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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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Casualty Recording in African Conflicts: Residency with Every Casualty Counts

01 Feb 2024

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

24 Jan 2024

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

01 Feb 2024

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

01 Feb 2024

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

01 Feb 2024

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

01 Feb 2024

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

01 Feb 2024

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

01 Feb 2024

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

01 Feb 2024

In UK geography classrooms, oceans, which cover over 70% of our planet, are taught almost exclusively through physical processes, such as ocean currents.

Turning Youth Voice into Sustainable Public Policy: Residency with the Greater London Authority

01 Feb 2024

Over the past five years, Professor Sloam has built extensive relations with the Greater London Authority through collaborative projects.