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The Month in Research

The Month in Research is our monthly round-up sharing research and knowledge exchange successes from the previous month, showcasing the great 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.

• Dr Phil Riris and Dr Fabio Silva (Faculty of Science and Technology) had a landmark paper published in Nature on prehistoric population resilience. The research was also featured in the New York Times.

Funding

Congratulations to all those who have had funding for research and knowledge exchange projects and activities awarded in May. Highlights include:

• Professor Mel Hughes (Faculty of Health and Social Sciences) has been awarded c.£2,200 by the Care Quality Commission for their project Involving people in health and social care and understanding people’s experiences of care
• Dr Terri Cole (Faculty of Science and Technology) has been awarded c.£25,000 by BCP Council for their project Development of a new perpetrator behaviour change programme for domestic abuse
• Tom Cousins (Faculty of Science and Technology) has been awarded c.£5,000 by the Society of Antiquaries of London for their project Reconstructing the Maritime World of the Mortar Wreck

Publications

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

• Chatterjee, S., Mikalef, P., Khorana, S.and Kizgin, H., 2024. Assessing the Implementation of AI Integrated CRM System for B2C Relationship Management: Integrating Contingency Theory and Dynamic Capability View Theory. Information Systems Frontiers, 26, 967-985.
• Oztas, B., Cetinkaya, D., Adedoyin, F., Budka, M., Aksu, G.and Dogan, H., 2024. Transaction monitoring in anti-money laundering: A qualitative analysis and points of view from industry. Future Generation Computer Systems, 159, 161-171.
• Bone, J. R., Hall, A. E., Stafford, R.and Herbert, R. J. H., 2024. Inconsistent bioreceptivity of three mortar mixes in subtidal sites. Ecological Engineering, 204, 107265.
• Gil Rodríguez, R., Hedjar, L., Toscani, M., Guarnera, D., Guarnera, G. C.and Gegenfurtner, K. R., 2024. Color constancy mechanisms in virtual reality environments. Journal of Vision, 24 (5), 6.

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 31.5.24.

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