Financial Statements 2019/2020
At the heart of all of our work is a commitment to the idea that research can change lives, that knowing ‘why and how’ shapes knowing ‘how to.’ In 2019/20, progress continued across a wide range of research projects, with many notable new awards.
With much of our research, we hold a view of technology as a means to making targeted interventions that assist the mechanisms of support for vulnerable or excluded groups. Dr Fabia Franco, a Senior Lecturer in Psychology, is researching how musical games that use robotic assisted technologies could be integrated into older people’s care. She received a grant of £300,000 from the Dunhill Medical Trust. CARESSES (short for Culture-Aware Robots and Environmental Sensor Systems for Elderly Support) is a multidisciplinary, international research project with the University of Genoa, jointly funded by the EU and the Japanese Government, to develop and evaluate the world’s first culturally-aware robots, aimed at assisting in caring for the elderly. Middlesex Professor of Transcultural Health and Nursing Rena Papadopoulos develops the cultural content, models and guidelines so that robots are able to respond to the culture-specific needs and preferences of elderly clients.
Middlesex research addresses things our world cannot avoid and we seek out the problems that are too often hidden in the shadows. Middlesex University is a key partner in the Gender, Justice and Security Hub research project, which aims to advance gender justice and inclusive security in conflict- affected societies around the world bringing together 44 partners in 17 countries over five years. Led by Professor Eleonore Kofman and Dr Neelam Raina at Middlesex, this major, global project is funded by UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) Global Challenge Research Fund (GCRF) and is the largest in the social sciences, creative industries and humanities ever awarded to our University. Every year in Palestine, 40,000 students graduate from about 20 higher education institutions, only to face a severe lack of jobs and opportunities. Dr George Dafoulas, Director of Programmes, Computer Science, is leading on a project to help these higher education institutions to promote cross border employability of their graduates. Project partners include universities in Spain, Italy and Germany, as well as government departments in Palestine. Professor of International Law William Schabas produced a major UN report on countries still using the death penalty. The report was released in multiple languages and was discussed in a session of the UN Economic and Social Council in July 2020.
The women’s peace camp at Greenham Common ran from 1981 to 2000. Much of the related art, photography and cartoons are confined to archives and databases. Dr Alexandra Kokoli, Senior Lecturer in Visual Culture – Fine Art, was awarded a research fellowship by the Leverhulme Trust to document the art and visual activism from this time, arguing for its historical value and enduring legacies.
Dr Sarah Bradshaw, Head of School of Law and Professor of Gender and Sustainable Development, was awarded a £66,000 grant from the Economic and Social Research Council to research Gender Responsive Resilience and Intersectionality in Policy and Practice. She will be part of an international network of scholars, policy makers and practitioners to promote gender and intersectionality. Their primary challenge will be to embed gender and intersectionality in resilience thinking, policy making and practice.
A massive European research project, spearheaded by Professor of Health and Education Betsy Thom and Professor of Criminology Karen Duke, has made recommendations on how to help young people who have been in contact with the criminal justice system and have used drugs. The MDX Drug and Alcohol Research Centre working with partners in five other European countries will share their findings and advice on best practice with health, prison and social workers across Europe.
Director of the University’s Centre for Enterprise and Economic Development Professor Fergus Lyon received an Economic and Social Research Council grant (£164,000) for the Centre for the Understanding of Sustained Prosperity. The broad aim of the centre is to address the question: what can prosperity possibly mean on a finite planet? Dr James Derbyshire, Senior Research Fellow at our Business School, will be exploring the effectiveness of scenario planning tools and how they can help managers deal with uncertainty, following a £133,000 grant from the British Academy. Alfonso Pezzella, a Mental Health Lecturer at Middlesex, was awarded a research grant from Erasmus+ to develop a culturally competent and compassionate LGBT+ curriculum in health and social care education. Six other EU partners are collaborating on this project, including institutions in Romania, Cyprus, Spain, Denmark, Italy and Germany.
Working with MDXSU, we have embarked on a programme to map the emotional journey of Postgraduate Research students and our service blueprint. The programme aims to identify areas of improvement and ultimately strengthen our support for these students.
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