Policy Impact and Public Engagement Awards

We are delighted to announce the winner and runners up of our inaugural Policy Impact and Public Engagement Awards.

Best policy impact initiative

Winner

• Professor Paul Mizen, School of Economics
  Nominated for his work on the Decision Maker Panel

Runners up

• Professor Ian Macdonald, School of Life Sciences
  Nominated for his work to inform the UK Government's Childhood Obesity strategy 
• Dr Rozilini Mary Fernandez-Chung, Centre for Academic Partnerships and Engagement - UNM 
  Nominated for her work on higher education policies and practice

Best public engagement initiative

Winner

• Professor Rory Cormac, School of Politics and International Relations
  Nominated for engaging the public with his research on Secret Intelligence and Covert Action through television and radio

Runners up

• Professor Matt Brookes and the Quantum Sensing the Brain team, School of Physics
  Nominated for their interactive and immersive exhibit showcasing research on human brain imaging
• Professor Ellen Townsend and Professor Joanne Hort, School of Psychology
  Nominated for Café Connect, a place to interact and engage with the public to generate new ideas for future research 
  
  

Rising star award – policy impact

Winner

• Dr Katarina Schwarz, The Rights Lab
  Nominated for her work on antislavery policy both in the UK and globally

Runners up

• Dr Sarah Cassidy, School of Psychology
  Nominated for her work on how policy can tackle suicide anmong people with autism
• Dr Chloe Holloway, School of Law
  Nominated for her work to improve the support of autistic individuals in police custod

Rising star award – public engagement

Winner

• Dr Sarah Cassidy, School of Psychology
  Nominated for her work with autistic people and their allies to prevent suicide among people with autism

Runners up

• Dr Vengadeshvaran Sarma, Nottingham University Business School (Malaysia)
  Nominated for his work to engage wider audiences on educational inequality in Sri Lanka
• Dr Alison Tidy, School of Biosciences
  Nominated for engaging children with sciences through her picture book, "Off to work with Mummy the Plant Scientist" 

Keystone award

Winner

• Lou Rudkin, Institute of Mental Health
  Nominated for her work with Nottingham Forest Community Trust encouraging football fans to talk more openly about their mental health 

Runners up

• Joseph Best, School of Computer Science
  Nominated for his work with Inspire Foundation Nottingham to bring STEM activities to 11-14
• Denise McLean
  Nominated for her public engagement and policy impact activities with young people, women and the BAME and Caribbean Communities