Our research impact
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Giving autistic children a voice – the power of ‘I am’ Digital Stories
‘I am’ Digital Stories created by Southampton researchers are ensuring that the voices of autistic children and young people are heard during crucial transitions in their education and lives.
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Closing the attainment gap
Teams at the University of Southampton are collaborating with student ambassadors, local businesses, and local schools to close attainment gaps, provide opportunities for disadvantaged pupils, and make education equitable.
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Can robots and migration help address the challenges of ageing?
Research by Southampton demographers has explored strategies to best address the skills shortages caused by ageing and whether migration and the use of robotics can help alleviate some of the resulting pressures.
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Targeting childhood vaccines globally
WorldPop, a research group led by Professor Andy Tatem, is revolutionising global health efforts by enabling governments to vaccinate children who were previously unreachable.
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The Debt Dilemma: How Rising Debt Levels May Widen Inequality in the UK
Debt and inequality are two issues that increasingly dominate discussions across Western Europe.
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Measuring unmet need for social care among older persons
Research by Southampton’s Centre for Research on Ageing and the ESRC Centre for Population Change – Connecting Generations project can directly inform social policies to reduce and try to eliminate the unmet need for social care among older persons.
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New method boosts COVID-19 contact-tracing in Thailand: A model for global outbreak control
A team of researchers, led by Dankmar Böhning and supported by Rattana Lerdsuwansri and Patarawan Sangnawakij from Thammasat University, has developed a powerful new method to measure the effectiveness of contact-tracing efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand.
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Applicable Resurgent Asymptotics: towards a universal theory. An Isaac Newton Institute Programme
An innovative Southampton initiative, that brought together mathematicians and theoretical physicists from around the world, is helping shed light on complex challenges in mathematics and physics.
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Helping families have more trust in administrative data linkage
Discover how Southampton’s research is empowering families to trust the digital data shared about their lives.
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Turning the silver screen green
Denise Baden, Professor of Sustainable Business, is exploring how characters on screen could help us reduce our carbon footprints.
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Integrating learning about numbers into children’s everyday lives
A programme of activities created by Southampton academics is empowering families in England and Jamaica to talk about numbers early in their children’s lives.
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Redressing social injustices in the aftermath of disasters through education
Southampton research identifies how education can be used to help redress the social injustices and creating a safe and just society, in the aftermath of disasters such as the Grenfell Tower fire.