Dr Chiara Borsetto

School of Life Sciences

Rivers as a resource for all (Citizen Science: “know your river”)

Development of a citizen science programme hosted at the School of Life Sciences delivering public engagement in environmental pollution analysis, building upon new approaches to public dialogue and community-led research.

Dr James Burford

Education Studies

Opening up the Black Box of Pre-application Doctoral Communications

Development of more inclusive and transparent strategies for the pre-application process for doctoral recruitment, helping supervisors and departments make inclusivity-aligned judgements about potential applicants.

Dr Ursula Clayton

English and Comparative Literary Studies

A Coventry-specific assessment of the barriers to HE, research and innovation careers amongst local young refugees and asylum-seekers

First Coventry-specific assessment of the barriers to HE, research and innovation careers amongst local young refugees and asylum seekers and development of a subsequent strategy to address and reduce these barriers, collaborating with third sector organisations.

Manus Conaghan

Organisational Development

ECR CPD Framework and Researcher Development one stop shop

Flexible Early Career Researcher Continuing Professional Development Framework to enable ECRs to readily evidence their development for PDR / progression / promotion and recognising a range of activities, creating a “one stop shop” for researcher training and development, which will help to identify gaps in provision.

Dr Elizabeth Fullam

School of Life Sciences

Re-imagining Research Culture

Wellcome Trust Café Culture Workshops to initiate discussions on research culture, followed by focused bespoke workshops to inform the development, improvement and support of research practices and skills development in the School of Life Sciences.

Dr Vannessa Goodship

WMG

EDI Enrichment in WMG Research

Development of a long-term set of EDI KPIs and other measures for use in researcher recruitment, training and management and dissemination of best practice focusing on EDI in STEM research.

Dr Lyudmila Grigoryeva

Statistics

Data Science for Social Good UK 2022 (DSSG) Summer Programme

Support for the 2022 Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) summer programme, and production of a research culture case study and collation of lessons learned from DSSG that could have wider application within Warwick and beyond.

Dr James Hodkinson

School of Modern Languages and Culture

Delivering new approaches to co-producing research with communities

Co-production with communities and cultural organisations on case studies using creative responses to bring people from underrepresented groups (Muslim, Latino and Afro-Caribbean) into the research process.

Dr Damien Homer

Widening Participation

Social Mobility Student Research Hub

Creation of a Social Mobility Student Research Hub to improve access to, and participation in, research for students from currently underrepresented groups. including those of low socio-economic status backgrounds, care leavers, and refugees. Funding for students’ research projects exploring issues around social mobility, WP, diversity and inclusion.

Professor Kita Sotaro

Research Executive (with Social Inclusion and HR)

Creating and supporting a diverse and inclusive research environment

Report on a holistic view of research careers at Warwick, viewing this through the lens of diversity and inclusion and identifying barriers for under-represented groups, and recommendations for a series of transformational projects that will deliver substantial long-term impacts.

Dr Nicola Knowles

WMG

A Positive Start

Provision of a series of workshops and events focused on positive mental health within the WMG Early Career Researcher community, with materials and learning from the project to be shared across the University and disseminated across the Sector.

Professor Georgia Kremmyda

School of Engineering

Reimagining a STEM Research Culture: Lessons Learnt from 20 years of Evolution for Inclusive Representation in Science and Engineering

Development of a conceptual framework for introducing an inclusive culture for STEM research and innovation, identifying best practices, lessons learnt, barriers and opportunities, through a series of global virtual workshops, in collaboration with International Network of Women Engineers and Scientists.

Professor David Leadley

Research Executive (with RTPS)

Advancing Visibility, Knowledge and Collaborative Opportunities for Research Technical Professionals (RTProfs)

Delivery of two events to build a national RTProf community, with dissemination of knowledge and best practice to support the careers of individual RTProfs, developing understanding of collaborations and knowledge exchange with business, and providing skill sessions focused on leadership.

Professor Margaret Low MBE

WMG

STEM Connections: Engaging the public with the people behind our research and teaching

Work with Early Career Researchers to develop technology demonstrators that plainly explain their research area to the public at events, which will facilitate the development of ECR transferable skills and experience of impact and public engagement.

Dr Kate Mawson

Teacher Education

Teacher researcher support network

Creation of a local support network for teacher researchers to create close-to-practice research, with training and support from Warwick staff, supporting underrepresented people to engage with research activity via diverse routes.

Dr Tara Mulqueen

School of Law

Enhancing research cultures in social justice lawyering

Series of events and activities led by Warwick LinC to develop connections between academic social justice researchers and grassroots lawyers, extending reach and profile in research-led co-production and collaboration with community partners.

Dr Friederike Schlaghecken

Psychology

“I, too, could be a scientist” - Building Pathways into R&D for Students from Non-Traditional Backgrounds

Pilot a new initiative aimed at encouraging more Psychology UGs to consider PGR courses and graduate jobs in R&D, including the co-creation of case studies of Diverse Pathways to Careers in R&D, culminating in a video library to be shared across the University.

Professor Peter Scott

Institute of Advanced Study

Enhancing the Postdoc Research Culture with a User-Centred Design Approach

Consultation of postdoc community on their views, existing provision, gaps and good practice, resulting in outline plans and targets for the enhancement of the postdoc research environment and the co-creation of online resource for postdocs to support career and leadership development.

Professor Peter Scott

Institute of Advanced Study (with Chemistry)

inVISIBLE Conference

Initiative by Maria Kariuki (Department of Chemistry), founder of Warwick Black Chemistry Society of a three-day interdisciplinary hybrid conference exclusively featuring ethnic minority researchers as the key speakers.

Dr Paul Strøm

Physics

"Warwick Astronomy Knowledge Exchange (WAKE)"

Creation and deployment of a pilot exchange programme for visiting students and Early Career Researchers from countries with underrepresented astronomy programmes and providing a forum for discussion of topics related to ED&I in relation to Astronomy, Physics and/or STEM as a whole.