Enterprise and impact
We have a long track record of co-producing knowledge with a diverse range of users, beneficiaries and communities, delivering impact in multiple ways.
We have an inclusive approach to working with non-academic stakeholders to design and conduct research that matters. A distinctive feature of our research is our longstanding commitment to conducting work to improve the situation for the most vulnerable people and places.
Impact case studies
Adapting water and energy infrastructure to climate change
Co-development of tools and procedures for incorporating climate change in water and energy investments has since been adopted within individual projects worth $60-500m and shaped procedures behind $80 billion planned investment (2019-2030).
Modern Energy For All
The FCDO have invested £39.8m in a ground-breaking 5-year programme to transform the sustainable cooking sector from biomass to cleaner modern energy cooking systems.
Surface water flood nowcasting for emergency responders
World leading flood nowcasting technology and statistical downscaling techniques are creating real-time and projected surface water flood maps for the UK Government’s Resilience Direct platform.
Examples of wider impact
Enabling youth citizenship
The first in-depth and geographical analysis of the UK Government’s £297m flagship National Citizen Service youth programme, impacting half a million 15 to 17-year olds, has led directly to policy improvements in programme quality and delivery.
Smithsonian Institution – Homo sapiens in Arabia
Working with the Smithsonian Institution our latest research likely represents the oldest securely dated evidence for Homo sapiens in Arabia.
Growing the Creative Industries
Allan Watson is working with The Royal Anniversary Trust and Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to stimulate growth in the Creative Industries sector, specifically focusing on how the higher and further education sector can support CreaTech - the area where the creative industries meet technology.
Weddell Sea Expedition
We co-led the coring team on the multi-stakeholder supported Weddell Sea Expedition, an unprecedented 45-day scientific expedition to one of the most remote areas on the globe that included a search for Sir Ernest Shackleton’s lost ship, Endurance.
World Bank – State of Access to Modern Energy Cooking Services
We co-authored a major report with The World Bank which finds that four billion people around the world still lack access to clean, efficient, convenient, safe, reliable, and affordable cooking energy.
