Projects (88)

What Would Nixon Do?:The Forgotten Republican Roots of American Environmentalism’ Sep 1, 2019 - Mar 2, 2023
At a critical juncture in environmental history, when conventional warnings are dismissed by conservative voters as ‘fake news’, the research will engage with conservative and Republican traditions by asking: ‘What Would Nixon Do?’ The study will ex... Read More about What Would Nixon Do?:The Forgotten Republican Roots of American Environmentalism’.

United Nations Television in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina Jul 22, 2019 - Sep 30, 2021
This network brings together historians, film scholars, museum professionals, migration researchers, peacebuilding experts, journalists, filmmakers, and survivors of displacement and genocide to re-examine the work of United Nations Television (UNTV)... Read More about United Nations Television in Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.

The archival traces of Italian ‘Colonial Science’ and its applications in the construction of Libya Jun 6, 2022 - Dec 31, 2024
This application requests support for the additional research costs to augment a British Academy / Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship (SRF), 2022-23, entitled: ‘Colonial Science’, the production of space and its afterlives in Italian North... Read More about The archival traces of Italian ‘Colonial Science’ and its applications in the construction of Libya.

Cities of Culture Research Network: Turning Evaluation into Policy Jun 1, 2019 - Mar 31, 2022
The project aims to build a network of UK universities and a small number of our European counterparts engaged in City/Capital of Culture research. The theme is turning evaluation into policy and the network would engage with key cultural policy mak... Read More about Cities of Culture Research Network: Turning Evaluation into Policy.

HEIF: Developing Effective University-Prison Partnership Policies: The Prisoner’s Perspective on the Educational Resources offered on in-cell TV at HMP Hull Jan 1, 2022 - Jul 31, 2022
This project originally commenced in January 2022 with the aim of developing educational content for HMP Hull’s pioneering TV channel, HTV, and putting mechanisms in place to monitor the impact on prisoners of the educational materials provided by th... Read More about HEIF: Developing Effective University-Prison Partnership Policies: The Prisoner’s Perspective on the Educational Resources offered on in-cell TV at HMP Hull.

HEIF: Rising Tide in the Humber: An online toolkit for teaching flood and climate histories in schools Jan 1, 2022 - Jul 31, 2022
This project uses the past to raise awareness about present-day flooding by highlighting the environmental, social, and cultural impact of a major flood of Hull in 1646. It will create an online toolkit – a website, dynamic map, and 360 VR film – des... Read More about HEIF: Rising Tide in the Humber: An online toolkit for teaching flood and climate histories in schools.

GCRF- Following the Flight of the Monarchs. Feb 1, 2018 - Jul 31, 2018
This project focusses on supporting people in Cerro Pelón, Mexico, to build a sustainable local economy through preservation of the Monarch butterfly and its roosting grounds. Working with our partners UNESCO Biosphere Soundscapes and SoundCamp, we w... Read More about GCRF- Following the Flight of the Monarchs..

The Last Ice Age Apr 1, 2018 - Dec 31, 2022
The overarching aim of the project is to enhance knowledge and understanding of the scale, character and significance of the Norwegian natural ice business during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The overseas trade in ice will be an... Read More about The Last Ice Age.

Representing the Scottsboro Boys: Labor Defender and the Racial Politics of Radical Photography Jun 10, 2019 - Jun 10, 2020
This project explores the ways that Labor Defender magazine used photography to represent the Scottsboro Boys, nine young African-Americans who in 1931 were sentenced to death for the rape of two white girls on the basis of false testimony, in one of... Read More about Representing the Scottsboro Boys: Labor Defender and the Racial Politics of Radical Photography.

A bereavement support programme for children and young people based in a forest school setting Jan 1, 2022 - Dec 31, 2022
This project will provide a bereavement support programme for children and young people based in a Forest School setting. Recent studies have found that mental and physical wellbeing can be improved by being in nature. It has been shown to boost the... Read More about A bereavement support programme for children and young people based in a forest school setting.

Seed Funding: UK-US Collaborative Workshop On Violence Apr 1, 2018 - Nov 30, 2018
Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games are a huge international industry and form of entertainment in the lives of millions of players in the United States, United Kingdom and the wider international context. Players interact in a virtual spac... Read More about Seed Funding: UK-US Collaborative Workshop On Violence.

New Music Biennial Evaluation Sep 1, 2016 - Apr 30, 2019
The Hull City of Culture year provided a unique opportunity for researchers to evaluate the musical aspects already scheduled to take place both leading into and during 2017. Outlined below is the research and evaluation exercise that relates directl... Read More about New Music Biennial Evaluation.

Hubert Nicholson: Lost and Found Jun 1, 2017 - Mar 31, 2020
A guided walk around the area associated with Hubert Nicholson’s East Coast novel Sunk Island (1956) focusing on specific geographical features and including readings from the novel, followed by a ‘Yorkshire Tea’ in Holy Trinity Church and a rehears... Read More about Hubert Nicholson: Lost and Found.

Prison, Pop-Culture, and Transatlantic Perspectives: How UK (ex) Prisoners Interpret American (Penal) Culture Sep 1, 2018 - Aug 31, 2019
The project involves weekly study and creative writing groups for 24 weeks with 30 ex-prisoners (and those at risk of offending) which will result in a published pamphlet of writings and culminating in two key events – a launch event and a film scree... Read More about Prison, Pop-Culture, and Transatlantic Perspectives: How UK (ex) Prisoners Interpret American (Penal) Culture.

Overcoming Barriers to Further LGBTQ+ Participation in Purposely Inclusive Sports Teams Oct 26, 2022 - Dec 31, 2023
Significant barriers are known to exist towards participation in sport activities among LGBTQ+ people, which can have a major impact on their mental well-being. 42% of LGBT people cited negative experiences of sport in school as responsible for their... Read More about Overcoming Barriers to Further LGBTQ+ Participation in Purposely Inclusive Sports Teams.

HEIF: Prison Officers and Creativity; Supporting the Self and the Inmate Aug 1, 2022 - Jul 31, 2023
This project aims to be the first in the UK to pilot creative writing workshops for prison officers, respecting the UoH’s commitment to social justice. It will support employees in a role that government and academic research recognizes is “vital”, b... Read More about HEIF: Prison Officers and Creativity; Supporting the Self and the Inmate.

Bridging the expectation gap: Career pathways for entrants to the film and TV industries Mar 1, 2023 - Feb 29, 2024
The project will triangulate assumptions and expectations about the creative industries from three different perspectives:

- education providers (those who design and deliver formal media-related courses, e.g. BTEC qualifications, to 16-18 year-... Read More about Bridging the expectation gap: Career pathways for entrants to the film and TV industries.

Strokestra Apr 1, 2019 - Dec 31, 2024

Philip Nicholas Trust Fellowship Jul 1, 2021 - Jul 31, 2023

ECPE PPF: Getting the Plastics Circular Economy Message Out: Arts Research and Performance as a Route to Shared Arts and Science Impact and Engagement Nov 1, 2019 - Jun 30, 2020