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CELEBRATING IMPACT PRIZE 2015


Runner-up: Dr Victoria Lavis, University of Bradford Dr Victoria Lavis’ innovative six-year research programme on equality and diversity in prisons has helped shape a new national equalities policy framework in the UK. The work has resulted in the development of local and national guidance for the care of transgender prisoners as well as best practice guidelines to help staff respect diversity when searching prisoners’ cells. Dr Lavis and her colleague Professor Malcolm


Dr Aisha K. Gill, University of Roehampton (left) and Kate Allen, Director of Amnesty International UK


and ‘honour’ crimes (violence towards those accused of shaming a family or community). The NHS, Department for Education, and numerous


third sector organisations have used Dr Gill’s research to develop good practice guidelines, improving their engagement with victims, their families and perpetrators. In 2011, Dr Gill was invited by the Crown Prosecution Service to provide expert evidence in the Shafilea Ahmed murder case. Her expertise contributed to the conviction of the victim’s parents for murder in August 2012. Through her groundbreaking perspectives, she has brought the issue of violence against women and girls in black, minority ethnic and refugee communities out of the shadows.


Cowburn began exploring the fairness and respect afforded to prisoners in 2009. Using a new research approach called ‘Appreciative Inquiry’, which is based on identifying good practice, the researchers examined how prisoners with minority identities such as faith, disability or ethnicity experienced prison. Their findings then enabled the development of guidance and training to ensure that prisoners are treated with fairness, respect and decency.


Outstanding Impact in Society Joint winners: Professor Jenny Kitzinger, Cardiff University and Professor Celia Kitzinger, University of York In 2009, when Professors Jenny Kitzinger and Celia Kitzinger embarked on research into the support available for relatives of patients in a coma, vegetative or minimally conscious state, they found many relatives struggling with feelings of isolation, guilt and confusion as well as incorrect legal guidance. In response, they developed an online resource, which now provides information and support to more than 4,000 visitors including families, solicitors, clinicians and health professionals. Training sessions based on the resource have been delivered in hospitals, rehabilitation centres and care


(l-r) Professor Jenny Kitzinger, Cardiff University, Dr Hester Parr, University of Glasgow


and Professor Celia Kitzinger, University of York


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