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Impacting corporate and government policies leading to improved working conditions for workers in the gig economy

Professor Mark Graham and The Fairwork Foundation Team
Professor Tarunabh Khaitan holds his Highly Commended impact award, flanked by event branding at the awards reception

Impacting judicial approaches to discrimination law in India

Professor Tarunabh Khaitan
Professor Sandra Wachter and Dr Brent Mittelstadt hold their Highly Commended impact award, flanked by event branding at the awards reception

Impacting law, policy, and business practice around the ethical use of Artificial Intelligence

Professor Sandra Wachter and Dr Brent Mittelstadt
Prof Rosa Freedman holds the Highly Commended award with Sarah Blakemore and Alex Dressler, flanked by event branding at the awards reception

Impacting policy and practice to safeguard against abuse by humanitarian aid workers

Professor Rosa Freedman (University of Reading)
Dr Isang Awah

Improving outcomes for children and families through parenting programmes

Dr Jennifer Seddon, School of Psychology, Social Work and Public Health

Improving patient care for people prescribed medicines with a risk of dependence

Dr Francesca Lessa holds her Excellence in Impact Awards Highly Commended certificate at the Awards reception evening, flanked by pull-up banners of the awards branding. In the background are the arches of the Museum of Natural History. The banners read:

Improving routes to justice for victims of transnational human rights violations in South America

Dr Francesca Lessa
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Improving the lives of couples affected by internet infidelity

Illustration of a delivery man on a bicycle carrying a delivery bag on his back. He is cycling around a globe, surrounded by lots of interconnected squares. Two large hands surround the entire image in a protective manner.

Improving working conditions for workers in the gig economy

Improving workplace happiness in partnership with Indeed

Improving workplace happiness in partnership with Indeed

Professor Suzanne Graham holds the Highly Commended impact award, flanked by event branding at the awards reception

Influencing foreign language teaching practices and student achievement

Professor Suzanne Graham (University of Reading)
Professor Trish Greenhalgh receives her Highly Commended impact award

Influencing international understanding of COVID-19 precautions

Professor Trisha Greenhalgh
Mr Dan Snow, Ms Martha Kirby, Dr Stephen Fisher and Dr Zack Grant smile as they hold their Highly Commended certificate, flanked by impact awards branding at the Museum of Natural History

Influencing public and government awareness of climate change attitudes

Alan Sanchez Jimenez, Senior Quantitative Researcher, Young Lives

Informing legislative change to ban child marriage in Peru

A cross-section of a lake showing layers of sediment on the lake bottom. Connected to a close-up of the sediment layers are an image of a volcano, a museum, and visitors to the site

Japanese lake sediment unlocks 150,000 years of history

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Kalahari Capers

Kalahri Capers
Dr Ellie Whittingdale and Amelia Handy stand side by side

Keep Counselling Confidential

A placement with Rape Crisis England and Wales
Prof Heather Viles Kickstarting Heritage Innovations

Kickstarting Heritage Innovations: Breaking new ground with old walls

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Learning Lesson From Litigators

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Leveraging economic theory to improve outcomes for resettled refugees: Annie™ MOORE

Dr Velda Elliott and Dr Zaahida Nabagereka sit side by side, smiling and holding books by authors of colour

Lit in Colour

A partnership with Penguin Books and the Runnymede Trust
Hannah Budnitz car sharing

Low-carbon transport solutions with electric car clubs

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Making fairer decisions: The bias detection tool developed at Oxford and implemented by Amazon

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Mapping the value of nature for people

A wooden gavel and block

Maximising decision making, effectiveness, and accountability at the Criminal Cases Review Commission

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Moving in the right direction: creating a more inclusive approach to transport projects

Moving in the right direction: creating a more inclusive approach to transport projects
Prof Max Roser stands in front of the Blavatnik School of Government with the title 'Our World in Data'

Our World in Data: Transforming data into global impact

Panoramic view of the Performing Tibetan Identities exhibition inside the Pitt Rivers Museum. Large, photographic banners displaying people from the Tibetan community in in different styles of dress hang over the museum displays.

Pioneering Pitt Rivers exhibition brings together Tibetan community in a unique celebration of identity

Pioneering Pitt Rivers exhibition brings together Tibetan community in a unique celebration of identity
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Pitt Rivers Museum works with the Haida Museum to inspire new generation of artists

A scuba diver hammers a scientific instrument into green seagrass underwater

Planting the seeds for UK seagrass restoration

Prof Andrew Przblyski alongside James Butlin and Chris Mehers from FuturLab

PowerWash Simulator

A partnership with FuturLab
Alessio Bertolini and Jonas Valente smile to camera. In the background is the Impact Awards branding and a flower arrangement.

Raising standards for workers in the global digital economy

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Reaching for the stars: engaging with industry to build a smarter space sector

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Reducing Child Antisocial behaviour in Britain

Dr Martha Newson and Prof Harvey Whitehouse stand together

Reducing reoffending

Jamie Lachman, Lucie Cluver, and colleagues smile as they hold their Impact Awards winners certificate, in front of the O2RB Excellence in Impact Awards event branding

Reducing violence against children through evidence-based parenting resources during COVID-19

Dr Jamie Lachman and Professor Lucie Cluver
Presentation screen at the awards ceremony shows a photograph and special mention of Dr Michael Fradley and Dr Andrea Zerbini

Reforming satellite imagery restrictions over Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories

Dr Michael Fradley and Dr Andrea Zerbini
The words Celebrating Impact Prize 2021 are written in gold across a dark blue background, with the UKRI ESRC logo in the top left corner

Refugee-Led Social Protection During COVID-19

Dr Six Silberman and Aislinn Kelly-Lyth smile to camera. In the background is the Impact Awards branding and a flower arrangement.

Regulating algorithmic management to ensure a fairer future for workers

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Research in detention centres

Research on Detention Centres

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