All Projects (77)

How machine learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) can enhance Labour Market Intelligence (LMI) Oct 1, 2021 - Apr 16, 2025
The success of Labour Market Intelligence (LMI) for forecasting is predicated on accurate, reliable, robust, and accessible data that underpins the decision-making process. Developing, processing and maintaining vast quantities of often unstructured... Read More about How machine learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) can enhance Labour Market Intelligence (LMI).

Festival UK* 2022 Dec 1, 2020 - Nov 30, 2021
Festival UK* 2022 is bringing Scientists, Technologists, Engineers, Artists and Mathematicians together to collaborate on big ideas.

To ensure the work created for Festival UK* 2022 is open, original and optimistic, it is currently investing in th... Read More about Festival UK* 2022.

Smart City Transitions in South East Scotland: Accelerating Digital Twin Technology Deployment in Urban Transformation Processes Mar 1, 2021 - Feb 28, 2025
Smart city development exposes the coevolutionary nature of technology and society, as well as the systemic character of innovation. Bringing new technologies into society is not sufficient to improve the sustainability of urban functions. For this g... Read More about Smart City Transitions in South East Scotland: Accelerating Digital Twin Technology Deployment in Urban Transformation Processes.

Emotion work online: Counselling during Covid Dec 1, 2020 - Apr 30, 2023
This project seeks to understand the role new technology has played in delivering on line counselling during the Covid 19 pandemic 2020.
Counselling is recognised as a process where trained therapists seek to build trusting relationships with clie... Read More about Emotion work online: Counselling during Covid.

Centre for Child & Family Law and Policy Research Internships Sep 1, 2021 - Aug 31, 2022
The internships will involve: (i) conducting practice-based research on areas of law and practice governing children and adults in their private and family life ? to include family law, public childcare law, health, education and the forthcoming inco... Read More about Centre for Child & Family Law and Policy Research Internships.

Incentives to Motivate Active Mobility Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2022
In addition to reducing carbon emissions, active mobility (i.e., walking and cycling) improves citizens’ health by increasing physical fitness and well-being. In many cases, however, citizens exhibit habitualized usage behavior and – despite the inhe... Read More about Incentives to Motivate Active Mobility.

Scoping an AI Powered Peer Advice System for Creative Freelancers Nov 1, 2021 - Sep 30, 2022
The aim of this project is to conduct an enhanced scoping exercise to establish the feasibility and parameters of creating an AI powered system (such as a ‘chatbot’) to offer advice to creative freelancers on common contracting questions, such as pri... Read More about Scoping an AI Powered Peer Advice System for Creative Freelancers.

Link Forty2 Feb 1, 2022 - Aug 31, 2022
The aim of the project is to design a recruitment service for jobseekers and employers in the form of a software system, e.g., a web service or mobile app. The system is intended to re-define and speed up the recruitment process and lower the recruit... Read More about Link Forty2.

ENABLE Breaking Barriers Skills Development Dec 1, 2021 - Sep 30, 2022
To provide a short 8 week business study course for people with learning disabilities. The course requires to have accreditation.

Failure to plan is planning to fail: An evidence informed approach to sustainable tourism planning May 1, 2022 - Jun 30, 2024
A comparative analysis between Ireland and Scotland which examines the extent to which local authorities plan for sustainable tourism. This study uses mixed methods, both content analysis and interviews, to develop an evidence informed approach to po... Read More about Failure to plan is planning to fail: An evidence informed approach to sustainable tourism planning.

Scotland's Witches Voices - a follow up in depth study of two cases of significant interest in early nursing history - Christian Saidler (1597) and Bartie Patersoune (1607) Jan 1, 2022 - Sep 30, 2022
Background: the Witches Voices Study (Jan - Aug 2021) investigated healers/midwives accused of witchcraft in Scotland between 1563-1736. That study revealed some healers with unexpected healing practices- especially Christian Saidler (CS) and Bartie... Read More about Scotland's Witches Voices - a follow up in depth study of two cases of significant interest in early nursing history - Christian Saidler (1597) and Bartie Patersoune (1607).

Mapping inequalities in smart places Apr 1, 2022 - Jul 31, 2023
The proposed collaboration aims to explore how digital and socio-economic inequalities are conceived and tackled in the implementation of smart places, addressing three research questions:
1. to what extent are local administrators aware and percept... Read More about Mapping inequalities in smart places.

Climate Responsive Procurement Mar 1, 2022 - Feb 28, 2023
Climate Responsive Procurement – A Pilot Study Of Local Authorities And Businesses In Scotland And England

An exploration of attitudes and perceptions of Irish freight operators toward adopting Bio-Methane fuelled vehicles Oct 1, 2022 - Sep 30, 2023
Aim and objectives
Evaluate attitudes and antecedents toward adoption of vehicle technology for biomethane systems.
Identify drivers, barriers, and potential policy support mechanisms.
Develop a freight operators’ technology adoption framework... Read More about An exploration of attitudes and perceptions of Irish freight operators toward adopting Bio-Methane fuelled vehicles.

Great Expectations! The Reality of Police Officers' Psychological Contracts Feb 1, 2023 - Apr 30, 2025
The project will explore the 'psychological contract' of police officers. It would incorporate a mixed methods approach - initial online survey to new recruits at the Police College about their pre-work expectations an d motivations, together with a... Read More about Great Expectations! The Reality of Police Officers' Psychological Contracts.

Suicide in Veterans - ALERT – act together to prevent suicide Apr 1, 2023 - Aug 31, 2026
One is Too Many project: ALERT – act together to prevent suicide: Working across the Scottish public and 3rd sector and informed by veterans, ALERT will deliver, research, innovate, teach, and disseminate evidence-based innovations which support vete... Read More about Suicide in Veterans - ALERT – act together to prevent suicide.

Wilfred Owen Scholarship Award Jun 1, 2023 - May 31, 2026
Edinburgh Napier University respectfully request that the Trustees consider this proposal to support the launch of the Wilfred Owen Scholarship Fund as a dedicated scholarship for the spouses and partners of armed forces personnel and veterans in Sco... Read More about Wilfred Owen Scholarship Award.

Veterans foundation - research hub Jan 1, 2023 - Dec 31, 2024
We will use the grant to launch a Scottish Armed Forces and Military Research Network platform from which HEI’s, the NHS and key military personnel and stakeholders could identify and develop potential new working partnerships and facilitate interact... Read More about Veterans foundation - research hub.

Exploring the resilience of Palestinian SMEs: a collaboration with Oxfam Palestine Oct 1, 2022 - Sep 30, 2026
The collaboration will proceed in two stages.

1. Developing methods for measuring the resilience of women-led SMEs in Palestine, testing hypothesised sliding scale: discontinuous/failed; survived; resilient; & sustainable. This will involve 50 ca... Read More about Exploring the resilience of Palestinian SMEs: a collaboration with Oxfam Palestine.

Staycations, localisation, community and place-making: Edinburgh as a destination in tourism recovery Jun 15, 2023 - Jul 31, 2024
The Covid-19 pandemic devastated Edinburgh’s tourism sector. This research project examines how the city can reimagine the long-term sustainable role of tourism in post-pandemic times. It considers how Edinburgh’s tourism sector can sustainably adapt... Read More about Staycations, localisation, community and place-making: Edinburgh as a destination in tourism recovery.