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Tackling housing debt and eviction
This research identifies ways to avoid eviction proceedings through measures that improve meaningful communication between those in housing debt, housing providers, and advice services.
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We provide access to networks in local and national government, frame policy contexts to ongoing research and build researchers' capacity to effectively engage with policymakers.
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Biohybrid Futures
Biohybrid Futures is a research project aimed at understanding the societal, ethical, and environmental implications of bio-hybrid robotics.
Reducing impact of COVID on physical activity
Understanding impacts of COVID-19 and government restrictions on physical activity and mental health of people with long-term conditions
Bias in Bones
Bias in Bones: Integrating sex into skeletal health and research policy to improve public health.
Antidepressants for chronic pain
This project comprised of a systematic review and a network meta analysis of published randomised controlled trials testing antidepressants prescribed to people with Cochrane pain to reduce and manage their pain
Digital Transformation In Project Management
Digital Transformation In Public and Private Sector Project Management: Navigating the AI Economy and adapting to the digital era
Pension Protection & Savings in the BAME Community
Promoting inclusivity in pension protection and other forms of saving among men and women from black and minority ethnic communities in the UK: a mixed methods study
Trauma-Informed Asylum Process and Services
Addressing the ‘hostile’ UK asylum system
Interconception period maternal & child heath
Promoting maternal and child health in the interconception period
DRONETHICS
Emergent Ethics of Drone Violence: Towards a Comprehensive Governance Framework
Southampton Climate Assembly
Southampton’s Climate Assembly is a contribution to local discussions outside the regular political timeline. Read more here.
Just and Unjust riots
Analyzing recent high-profile riots in Europe and North America to examine when and under what conditions might rioting be justified
Achieving penal change
Encouraging an open, honest and constructive debate about crisis and scandal.
Parental social licence
This project is about parental social licence for operational data linkage and analytics to identify families for service intervention SHORTER: Parental social licence for data linkage for service intervention.
Infrastructure for Port-cities and Coastal Towns
Read more on iPACT's aims to identify people-focused, infrastructure-based solutions to the complex problem of improving social well-being & prosperity in coastal communities
Building academic-third sector praxis
This project fosters thinking about how academics and charities might collaborate better, in order to achieve progressive change.
ERESS
Educational choices and social interactions. Reassessing Educational Strategies in a divided Society (ERESS)
Transformational Adaptation on the English Coast
Read about the opportunities for local involvement in transformational adaptation on the English coast research that engages with key stakeholders in coastal disaster risk reduction, planning and adaptation.
MELD-B
Read about an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enhanced epidemiological analytic system in which optimal lifecourse time points and targets for prevention of early-onset, burdensome MLTC-M.
Solid Bulk Cargo Liquefaction Research Project
This project aims to reduce fatalities from vessel loss caused by solid bulk cargo liquefaction through enhancing safety on land and at sea.
Resilient and Sustainable Islands Initiative
Read about how University of Southampton researchers are working to find solutions to growing sustainability challenges in SIDS through RESI
Trustworthy Autonomous Systems (TAS) Hub
Read about the 'Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub' led by the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) TAS Hub.
ActMed
Read about the ActMed Project, led by the University of Southampton, University of Leeds and the University of Bradford.
Coastal Resilience in the face of Sea Level Rise
Read about the 'Coastal Res' project led by the University of Southampton, University College London, Middlesex University, University of East Anglia, Bournemouth University and the Channel Coastal Observatory.
Uncovering the childbearing trends of West Africa
Read Ann Garbett, Prof. Brienna Perelli-Harris and Dr Sarah Neal report which uncovers the childbearing trends of West Africa's youngest adolescents.
Assesing the #Delibwave in the UK
Read Dr John Boswell's, Dr Roger Tyers' and Joshua Huckins' report on the impact of Citizen's Assemblies in British Government.
UK-Russian research to address climate change
This project led by Prof. Martin Solan brings together Russian and UK experts that can address climate change effects on Arctic marine ecosystems.
Understanding Recent Fertility Trends in the UK
This project seeks to understand recent fertility trends in the UK and develop methods for fertility forecasting.
Rebooting Democracy
The Rebooting Democracy Project led by Dr Matt Ryan brings together leading contributors to the study of democratic innovation in social and computer sciences.
Nurse Staffing Levels
This project set out to explore the costs and consequences of variations in nurse staffing levels in acute hospital wards in NHS hospitals.
Macmillan ENABLE
This project seeks to understand the importance of self management support in people living with cancer.
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Macroplastic pollution on marine ecosystems
This project looks at potential mechanisms by which marine plastic debris may impact marine communities as a whole, to ultimately understand the scale of impact and sensitivity of ecosystems and food security.
LifeLab
LifeLab is the only facility of its kind in the UK contributing to tackling the current health crisis that our children and young people face.
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Colorectal Wellbeing Study (CREW)
Bowel cancer is the most common cancer to affect both men and women. This project set out to explore how people recover their health and wellbeing after being treated for bowel cancer.
Suspending Parliament & Reform
When so prorogued, Parliament cannot exercise its legislative authority or scrutinise the government. This project considers options for reform - including the case for abolition of prorogation.
QuantMig
The overarching aim of QuantMig is to produce comprehensive, multi-perspective and robust quantitative migration scenarios to support various areas of European migration policy.
Parental Social License
This study will fill a vital gap in knowledge about the dynamics of social licence and trust for operational data linkage and analytics among parents of dependent children.
Recruiting Vietnam Government Stakeholders
PPS seeks to support the delivery of the findings of a project examining the Mekong Delta's resilience and sustainability to changes in water and sediment fluxes.
Supporting Nursing Teams
Funded by the National Institute for Health Research, this collaboration aims to draw on the findings of four key research studies to inform UK nursing policy and practice in preparing for a post-pandemic future.
PeRSo
Researchers from the UoS have developed a prototype personal respirator intended to address the limitations of the existing protective equipment doctors and nurses are wearing on the wards.
FloraGuard
A UoS project that analyses the illegal trade of endangered plants and and seeks to develop digital resources to assist law enforcement in countering and disrupting this criminal market.
redo-TAVI
A UoS project that aims to address the need for repeated valve replacement for the treatment of aortic heart valve disease by developing new design concepts.
MINDS Centre for Doctoral Training
The University of Southampton will be at the forefront of developing the next generation of experts and leaders in Artificial Intelligence (AI) thanks to a £100M investment from UK Research and Innovation.
Preconception Health
A project pointing to a new emphasis on preparing for conception as a way of preventing disease and improving public health.
The Real Living Wage: Sustainable Investment
A joint initiative between the University of Southampton business school, the GRI team of Aviva Investors and the Living Wage Foundation.
The pains for families of IPP prisoners
The project 'Exploring the Secondary Pains of Indeterminate Imprisonment: The case of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) families' provides the first empirical exploration of IPP sentencing.
Tales of Migration
Following the referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU, the topic of migration from other EU countries and free movement has been highlighted as critical and policy-relevant.
Early LifeLab
Early LifeLab is a classroom based intervention for primary school children to tackle childhood obesity by empowering children to lead the change.
Brexit and EU nationals' vulnerability
The impact of Brexit on EU nationals' vulnerability: the case of Polish nationals. This pilot project from the University of Southampton was led by Dr Sara Benedi Lahuerta and Dr Ingi Iusmen.
CSaP Policy Fellowships
Find out more about our affiliation with the CSaP Policy Fellowship Programme at the Cambridge Science.
Policy Briefs
View examples of Policy Briefs from research projects we have worked with recently.
Placements and Secondments
If you are a researcher looking to have a secondment experience within government, parliament or local council, click here to find out more.