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| New ESRC award for research into e-social science: Policy Grid II |
IRR Board members Professor John Farrington and Dr Lorna Philip, with Dr Colin Hunter (also of Geography and Environment), are part of an interdisciplinary team that has been awarded a substantial grant from the Economic and Social Research Council to continue the development of the PolicyGrid Node of the National Centre for eSocial Science, which has been in operation since early 2006. The Principal Investigator for the new ‘PolicyGrid II’ award, which is worth £885,000, is Dr Peter Edwards of Computing Science. The new research, entitled ‘Supporting Interdisciplinary Evidence Bases for Scientific Collaboration & Policy Making’, will explore the challenges surrounding the development of computational tools to support interdisciplinary research teams, e.g. those concerning human-environment interactions and the sustainability of human societies facing natural resource depletion and environmental degradation. It aims to bring together different traditional discipline-based vocabularies and to facilitate the emergence of a genuine shared language that enables new (integrated) knowledge and theories to be developed. The new project will run for three years from March 2009. |
| Projects by major funding body |
| Chief Scientists Office |
Farmer, J., Health Status and Expectations of Health Care of Elderly Incomers: a qualitative study’ (2003) (£6,500) Farmer, J., Decisions to Use Primary Care: a Qualitative Study in Urban and Rural General Practice (2001-2002) (£62,000) (with University of Aberdeen, Robert Gordon University) |
| Economic and Social Research Council |
Farrington J., Philip, L., with P. Edwards (P.I.) et al., ESRC NCeSS Node: Supporting Interdisciplinary Evidence Bases for Scientific Collaboration & Policy Making (Total £885 K), 2009-2012. Hunter
C., Farrington J., with Kilham K. (Principal Investigator) et al.,
Reducing E. coli 0157 Risk in Rural Communities (Total value
£1.3m). 2008-2010. This project is part of the Rural Economy and Land Use programme. Farrington J., with P. Edwards (P.I.) et al., ESRC NCeSS Node: Semantic Grid Tools for Rural Policy Development and Appraisal (Total £362 K). 2005-2008 MacKinnon, D., Cumbers, A. and Chapman, K., Innovation, Localised Learning and Competitive Advantage Among Small and Medium-Sized enterprises in the Aberdeen Oil Complex 2000-2001. MacLeod, M., The role of Gaelic essential occupations in Gaelic Language Development, (with Highlands and Islands Enterprise) 2004-2007 Philip, L., with A. Stockdale, The Retirement transition and the Celtic Fringe: Mobility Trends and Migrant and Rural Community Well-being 2008-2010 Reid, L., “Environmental Attitudes and Behavioural Change: A Role for Household Environmental Impact Diaries?” (with Scottish Executive) 2006- |
| European Commission |
| Farrington, J., with K. Helming et al., EU SENSOR FP6 Integrated Project: Sustainability Impact Assessment Tool (Total £6.5 million). 2004-2008. |
| Nairn and Inverness Enterprise |
| Farmer, J., The contribution of health professionals to remote and rural community sustainability (2004-2007) (with University of Adelaide) |
| Scottish Government |
Currie, M., Farrington, J., et al, The Development of Policies to Promote Accessibility in Rural Areas of the UK (2001 - 2003) (part funded-Total £139 K). Reid, L., “Environmental Attitudes and Behavioural Change: A Role for Household Environmental Impact Diaries?” (with ESRC) 2006- Vergunst, J. ESRC Collaborative Governmental 1+3 Studentship in association with the Scottish Government and the Forestry Commission: ‘Making Landscapes – Collaborations between Art and Forestry’ |
| H.M. Treasury, Countryside Agency, Scottish Executive and Welsh Assembly Government |
Currie, M., Farrington, J., et al, The Development of Policies to Promote Accessibility in Rural Areas of the UK (2001 - 2003) (Total £139 K). |
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