises, highlighting the challenges they face and the strategies they use to build their futures in tough environments.
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Work with hundreds of street children and youth in three African cities, providing insights into their patterns of daily life, struggles, capabilities and coping strategies as they seek to create adult lives to value. Several secondary data analysis projects are ongoing.
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Led by Prof. Mark Cutler, this research explores tropical forest dynamics in SE Asia, assessing logging impacts, El Niño effects on vegetation, and how restoration influences carbon accumulation in forests over time.
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This research, funded by ESRC-DFID, generated evidence regarding how social cash transfers (SCTs) .
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We are creating and testing methods to detect how materials are transferred from places to people, or from people to people and how long materials can last in the environment once they have transferred.
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We have a citizen science approach to developing activities that generate data on the background abundance of materials for use in forensic science research and interpretation.
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We are developing high quality training and online learning resources for students and forensic science professionals.
Citizen science
H-unique is a five year, €2.5m programme of research that will be the first multimodal automated interrogation of visible hand anatomy, through analysis and interpretation of human variation via images
Citizen science
We are offering the opportunity for schools and pupils to get involved with leading forensic science research. The activities are suitable for secondary school age groups (S1-S6) and bring research to life in the classroom
Public engagement project
Zinc House is one of a number of architectural projects guided by ‘Place, Programme & Presence’ as a critical framework for the realisation of new buildings exploring the serial development of types.
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The study, funded by ClimateXChange for Scottish Government was carried out by academics in Architecture and Planning to assess the effectiveness of greenhouse gas emission reduction policies in Local Development Plans in promoting the uptake of low and zero-carbon generating technologies.
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The City is a Thinking Machine is a research exhibition bringing together in a single space, Geddes’ collection of city plans with his thinking and lecture notes.
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MacroMicro Studio is building a body of work situated in the unique sociological and physical contexts of remote rural Scotland.
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With support from the Scottish Government, a specialist research team made up of members from the University of Dundee, Eclipse Research and Kevin Murray Associates has produced a report into the facilitation of participatory placemaking.
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Groundwater resources face increasing pressure from consumption and pollution. This project developed methods and tools for integrated groundwater management and monitoring in Europe.
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Delta communities are particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts. This project looked at the links between ecosystem services, human health and wellbeing and projected how these might evolve over the coming decades in the light of varying policy contexts.
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Small water supplies in Scotland are less likely to meet drinking water quality standards and likely to be managed by communities or individuals who may need support. We looked at how other countries manage small rural water supplies, to guide their governance and management in Scotland.
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DECCMA: assessing the options, limits and potential for adaptation to climate change in deltas
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Climate change is enhancing the intensity and frequency of floods, which further exacerbates many other challenges. This project co-developed and tested a flood resilient home with communities in Bangladesh.
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Rapid economic change and population growth increase the pressure on water resources management to address competing demands across river basins. The key challenge is to give adequate representation to the many local, small-scale water management interventions in larger-scale decision-making.
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The river system of the Ganges holds great physical, social and cultural importance in India, but suffers from poorly regulated pollution and water demand. This project looked at how water pollution affects communities on the Ramganga tributary of the Ganges.
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Soil moisture plays a key role in predicting the extreme weather events that are becoming increasingly common in a changing climate. Our vision is supporting a movement of citizens generating, sharing and using information to improve their soil management, and food production.
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Recent research has supported the Scottish Government in shaping climate change adaptation policy, focusing on flooding, water quality, and resources, and developing a research-led monitoring and evaluation framework.
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Natural flood management (NFM) can help us adapt to climate change, reducing flood risk and conserving habitats, while sustaining farming livelihoods. We are testing this at Eddleston Water, within the Scottish Government’s research programme on the effectiveness of catchment-scale NFM measures.
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We identify and monitor the emergence of new psychoactive substances on illicit drug markets and investigate the risks of emerging drug threats involving these and more traditional drugs of abuse.
