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Warwick Research Celebration

Celebrating 60 years of research

60 Years and Beyond: Making a Better World Together

The Warwick Research Celebration on 7 April 2025 at The Slate brought together our research community to celebrate our research excellence and impact.

As we celebrate our 60th anniversary, the Warwick Research Celebration looked back on our collective achievements, and ahead to how we're working to make the world a better place.

The event included an awards ceremony to recognise the contributions of individuals and teams to research successes.

Meet the award winners

 

The event included an awards ceremony to celebrate the contributions of individuals and teams to research successes.

Thanks to Sir David Normington, Chair of Council for presenting the awards.

The categories were:

  • Research Culture
  • Research Impact
  • Collaboration & Partnerships
  • Research Communications, Storytelling & Publicity
  • Research Enabler
  • Excellent Supervision

 

Meet our winners

 

With thanks to our speakers...

  • Professor Chris Bilton & Dr Heidi Ashton (School of Creative Arts, Performance and Visual Cultures) - "Researching Creativity and Technology at University of Warwick"
  • Dr Jessica Marshall (Physics) -"Fast Tracking Fusion: Speed-Running Development and Testing of Radiation Dense Materials"
  • Dr Gabriele Pergola (Computer Science) - "Generative AI in Forensic Investigations: Uncovering Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and Drug Trafficking Networks"
  • Dr Rebecca Morris & Professor Emma Smith (Education Studies) - "The role of education research for tackling inequalities and realising opportunities"
  • Professor Sian Taylor-Phillips (Warwick Medical School) - "Supporting governments to make evidence based health policy: A focus on health screening and early detection"
  • And all of our panel speakers: Dr Greg Clark (Panel Chair), Fajili Bibi, Professor Andy Hardy, Professor Kirstie Haywood, Nick Harrison, Superintendent Paul Joyce, Lord Robin Teverson and Sarah Windrum

Meet the researchers

Watch the two new videos shown at the event below.

 

Showcase: Enhancing Research Culture & Student Research

As part of our commitment to fostering an inclusive and dynamic research environment, the event included a showcase a selection of projects from the Enhancing Research Culture initiative and outstanding student research.

Thanks to everyone working on the stands throughout the day.

Stands featured:

  • Women in Academia – Cagla Karatepe
  • Improving Intercultural Awareness for PGRs – Maryam Masood
  • Countering Silos – Miriam Schwiening, Yvette Wang, Yan Yan Li
  • IEL Collective – Celine Tan
  • Understanding Self: Neurodivergent Researchers – Tara Schiller & Jen Rolls
  • Words for Wellbeing – Rachael Kirwan
  • Accounting for Context in Decision-Making – Willabelle Iribhogbe (Warwick Business School)
  • On Optimal Resource Allocation Algorithms for Parallelisable Jobs – Aadya Mudgil (Department of Computer Science)
  • Exploring Staff Understandings of ‘Dignity in Death’ in Care Homes for the Elderly – Grace Fisher (Warwick Medical School)
  • Intention and Action: A Nuanced View with the Hierarchical Theory – Hesper Cheung (Department of Philosophy)