Welcome to our Social Science Impact Accelerator (SSIA) Impact Blog.
Explore, engage, and be inspired by our impact projects.
Royal Holloway has several social science departments ranked in the UK's top 5 (out of 160) for quality of research. Our researchers are collaborating with external partners, both nationally and internationally, to enhance the impact of their research. Find out more about the excellent projects that have received funding from our Social Science Impact Accelerator in the project blogs below.
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At The Crossroads: Developing local strategies to support pathways into employment
This project has identified opportunities to improve collaboration between skills and education providers and industry, with the aim to improve the regional approach to employee upskilling.
Casualty Recording in African Conflicts: Residency with Every Casualty Counts
Every Casualty Counts is a charity with a mission to ensure that every life lost to armed violence is identified correctly, recorded effectively, and recognised and remembered appropriately.
Co-POWeR - Creating Spaces of Belonging for Young People
The Co-POWeR project, an initiative funded by the ESRC, explores racial inequalities exacerbated by the pandemic and their impact on the wellbeing of Black and Asian young people and families.
Developing multimedia resources for the safe, secure and wise use of digital tech by vulnerable groups in Brazil
This project builds on our multimedia outputs from the UKRI GCRF MIDEQ Hub (2019-2024). We are teaming up with new partners in Brazil to extend the reach and impact of our work.
Knowledge exchange event with Neighbourhood Watch to engage the community in crime prevention and reduction
Join our public engagement event where members of the Runnymede local community will be invited onto campus at Royal Holloway to attend a series of short talks.
Making global fire use data more accessible
Controlled human fire use in landscape management is poorly understood by policymakers and the public, while wildfires get a lot of attention.
Paranoia in Adolescents: Residency with Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
Mental health difficulties are increasingly common in adolescents. Recent studies suggest that some teenagers worry about others wanting to cause them harm (paranoid concerns).
Secret Power - Knowledge Exchange Forum with Police Forces
In many communities across the globe, organised criminal groups cast long shadows, not only risking our safety but also affecting other aspects of everyday life and politics.
Teenage Reading Network: Student Voices
Royal Holloway research has shown that many teenagers do not choose to read, and do not have the reading proficiency that they need at school and in their everyday lives.
Transforming ocean education through social science research
In UK geography classrooms, oceans, which cover over 70% of our planet, are taught almost exclusively through physical processes, such as ocean currents.