BU Research Blog

The Month in Research

The Month in Research is our new monthly round-up sharing research and knowledge exchange successes from across the previous month, showcasing the amazing work taking place across BU.

Your achievements

Thank you to everyone who has used the online form to put forward their achievements, or those of colleagues, this month.

• Professor Genoveva Esteban from the Department of Life and Environmental Sciences (Faculty of Science and Technology) was the guest speaker at the Graduation ceremony of partner college University Centre Kingston Maurward.
• BU was part of a successful £15.3m bid which now enables colleagues to bid for prestigious ESRC-funded doctoral studentships through our position in the South West Doctoral Training Partnership (SWDTP). Read more.
• Professor Dimitrios Buhalis (Business School) received the Great Sea Award 2023 – Research in Innovative Sustainable Tourism Solutions at the Mediterranean Tourism Awards. Read more.
• Professor John Oliver (Faculty of Media and Communication) delivered a keynote speech to over 1,000 delegates at the Digital Agenda Summit in Cyprus. Read more.

Funding  

Congratulations to all those who have had funding for research and knowledge exchange projects and activities awarded this month. Highlights include

• Dr Kathryn Collins (Faculty of Health and Social Science) has been awarded c.£186,000 by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) for their project Exploring the feasibility of using neuromuscular electrical stimulation for lower limb weakness after stroke
• Professor Anna Feigenbaum (Faculty of Media and Communication) has been awarded c.£24,000 by the NHS for their project Co-creating storytelling artefacts on the Secure Data Environments project
• Dr Alex Fry (Faculty of Health and Social Science) has been awarded c.£30,000 by the Church of England for their project Understanding the Wellbeing of Disabled Clergy

Publications

Congratulations to all those who have had work published across the last month. Below is a selection of publications from throughout November:

• Vidler, M., Kinshella, M-L. W., Sevene, E., Lewis, G., von Dadelszen, P., Bhutta, Z.and CLIP Working Group, , 2023. Transitioning from the “Three Delays” to a focus on continuity of care: a qualitative analysis of maternal deaths in rural Pakistan and Mozambique. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 23, 748.
• Dadas, O., Allen, J. D., Buchan, S. L., Kim, J., Chan, C. H. T., Mockridge, C. I., Duriez, P. J., Rogel, A., Crispin, M.and Al-Shamkhani, A., 2023. Fcγ receptor binding is required for maximal immunostimulation by CD70-Fc. Frontiers in Immunology, 14, 1252274.
• Fenton, A., Ahmed, W., Hardey, M., Boardman, R.and Kavanagh, E., 2023. Women’s Football Subculture of Misogyny: The Escalation to Online Gender-Based Violence. European Sport Management Quarterly.
• Zhang, Z., Chen, T., Liu, Y., Wang, C., Zhao, K., Liu, C. H.and Fu, X., 2023. Decoding the Temporal Representation of Facial Expression in Face-selective Regions. Neuroimage, 283, 120442.
• Vaïopoulou, M., Rönnlund, R., Tsiouka, F., Klange, J., Pitman, D., Potter, R., Randall, I., Manley, H., Schager, E., Dandou, S.and Webb, L., 2023. The Palamas Archaeological Project: A preliminary report of the 2022 fieldwork conducted by the ongoing Greek–Swedish archaeological field programme in Palamas, region of Karditsa, Thessaly. Opuscula, 16, 61-85.
• Lilleker, D.and Perez-Escolar, M., 2023. Bullshit and Lies? How British and Spanish Political Leaders Add to Our Information Disorder. Javnost.
• Wasti, S. P., van Teijlingen, E., Rushton, S., Subedi, M., Simkhada, P., Balen, J.and Nepal Federal Health System Team, Overcoming the Challenges Facing Nepal’s Health System During Federalisation: An Analysis of Health System Building Blocks. Health Research Policy and Systems, 21, 117.
• Smith, E.and Buchan, S., 2023. Skewed perception of personal behaviour as a contributor to antibiotic resistance and underestimation of the risks. PLoS ONE, 18 (11), e0293186.
• Toscani, M., Wolf, P., Gegenfurtner, K. R.and Braun, D. I., 2023. Context effects on the perception of saturation of fruit colors in still-life paintings. Journal of Vision, 23 (13), 8.

Content for The Month in Research has been collected using the research and knowledge exchange database (RED), the Bournemouth University Research Online (BURO) repository and submissions via The Month in Research online form. It is by no means intended to be an exhaustive list. All information is correct as of 27.11.23.

Please use The Month in Research online form to share your highlights and achievements, or those of colleagues, for the next monthly round-up.