Prestigious British Academy fellowships awarded to five Nottingham social scientists

Five Nottingham academics have been awarded Innovation Fellowships by the British Academy for projects including researching gender inequities in sport; serious violent crime reporting in Nottingham; and improving data gathering around Honour-Based Abuse.

The British Academy has awarded 27 Innovation Fellowships worth over £2.4 million to support solutions-focused knowledge exchange. The scheme, first piloted in 2021, will enable early and mid-career researchers in the SHAPE disciplines to partner with organisations and businesses outside of academia to address societal challenges.

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