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Past IAS Major Projects
Since 2018/19, we have supported
27 Major Projects.
Find out more below.
Past Projects 2024/25
Looking Back to Move Forward
History, Recovery, and Sustainability in Ukraine
The Many Facets of Social Inequality
insights into the causes of inequality
Syntactical Structures
& the Evolution of Mind and Culture
Humans and Numbers
How humans interact with numbers across contexts
Looking Back to Move Forward
History, Recovery, and Sustainability in Ukraine
The Many Facets of Social Inequality
insights into the causes of inequality
Syntactical Structures
& the Evolution of Mind and Culture
Humans and Numbers
How humans interact with numbers across contexts
Past Projects 2023/24
Abusing Antiquity
Investigating the colonisation of classical past
In Absence of Others
Solitude and loneliness on leader identity
Justice and Artificial Intelligence
Legal & ethical issues raised by reliance upon AI
Understanding Offence: Delimiting the (Un)sayable
Interrogating offence from multiple perspectives
Abusing Antiquity
Investigating the colonisation of classical past
In Absence of Others
Solitude and loneliness on leader identity
Justice and Artificial Intelligence
Legal & ethical issues raised by reliance upon AI
Understanding Offence: Delimiting the (Un)sayable
Interrogating offence from multiple perspectives
Past Projects 2022/23
The Politics of Credibility
Examining asylum in the UK and Europe
Opportunities in Pollution
Biological, physical & social impacts of pollution
Risks to Youth and Studenthood in Digital Spaces
Student participation in image-rich, digital space
Risks to Youth and Studenthood in Digital Spaces
Student participation in image-rich, digital space
The Politics of Credibility
Examining asylum in the UK and Europe
Opportunities in Pollution
Biological, physical & social impacts of pollution
Risks to Youth and Studenthood in Digital Spaces
Student participation in image-rich, digital space
Risks to Youth and Studenthood in Digital Spaces
Student participation in image-rich, digital space
2021/22 Projects
Representing Memory
Explorse how memory is represented
Enabling Responsible Space Exploitation
Implications of ‘democratising Responsible Space'
Exploring Arctic Soundscapes
Integrate scientific & artistic approaches
Firing up the Epistemological Engine
Developing methods to automate literature reviews
Representing Memory
Explorse how memory is represented
Enabling Responsible Space Exploitation
Implications of ‘democratising Responsible Space'
Exploring Arctic Soundscapes
Integrate scientific & artistic approaches
Firing up the Epistemological Engine
Developing methods to automate literature reviews
Past Projects 2020/21
Negotiating Landscapes of Rights
Negotiation of rights around common resources
Threshold Worlds
Cognitive research on dreams
Quantifying Global Risk
Risks, solutions, and financial strategies
Negotiating Landscapes of Rights
Negotiation of rights around common resources
Negotiating Landscapes of Rights
Negotiation of rights around common resources
Threshold Worlds
Cognitive research on dreams
Quantifying Global Risk
Risks, solutions, and financial strategies
Negotiating Landscapes of Rights
Negotiation of rights around common resources
Past Projects 2019/20
Antibacterial Clay Therapy
Examining the global threat of AMR
Science, society and environmental change
Early scientific/social reaction to climate change
Mediation for the Twenty First Century
A focus on ending violence, rebuilding societies
Material Imagination
Examining living intelligence with durable matter
Antibacterial Clay Therapy
Examining the global threat of AMR
Science, society and environmental change
Early scientific/social reaction to climate change
Mediation for the Twenty First Century
A focus on ending violence, rebuilding societies
Material Imagination
Examining living intelligence with durable matter
Past Projects 2018/19
Masculinities in Martial Sports
How ‘hard and masculine’ sports shape gender order
An Abolitionist Industrial Complex
Tracing the contours of global anti-trafficking
Dynamic Interactions at Cell Membrane Interfaces
MNPs enable fast, low-cost biodiagnostics.
Who are “We the People”?
How do individuals form a collective 'people'?
Masculinities in Martial Sports
How ‘hard and masculine’ sports shape gender order
An Abolitionist Industrial Complex
Tracing the contours of global anti-trafficking
Dynamic Interactions at Cell Membrane Interfaces
MNPs enable fast, low-cost biodiagnostics.
Who are “We the People”?
How do individuals form a collective 'people'?
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