Projects (200)

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).

Personal wellbeing through machine learning Nov 17, 2020 - May 31, 2021
Third Platform Technologies proposes a mental health mobile app that uses data and personal insights to empower people to lead more conscious, fulfilled and purposeful lives, on a global basis. A personal dataset for each user will be built up over t... Read More about Personal wellbeing through machine learning.

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..

Bike Saddle Design Jul 30, 2020 - Feb 28, 2021
With an increased number of people taking to their bikes through the current Covid 19 pandemic and cycling being seen as part of the transport and delivery solutions in the future, particularly when aligned with helping to realise The European Green... Read More about Bike Saddle Design.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered dashboard for COVID-19 related public sentiment and opinion mining in social media platforms May 1, 2020 - Nov 17, 2020
: The project will aid in understanding and mitigating the direct and indirect impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, by creating an AI-driven dashboard for policymakers, public health and clinical practitioners. This will enable continuous monitoring, pr... Read More about Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered dashboard for COVID-19 related public sentiment and opinion mining in social media platforms.

CPTSD and Psychosis: Psychological Interventions for Complex PTSD And Schizophrenia-Spectrum disOrder (PICASSO) Jan 1, 2022 - Nov 30, 2023
Psychosis is a highly distressing mental health condition, affecting up to 3% of the population. Conceptually, it has much in common with complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD). Both involve negative self-esteem, impaired emotion regulation a... Read More about CPTSD and Psychosis: Psychological Interventions for Complex PTSD And Schizophrenia-Spectrum disOrder (PICASSO).

Essential Evidence for Scotland Year 2 Jul 1, 2020 - Jun 30, 2021
Translational research can be powerful in providing practitioners with targeted evidence summaries when they have neither time, knowledge of, nor access to much of the peer reviewed evidence base. The value of de-jargonised summaries of robust academ... Read More about Essential Evidence for Scotland Year 2.

Development of improved nanocellulose based rheology modifiers for personal care products Mar 1, 2021 - Aug 31, 2021
With an ever increasing push towards sustainability and environmentally friendly products, Unilever is actively evaluating bio-based functional materials for use in Home and Personal Care products (HPC). Nanocellulose (CNF), particularly bacterial CN... Read More about Development of improved nanocellulose based rheology modifiers for personal care products.

Going AFK: interrogating the viability of desistance theorising for narratives of cyber-dependent criminal careers Jan 1, 2021 - Oct 31, 2022
This project brings together two of the Co-Investigators’ fields of criminological research: desistance research and cybercrime. These areas currently exist in relative isolation to each other but offer the potential for important insights from cross... Read More about Going AFK: interrogating the viability of desistance theorising for narratives of cyber-dependent criminal careers.

Research Network to create Multi-Disciplinary Research Centre for Scottish Child and Family Law and Policy Mar 31, 2021 - Oct 1, 2023
Our Research Network will launch the unique Multi-Disciplinary Centre for Scottish Child and Family Law and Policy, building upon the successes and networking opportunities generated by our workshop series. The value of Research Networks has increase... Read More about Research Network to create Multi-Disciplinary Research Centre for Scottish Child and Family Law and Policy.

Increase total physical activity time through active travel across the population Sep 1, 2019 - Aug 31, 2020
A major element of the project is to help increase total physical activity time through active travel across the population. Research interests include:
- translational research to ensure the evidence–base on transport, the built environment and he... Read More about Increase total physical activity time through active travel across the population.

Impacts of School Street closures on the local highway network Jan 23, 2020 - May 31, 2022
This project is to extend understanding of wider impacts of temporary street closures. It will consider any re-distributional effects of street closures around schools and it is under consideration whether it can also assessment impacts on current in... Read More about Impacts of School Street closures on the local highway network.

Funded PhD studentship with Arsenal FC Oct 1, 2019 - Sep 30, 2022
This project will investigate training load and injury in professional football.

BikeSenz: getting to grips with cyclists' comfort. Jul 8, 2019 - Oct 7, 2019
Although the overall benefits of cycling to health and wellbeing are well understood, the prevalence of several painful and debilitating injuries of the wrist, including ulnar neuropathy and carpal tunnel syndrome is relatively high amongst cyclists.... Read More about BikeSenz: getting to grips with cyclists' comfort..

Exploring experiences of miscarriages of justice Aug 1, 2019 - Jan 31, 2023
The proposed research will explore victims’ experiences of miscarriages of justice. It will investigate the narratives that individuals who have been wrongfully imprisoned have to share about their lives prior to incarceration, their experiences of S... Read More about Exploring experiences of miscarriages of justice.

Host Defence Peptides as novel modulators of autophagy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Oct 1, 2019 - Dec 31, 2022
Increasing numbers of patients are diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) each year, both in the United Kingdom and worldwide. Most drugs in current use for the treatment of IBD target the immune system to reduce inflammation and induce remi... Read More about Host Defence Peptides as novel modulators of autophagy in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Essential Evidence for Scotland Jan 1, 2019 - Dec 31, 2019
Translational research can be powerful in providing practitioners with targeted evidence summaries when they have neither time, knowledge of, nor access to much of the peer reviewed evidence base. The value of de-jargonised summaries of robust academ... Read More about Essential Evidence for Scotland.

MRes Scholarships in Digital Health - Does implementation of an electronic prescribing system in Critical Care reduce risk, improve quality of care and patient safety. Jan 1, 2019 - Feb 28, 2021
The aim of this study is to explore the perceptions and experiences of the implementation, management and use electronic prescribing systems in the hospital setting with a focus on Critical Care Units. The aim is to explore how healthcare professiona... Read More about MRes Scholarships in Digital Health - Does implementation of an electronic prescribing system in Critical Care reduce risk, improve quality of care and patient safety..

FutureJewels - Playfully Interactive Wearables for Health and Wellbeing Mar 21, 2018 - Oct 15, 2018
The project focuses on the creation of responsive, wearable objects that create playful interactions by sensing bodily and environmental stimuli, and expressing these through activating elements that consist of colour changing chromic smart materials... Read More about FutureJewels - Playfully Interactive Wearables for Health and Wellbeing.

Accelerating the development of a psychological intervention to support treatment decision-making capacity in psychosis: Feasibility of an Umbrella trial. Aug 1, 2019 - Mar 31, 2023
Clinicians are legally and ethically obliged to respect patients’ autonomy and the decisions patients make about their treatment, unless they lack “capacity” for such decision making. In the last 10 years in Scotland, people with psychosis have been... Read More about Accelerating the development of a psychological intervention to support treatment decision-making capacity in psychosis: Feasibility of an Umbrella trial..