Research at St Andrews often leads to changes or improvements in non-academic impact areas such as public debate and understanding, technology, culture, policy and laws, health and welfare, the economy, and the environment among others. Find out more about how some of our research has led to measurable impact here and on the Research and Innovation Services Research impact: help and resources webpages. The latter also offers tips, advice, funding opportunities, and useful links from the Research Impact Team to help you engage with research impact.
Professor Emma Sutton, of the School of English, is part of a long-standing tradition of critical and creative work on Virginia Woolf at St Andrews. Her research on Woolf and music has inspired creatives to pursue new…
The Nobel committee’s decision to award its economics prize for 2021 to David Card, Josh Angrist and Guido Imbens marks the culmination of a revolution in the way economists approach the world
‘Re-imagining Local Film Histories through Critical and Creative Practice’ is a collaboration between filmmaker Mark Lyken and the Department of Film Studies to produce a film and exhibition about The Steps Theatre in…
Half of the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have a poverty rate higher than 35%. Of the many factors that contribute to such a concerning statistic is the increasingly unreliable rainfall of countries such as Kenya and…
We live in a crisis of trust. We have difficulty trusting those around us, our news sources, and the people that are meant to represent us. With a simple yes or no, think to yourself: can you confidently say you…
For commercial deep-sea divers, light is a precious commodity. Their work is among the most dangerous in the world, performing critical work such as repairing oil rigs with constraints on their time, mobility and…
The Universal Short Title Catalogue (USTC) as it is today began in 1995 as the ‘French Religious Book Project’. Initially exclusively focussing on, perhaps unsurprisingly, French books, the 26 ensuing years have seen…
The project Woven Communities, led by Dr Stephanie Bunn of the Department of Social Anthropology, has expanded awareness of Scottish social history and heritage through a focus on its basket-weaving, while showing how…
Maré from the Inside / Maré de Dentro is an interactive visual and textual exhibit developed through the collaboration of Brazilian and Global North-based artists, activists, and academics, including Dr Nicholas Barnes…
Women fighting for change Dr Sarah Marsden, from the School of International Relations, and colleagues from Lancaster University, engage with activists, academics, artists, heritage, and community organisations to…