In Our Hands II Aug 4, 2023 - Apr 30, 2024
Since 2020, British Council has worked with partners from academic and creative sectors (private) to develop the necessary spaces where youth can reinterpret Nepal’s natural and cultural heritage to develop a stronger understanding of their contribut...
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Projects (11)
Attitudes and behaviours towards 20mph speed limit 3 years post intervention Oct 23, 2023 - Oct 18, 2024
1) Augment the previous research undertaken by the Transport Research Institute, Edinburgh Napier University, to assess the impacts of the implementation of 20mph default speed limits across all Scottish Borders (SB) settlements
2) New fieldwork to...
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The use of Artificial Intelligence to speed up Discrete Element Method (DEM) simulations Jan 1, 2024 - Jun 30, 2024
Discussions have started with Prof. Pijush Samui at Indian Institute of Technology in Patna to develop proposal for this call. (RSE SCOTLAND ASIA PARTNERSHIPS HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH FUND)
Accelerating Transformative Technology for Sustainable Clean Energy Development Dec 1, 2024 - Nov 30, 2026
Supporting 3 ECRs from Malaysia/Indonesia/Egypt in the renewable technology to achieve net zero
International Partnership for Multi-dimensional Integration of Circularity in Architectural Education in Turkey and UK Oct 19, 2022 - Oct 19, 2024
This project aims to enhance the newly established partnership with Istanbul Technical University(ITU) and to extern the partnership with the other higher education institutes and organisation in Turkey, to develop an innovative education programme t...
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Cross-lingual Audio-visual Speech Enhancement based on Deep Multimodal Learning Jun 1, 2023 - May 31, 2025
Speech enhancement and separation techniques are often used to improve the quality and intelligibility of speech degraded by background distractions, including speech and non-speech noises. We aim to change the current landscape of research and innov...
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Circular Economy in Action: Developing Sustainable Dielectric Composites from Waste-Building Collaborative Networks for Horizon Europe Funding and Impact Dec 1, 2024 - Mar 31, 2025
It is aimed to offer lightweight, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly alternatives to traditional dielectric materials, which are often made from heavy ceramics or synthetic polymers. It could have applications in next-generation energy stor...
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SmartSprout: Electrospun carriers for controlled release in horticulture Jan 1, 2025 - Aug 31, 2026
Sustainable intensification refers to optimisation of land management without increasing land usage. In horticulture, a significant difficulty exists in delivering agrochemicals such as fertilisers, pesticides and herbicides over an extended time per...
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Chair of Transport & Health Feb 12, 2024 - Feb 11, 2025
This will allow me to continue and extend some of the work that I do, to promote and support policy and practice which results in an increase in total physical activity time, mainly as a result in an increase in walking for transport, and overall an...
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Commercialisation of Homegrown Wood Fibre Oct 2, 2023 - Mar 27, 2025
To enhance the utilisation of the current English Forest resource for built environment delivery and correspondingly influence future forest strategies by demonstrating what is possible and scalable. Derive these scalable solutions and stress test th...
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Training on transport & public health for transport practitioners and Essential Evidence 4 Scotland Nov 1, 2022 - Jan 31, 2024
Part 1: The aim is to provide regular training sessions for both public authority transport /highways practitioners, and a similar but 'reverse' training for public health practitioners on the relationships between transport and health.
A key aim is...
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