Edinburgh Law School’s annual Research and Impact Celebration highlights researchers’ ongoing work
Mon 22 July 2024
On Thursday, 13 June 2024 Edinburgh Law School hosted its second annual Research and Impact Celebration event. The entire Law School community gathered in the Playfair library to celebrate and showcase the breadth of its research and impact activities.
The afternoon presented a myriad of research topics in various formats. Our impressive PhD cohort took part in a poster display and gave three-minute thesis presentations. Edinburgh Law School academics drawn from a variety of specialisms presented on how their own work involves diverse methods and approaches and on how research can interact with policy and practice.
The speakers at the event included Dr Gabrielle Watson, Dr Gavin Sullivan, Professor Alexandra Braun, Dr Guido Rossi, Professor Stephen Tierney, Dr Smita Kheria, and Niamh Henry. The event was facilitated by Dr Kasey McCall-Smith (Director of Postgraduate Research), Dr Annie Sorbie (Director of Knowledge Exchange and Impact), and Professor Neil Walker (Director of Research).
Commenting on the afternoon, Professor Walker said: "It was great to see so many of us from all parts of the School here and so fully engaged in a conversation about the many strands of our research and impact work and how these connect. Events like today’s remind us that for all the impressive range and diversity of our expertise and contribution, the Law School remains very much one well integrated academic community".
The poster display and three-minute presentations were judged by Dr Annie Sorbie, Dr Harriet Cornell (Programme Manager for PeaceRep), and Professor James Harrison. Congratulations to to Luci Carey and Fransiska Ari Indrawati for winning the three-minute thesis presentation and poster display prizes respectively, and to Mihail Dishev, Hilda Tizeba, Rebecca Richards, and Sezen Ucuncu as runners up.
We would like to thank everyone who attended and participated in this event. Through insightful presentations, questions and reflections, the afternoon brought researchers, students, and staff together in a setting full of innovation and curiosity.