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We are working in collaboration with Cambridge University and the Alan Alda Centre for science communication to develop new tools for the communication and understanding of statistics in forensic science
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We are exploring methods for the development of measurement uncertainty associated with the analysis of a wide range of forensic evidence types and how probability is used to understand the meaning of evidence given different alleged activities.
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Forensic Art aids in the identification, apprehension or conviction of offenders and the location of victims or identification of unknown human remains.
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SGHT aims to preserve the island’s natural and historical heritage for future generations
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WeObserve will build a sustainable ecosystem of citizens’ observatories and move environmental monitoring into the mainstream
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Previously known as Project Atlantis. Established by the late Brigadier David Nicholls and Prof Elaine Shemilt as a research and consultancy group concerned with environmental protection and education, and to provide environmental educational resources through digital media
Public engagement project
‘GROW Observatory’ by Mel Woods centres around a design framework and operational information system for climate action at scale.
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A £5m Knowledge Exchange Hub funded by the AHRC to show how design drives innovation and economic growth, with added support from Creative Scotland to help Scottish SMEs apply design-led strategies across industries.
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The Museum of Loss and Renewal investigates issues such as the value and significance of objects, life and death, and artist-led curatorial practice
Public engagement project
This comic has been designed with the purpose of raising awareness of fibromyalgia amongst professionals, families, and communities.
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This project explores transfer to the secondary school environment of pupil domain-specific knowledge and skills (particularly in science), and general social, communication and teamwork skills
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Serious social, emotional and behavioural disturbance in adolescents is costly - incurring long-term costs to society in service provision and collateral damage as well as personal costs to the young people themselves
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Our research has influenced national policy developments, implementation, and practice guidelines regarding protecting/supporting vulnerable adults
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Research in the area of digital game-based learning (GBL) in primary schools.
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We generate accessible data sets to aid forensic science research. These include chemical and biological data, physical evidence (such as ballistics and footwear) and biometric samples.
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We are exploring alternative methods of DNA analysis using oxford nanopore and other technologies.
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We are exploring the strengths and weaknesses of algorithms and software programs used to interpret complex DNA mixtures (samples that contain DNA from more than one person).
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We are developing new avenues of research, collaboration, education and training using Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality (MR) tools.
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We are creating new ways to detect illicit drugs, explosives and bodily fluids at crime scenes using cutting edge nanobiosensor, DNA aptamers and quantum dot chemistry.
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We are creating curated ground truth (known source) data sets and applying machine learning algorithms to explore the interpretation of chemical profiles and feature comparison problems.
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Prisoners have been identified as one of the target groups (along with the homeless) for oral health improvement by the Scottish government as offenders' oral health is generally worse than that of the general population
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Investigation of NICE Technologies for enabling risk-variable-adjusted-length dental recalls trial
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A major challenge facing the health and wellbeing of people with intellectual disabilities is the level of anxiety experienced by both the disabled patient and the dentist
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Developing, implementing and evaluating an oral health preventive programme for homeless populations across Scotland
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Looking at using text messaging to enhance motivation for stroke survivors to participate in physical activity
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A multi-method study and realist evaluation of what works for whom and under what circumstances
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Developing and evaluating a diabetes self-management intervention for people with severe mental illness
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A Drama in Time draws on histories shaping Edinburgh’s forms and ideas, presenting iconic images in neon, illuminating a journey, a life, and questioning what lies beyond.
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This work develops Mick Peter’s evolving research interest in the rhetorical, self-reflexive potential of making an exhibition which is apparently about making an exhibition, by showing exhibition-making as something that can reflect on how sculptural form is understood in mainstream visual culture.
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The Slave’s Lament is a five-channel video artwork by Graham Fagen.
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‘Ages of Wonder: Scotland’s Art from 1540 until Today’ is a curatorial and editorial research project led by Arthur Watson.
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‘Hands of X’ by Andrew Cook, investigates prosthetic hands, identity, fashion, and ownership.
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‘Jacobites by Name’ was a solo exhibition of 27 new works by Calum Colvin.
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‘Urban Gold Rush’ by Sandra Wilson is a research project comprising three exhibitions and supporting publications.
