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Policing a Crisis: A narrative account of pandemic policing, technological opportunities and ethical challenges Oct 1, 2020 - Sep 30, 2025
This PhD Studentship will employ narrative inquiry to map the technological opportunities and ethical challenges faced by Police Scotland when responding to the Pandemic. By inviting frontline officers, managers, and police staff to tell their story... Read More about Policing a Crisis: A narrative account of pandemic policing, technological opportunities and ethical challenges.

Drug Checking in Scotland. Jan 18, 2021 - Jan 17, 2023
The primary aim and purpose of this project is to create a programme of work to research, and plan/prepare for delivery of, drug checking projects in Scotland. We will develop the evidence base to both inform, and build infrastructure for, the delive... Read More about Drug Checking in Scotland..

Scoping Seven Nations: Exploring International Assessments and Successes in Third Sector Cyber Maturity and Resilience Jul 29, 2020 - Sep 21, 2020
The project will explore whether, how, and with what results, a number of selected nations assess the cyber maturity of the cyber resilience of their respective voluntary/third sectors. Where relevant materials are available, the project will discuss... Read More about Scoping Seven Nations: Exploring International Assessments and Successes in Third Sector Cyber Maturity and Resilience.

Investigating the use of temporary accommodation for housing asylum seekers and refugees during the COVID-19 outbreak Nov 20, 2020 - Feb 28, 2022
This project will explore the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak on asylum seekers and refugees living in the UK, one of the most marginalised and most at-risk groups during the current pandemic. The project will focus on those individuals placed in tem... Read More about Investigating the use of temporary accommodation for housing asylum seekers and refugees during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Quantifying AMR in the River Almond Catchment Area Sep 27, 2021 - Mar 31, 2027
Aim
To Quantifying AMR Pollution and identify the major sources of point and diffuse AMR pollution in the River Almond Catchment Area in order to provide a baseline for future risk assessment and intervention strategies.

The impacts of COVID-19 on Persons with Disabilities in Ukraine (with a particular focus on internally displaced Persons with Disabilities) Feb 1, 2021 - Jul 31, 2022
The proposed research will provide an in-depth qualitative assessment of the multifaceted impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on internally displaced PDWs in Ukraine by working with key stakeholders at the national and regional levels (including gove... Read More about The impacts of COVID-19 on Persons with Disabilities in Ukraine (with a particular focus on internally displaced Persons with Disabilities).

The effects of parasites on food web structure and dynamics: new ways to improve accuracy and ecological realism Sep 1, 2021 - Sep 30, 2025
The main rational for this project is to gain a better understanding of how parasites affect food web structures and dynamics in commercially important marine fish species in Scottish waters. With e.g. herring being a key species in food webs of West... Read More about The effects of parasites on food web structure and dynamics: new ways to improve accuracy and ecological realism.