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Impact: Report on the police use of facial recognition technology identifies significant concerns

Joint Winners: Celebrating Excellence in Research and Impact Awards 2020 – Outstanding Interdisciplinary Research

Insight: Immersive theatre that brings history to life

Winner: Celebrating Excellence in Research and Impact Awards 2020 - Best Creative and Cultural Research Impact

Insight: Mental capacity law in practice, in the Court of Protection

Winner - Celebrating Excellence in Research and Impact Awards 2020 - Best Research Impact by an Early Career Researcher - Faculty of Humanities

Impact: Establishing guidelines for investigations during armed conflict

Joint winners: Celebrating Excellence in Research and Impact Awards 2020 - Best International Research Impact

Insight: Improving the efficiency of online grocery deliveries

Winner: Celebrating Excellence in Research and Impact Awards 2020 – Best Research Impact in Enterprise and Innovation

Insight: Investigating North Norfolk’s chalk reef using rapid 3D reconstructions

Winner: Celebrating Excellence in Research and Impact Awards 2020 – Best Research Impact by an Early Career Researcher in the Faculty of Science and Health

Insight: Getting under the skin with biomarkers

Our researchers are linking genomics expertise with social and economic data to get a complete picture of us as individuals as never before.

Impact: Misconceptions of migration

Britain is one of the most multicultural societies in Europe but Brexit and the momentum of the Black Lives Matter campaign have revealed simmering tensions over race.

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Impact: Shaping public views on foreign aid