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‘Women’s Early Video Art’ is a multi-component research project, led by Elaine Shemilt,
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Witness was developed as a new series of drawings for a solo exhibition (curated by Esen Kaya), with eight drawings first exhibited in ‘DRAWN’ – Anita Taylor (solo exhibition).
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Sàl (Saltwater) is a collaboration between Dalziel + Scullion and composer Iain Morrison, commissioned by 14-18 NOW, WWI Centenary Art Commissions, in collaboration with An Lanntair.
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‘TIDE’ is a multi-layered creative research project by Tania Kovats which examines the uniquely dynamic nature of tides in the UK.
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Rosnes Bench is a permanent artwork commissioned by Wide Open, for the diverse and vast landscape of Dumfries & Galloway Forest.
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‘Sounding Coastal Change’ (SCC) is a project by Gair Dunlop, exploring how sound, music, film and alternate ways of listening are useful tools in a facilitated process of public engagement.
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ECZEMA! is a cumulative performance work for one voice and pipe organ, written and directed by Maria Fusco, commissioned by National Theatre Wales to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the NHS.
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‘IN TIME AND SILENTLY’ and ‘A WIND FROM THE NORTH’ is a portfolio of two exhibitions of landscape paintings by Philip Braham.
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'Nunalleq: Stories from the Village of our Ancestors' is an interactive educational resource for children aged 7-15, by Alice Watterson.
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Kieran Baxter uses aerial Photogrammetric techniques and digital media integrated with the more traditional and commonly used method of repeat photography to create new perspectives on landscapes, revealing the change that has taken place over decades.
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The UK Royal Navy War Graves project comprises three MoD licensed underwater surveys of the historically significant Naval shipwrecks located on the seabed around Orkney.
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‘Making Sense’ embodies socio-technical design research to support participatory sensing initiatives addressing urban environmental challenges in areas such as noise and air pollution.
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‘Assessing the Human Rights Potential in Scotland’s External Relations’ examines the role human rights play, or could play, in Scotland’s foreign policy.
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This project explores how climate action experience in Scotland and the UK can inform the development of adaptation laws and resilience strategies in the Global South, aligned with the Paris Agreement and Rulebook.
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This contributes to reliable access to off-grid energy for healthcare facilities in Nigeria effectively to combat the pandemic, building on CEPMLP’s network of local policymakers and academics.
Public engagement project
CURRENT | 不合时宜 : Contemporary Art from Scotland | Phase One
Public engagement project
CURRENT | 不合时宜 : Contemporary Art from Scotland | Phase One
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CURRENT | 不合时宜 : Contemporary Art from Scotland | Phase One
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A two-year four-phase contemporary art exhibition and forum programme, showcasing for the first time in China the distinctiveness of contemporary art made in Scotland, its grass-roots spirit and its keen debates with the social and political dimensions of art and culture.
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CURRENT | 不合时宜 : Contemporary Art from Scotland | Phase Two
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CURRENT | 不合时宜 : Contemporary Art from Scotland | Phase Four
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CURRENT | 不合时宜 : Contemporary Art from Scotland | Phase Two
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CURRENT | 不合时宜 : Contemporary Art from Scotland | Phase Two
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CURRENT | 不合时宜 : Contemporary Art from Scotland | Phase Two
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Focuses on the history, development and current conditions of artists’ moving image works to further explore the distinctiveness of contemporary art made in Scotland, its grass-roots spirit and its keen debates with the social and political dimensions of art and culture.
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CURRENT | 不合时宜 : Contemporary Art from Scotland | Phase Three
Public engagement project
CURRENT | 不合时宜 : Contemporary Art from Scotland | Phase Three
Research project
Co design and co production of oral health improvement interventions for people with lived experience of drugs.
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CURRENT | 不合时宜 : Contemporary Art from Scotland | Phase Three
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CURRENT | 不合时宜 : Contemporary Art from Scotland
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CURRENT | 不合时宜 : Contemporary Art from Scotland | Phase Four
Public engagement project
CURRENT | 不合时宜 : Contemporary Art from Scotland | Phase Four
