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Digital museum for the Jewish Culture and Heritage of Belarus: Wooden Synagogues Prototype

Lead researchers:
Professor Claire Le Foll
Status:
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Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Claire Le Foll

Professor

Research interests

History and culture of Jews in Belarus from 1772 to 1939, including Belarusian-Jewish relatio…
Jewish art in Eastern Europe, more specifically in Belarus and Ukraine
Nationalities policy in the Russian/Soviet western borderlands

Connect with Claire

Email: C.Le-Foll@soton.ac.uk

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Diverse Capacities: Building A Knowledge Exchange Network For Creative Industries In The Solent

Lead researchers:
Professor Will May
Other researchers:
Professor Daniel Ashton,
Dr Aiysha Jahan
Status:
Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Will May

Professor of Modern & Contemporary Literature

Research interests

modern and contemporary literature
mentoring and creative practice
literary communities in modern culture

Connect with Will

Email: W.May@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Daniel Ashton

Professor of Cultural & Creative Industries

Research interests

Work and the Creative Economy
Culture, Data and Place
Arts and Cultural Organisations

Connect with Daniel

Email: d.k.ashton@soton.ac.uk

Dr Aiysha Jahan

Part Time Lecturer

Connect with Aiysha

Email: A.Jahan@soton.ac.uk

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English as a Medium of Administration

Lead researchers:
Professor Kate Borthwick,
Ms Alison Dickens
Status:
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Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Kate Borthwick MA (Hons), MA, PHD, FHEA, SCMALT

Professor of Digital Education

Research interests

Artificial intelligence in education
Massive Open Online Courses (and Language MOOCs)
Open educational practices and resources

Connect with Kate

Email: K.Borthwick@soton.ac.uk

Ms Alison Dickens

Director (Enterprise & Short Course)

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Email: A.M.Dickens@soton.ac.uk

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Experiencing exile as a family: Colombian exiles in the UK’s imperative to talk

Lead researchers:
Professor Adriana Patino
Status:
Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Adriana Patino

Professor

Research interests

Sociolinguistic ethnography
Language socialisation
Narrative inquiry/ biographical methods

Connect with Adriana

Email: A.Patino@soton.ac.uk

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Exploring the value of postcards for placemaking and storytelling

Other researchers:
Mr Chris Emberson,
Professor Craig Lambert,
Dr John Mcaleer,
Professor Stephanie Jones,
Dr Matt Kerr,
Professor Marianne O'Doherty,
Professor Chris Hill,
Professor Jason Sadler
Status:
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Staff

Other researchers

Mr Chris Emberson

Senior Enterprise Fellow

Connect with Chris

Email: cre@geodata.soton.ac.uk

Professor Craig Lambert

Professor

Research interests

Late medieval naval operations and logistics
Medieval and Tudor maritime communities
Late medieval and Tudor merchant shipping

Connect with Craig

Email: C.Lambert@soton.ac.uk

Dr John Mcaleer

Associate Professor

Research interests

The British Empire in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
The East India Company and its worlds.
Islands and empires.

Connect with John

Email: J.Mcaleer@soton.ac.uk

Professor Stephanie Jones

Professor of Literature and Law

Research interests

Literature and Law
Postcolonial and decolonial studies
Marine and maritime literatures

Connect with Stephanie

Email: S.J.Jones@soton.ac.uk

Dr Matt Kerr

Associate Professor

Research interests

Nineteenth-century literature and culture
Oceanic humanities
Waste and rubbish

Connect with Matt

Email: M.P.Kerr@soton.ac.uk

Professor Marianne O'Doherty FEA

Professor

Research interests

Medieval travel and pilgrimage literature
Medieval maps, geographical writing, place and space, literary geographies
Book history and reception studies methodologies for medieval texts

Connect with Marianne

Email: M.ODoherty@soton.ac.uk

Professor Chris Hill

Professor

Connect with Chris

Email: cth@geodata.soton.ac.uk

Professor Jason Sadler

Professor

Research interests

Spatial data infrastructure (SDI)
Web science
Environmental web applications and semantics

Connect with Jason

Email: jds@geodata.soton.ac.uk

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Feeling Towns

Lead researchers:
Professor Nicky Marsh
Other researchers:
Dr Joseph Owen
Status:
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Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Nicky Marsh

PROFESSOR

Research interests

Intersections between culture and economics
Cultural representations of risk, money, finance, markets
Gender, feminism and the economy

Connect with Nicky

Email: nm8@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Dr Joseph Owen

Research Fellow

Research interests

Culture and heritage in place
Arts and humanities approaches to law and policy
Modernist art and literature

Connect with Joseph

Email: J.G.Owen@soton.ac.uk

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Fetal heart rate, fetal movement and uterine contraction detection using e-textiles

Lead researchers:
Professor Kai Yang
Other researchers:
Professor Ying Cheong,
Dr Russel Torah,
Professor Diego Altamirano
Status:
Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Kai Yang

Professor

Research interests

Electronic textile materials and manufacturing
Wearable medical devices
Digital healthcare

Connect with Kai

Email: ky2e09@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Ying Cheong

Professor of Reproductive Medicine

Connect with Ying

Email: Y.Cheong@soton.ac.uk

Dr Russel Torah BEng, MSc, PhD

Associate Professor

Connect with Russel

Email: rnt@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Professor Diego Altamirano

Professor

Connect with Diego

Email: D.Altamirano@soton.ac.uk

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Research project

From Puberty to Menopause

Lead researchers:
Professor Kath Woods-Townsend
Other researchers:
Professor Lucy Green,
Professor Tamar Pincus,
Professor Daniel Ashton
Status:
Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Kath Woods-Townsend

Professor

Research interests

Adolescent Health
Scientific Literacy
Health Literacy

Connect with Kath

Email: K.Woods-Townsend@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Lucy Green

Professor of Public Engagement & Dev Physiology

Research interests

Fetal physiology and nutrition
Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD)
Equality and diversity in research, education and public engagement

Connect with Lucy

Email: L.R.Green@soton.ac.uk

Professor Tamar Pincus

Dean (Environmental & Life Sciences)

Research interests

Psychological aspects of chronic pain

Connect with Tamar

Email: T.Pincus@soton.ac.uk

Professor Daniel Ashton

Professor of Cultural & Creative Industries

Research interests

Work and the Creative Economy
Culture, Data and Place
Arts and Cultural Organisations

Connect with Daniel

Email: d.k.ashton@soton.ac.uk

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Research project

Inclusive Smart Textile Design for Healthy Ageing

Lead researchers:
Professor Yuanyuan Yin,
Professor Kai Yang
Status:
Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Yuanyuan Yin

Professor

Research interests

Inclusive design for ageing
Product and service design
Design for healthy ageing

Connect with Yuanyuan

Email: Y.Yin@soton.ac.uk

Professor Kai Yang

Professor

Research interests

Electronic textile materials and manufacturing
Wearable medical devices
Digital healthcare

Connect with Kai

Email: ky2e09@soton.ac.uk

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Research project

Invisible Mentors: British Poetry in Partnership, 1960-2020

Lead researchers:
Professor Will May
Status:
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Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Will May

Professor of Modern & Contemporary Literature

Research interests

modern and contemporary literature
mentoring and creative practice
literary communities in modern culture

Connect with Will

Email: W.May@soton.ac.uk