CELEBRATING IMPACT PRIZE 2015
Professor Charlie Jeffery, University of Edinburgh, Impact Champion of the Year
homes, improving communication and decision- making between professionals and family members. In addition, the research findings directly informed recommendations by the House of Lords Select Committee on the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and led to the inclusion of specific guidelines on the family’s role in decision-making and guidance on the law.
Joint winner: Dr Hester Parr, University of Glasgow In the UK, one person goes missing every 90 seconds. How police treat missing people once they are found matters hugely in how they cope with the experience and the likelihood of them going missing again. A unique study led by Dr Hester Parr has improved the way UK police officers relate to missing people and transformed policing guidance on the handling of missing persons and their families.
Dr Parr interviewed 45 former missing people to provide unique evidence about what happens to them when they are absent. The research material now reaches one in four police officers in England and Wales via training interventions from the UK College of Policing. Additionally, police operational guidance for Scotland, England and Wales now incorporates research recommendations in its best practice guidelines.
Impact Champion of the Year Professor Charlie Jeffery, University of Edinburgh With his long-term commitment over successive research initiatives to maximising impact opportunities for his own research as well as for colleagues and collaborators, Professor Charlie Jeffery, ESRC Impact Champion of 2015, is a model of leadership in the social sciences. As Director of the ESRC Devolution and Constitutional Change Programme (2000-07), Professor Jeffery ensured the impact of 150 researchers by establishing relationships of confidence and trust with key research users. He has advised the Commission on Scottish Devolution (2008-09), the Scotland Bill Committee of the Scottish Parliament (2011-12), and served as a member of the McKay Commission on the West Lothian Question (2012-14). As the 2014 Scottish Referendum approached,
Dr Sara Miller McCune, co-founder and Chair of SAGE Publications (left) and Professor Jane Elliott, Chief Executive, ESRC
Professor Jeffery and his research team of the ESRC Future of UK and Scotland programme provided impartial analysis and political commentary to more than 430 news outlets, reaching an audience tens of millions strong – an achievement underpinned by more than 25 years’ experience in maximising impact opportunities. n To view videos of the prizewinners, see
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