Research Culture Award Winners 2020 by Res Dev

Dr Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay

researcherdevelopment — 2024-03-27 12:18:28 UTC

Caroline is a champion for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. In conjunction with playing a key role in the School of Engineering's Athena Swan activities, Caroline wrote a successful grant bid with Helen Mulvana and others to the EPSRC Inclusion Matters call. The project, VisNET (Virtual in situ networking), aims to reinvent the rules of international collaborations and reduce gender differences in academic careers. Within this, a cohort of 30+ female PDRAs were recruited and given bespoke training, peer-mentoring and development activities with a focus on building a professional network that will aid in our career development going forward. A particular highlight was the Collaboration event which linked the PDRAs with industry and academics at a two-day event in the Glasgow Women's library. Caroline has also advocated for EDI externally and is a member of Tigers (The Inclusion Group for Equity in Research) in STEMM who are passionate about improving equality, diversity, inclusion and accessibility and aim to highlight issues in institutions as well as the government.

About Caroline: https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/engineering/staff/carolinegauchotte-lindsay/

Prof. Muhammad Imran

researcherdevelopment — 2024-03-27 12:21:16 UTC

Muhammad supports a large team of early and advanced career colleagues by providing constructive feedback, effective guidance, and sharing of resources and external academic / industrial connections to promote their career growth. This has led to significant successful external grant capture, industrially funded studentships and recognitions for his colleagues across the University. Muhammad has extensive collaborations within the School of Engineering and beyond, and has shared these networks to allow opportunities for others to progress or lead on many projects. This cross-University working was reflected in multiple nominations and endorsements from his School, research group and other Colleges.

About Muhammad: https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/engineering/staff/muhammadimran/

Dr John Davies

researcherdevelopment — 2024-03-27 12:28:29 UTC

John has used his personal research to facilitate the research of others from PGRs to senior colleagues across the University. This is in the context of the versatility of his own research rather than his AHRC-funded project-work on medieval Scottish Latin sources—in particular his work on Bengali charters (published 2019) and on heritage-minority communities in Kolkata and Bangladesh (published 2019), as well as in Church history and theology. John was nominated by colleagues from all four Colleges, with an extremely impressive list of examples of where he has shared his expertise and networks, promoted inclusion and supported international activity and cross disciplinary working.

About John: https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/humanities/staff/johndavies/

Dr Joanna Royle

researcherdevelopment — 2024-03-27 12:31:50 UTC

Joanna led the development of PGR@home, an innovative open-access response to the pandemic, to support ECRs with a structured programme of personal and professional development during lockdown. PGR@Home was developed and launched within just a few weeks, in response to the pandemic, when many PGRs were feeling anxious about their future, and operating in often isolated, lonely and make-shift conditions. The aim was to provide on-line support in the form of bite-sized opportunities for PGR personal and professional development, and to introduce PGRs to key University of Glasgow staff and resources that can help them on their research journeys, as well as engendering a research community even under lockdown conditions. This was a truly cross-University effort, with contributions from staff and current PGRs, from several services (including the Library and IT) and Schools.

About Joanna: https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/ris/staff/joannaroyle/#