Research Award

  Professors Lucie Cluver and Tobias Hauser, respectively from the University of Oxford and University College London were awarded the 2024 ERC  Public Engagement with Research Awards  on 24 October. The prize recognises European Research Council (ERC) grantees who successfully engage audiences outside their academic domain. This is the third edition of this award since the first one launched in 2019. Lucie Cluver was awarded “for initiating and fostering global collaboration to provide research -based parenting support in crises, improving the well-being of millions worldwide”. Tobias Hauser from University College London and Tubingen University was awarded “for co-creating an accessible, interactive resource on obsessive-compulsive disorders, bridging neuroscience and community needs for real impact.” Each winner will receive €10 000. Other laureates include: Frédéric Dias from ENS Paris-Saclay, awarded “for engaging people living on the Aran Islands in frontier science...

  Highly delighted with our Highly Commended award at the recent British Wills and Probate awards held in Manchester. Alongside our recent Best Legal Professional Supplier award at the National Paralegal Awards last month, we are now able to add the Highly Commended certificate for the category of Best Probate Research Firm of the Year at the British Wills & Probate Awards (BWAPS) held in Manchester. It’s always nice for our hardworking team to receive external, independent recognition of the excellent work that they conduct every day. This is in fact our second Highly Commended award at the BWAPS in the last two years. We pride ourselves on the high level of service we provide to Private Client practitioners across Probate and Court of Protection teams. Having a highly accredited team is central to our operation, especially in a sector such as Probate Research where there is no barrier to entry and no industry-wide regulator. We extend our sincere gratitude to the hard working...

  The International Center for Responsible Gaming Friday announced that Dr. Kasra Ghaharian, director of research  at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas has been awarded the first Christine Reilly Grant Award . Established in honor of Christine Reilly’s legacy of leadership and innovation in gambling research with ICRG, the award recognizes outstanding scientific excellence and research potential in gambling disorder and responsible gaming. Ghaharian’s research focuses on machine learning, consumer protection, and payments modernization in the gambling industry. “I am incredibly honored to receive the 2024 Christine Reilly Grant Award,”  Ghaharian said in a statement. “This funding will allow us to conduct novel research using open banking data from a large sample of UK consumers, giving us a more holistic view of individuals’ gambling activity across operators. It will also allow us to investigate the relationship between gambling involvement and financial vulnerab...

  □ DGIST (President Kunwoo Lee) awarded its first-ever honorary doctorate to Jong-Yong Yun, former Vice Chairman and CEO of Samsung Electronics, on October 22.  □ Jong-Yong Yun, former Vice Chairman, was appointed as DGIST’s inaugural Chairman in 2004. Since then, he has contributed significantly to the industrial and technological development of South Korea by taking the lead in advancing science and technology and fostering a creative research environment. He has dedicated himself to nurturing talent in science and technology and establishing an innovative research environment at DGIST. He has played a pivotal role in transforming DGIST into a world-class research and educational institution and enhancing South Korea’s scientific and technological competitiveness.  Under the leadership of its fifth president, Kunwoo Lee, who took office in December 2023, DGIST is ambitiously pursuing five new projects, including the DGIST Global Campus, Business School, and the Gr...

  THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state government has announced winners of the prestigious Kairali Research Awards 2022-23 in four categories. The Higher Education Minster R Bindu made the announcement here on Thursday in the presence of Rajan Gurukkal, vice-chairman, Kerala State Higher Education Council and Rajan Varughese, the council’s member secretary, Prof Channath Achuthan Unni (arts and humanities), Prof P P Divakaran ( science ) and Prof K P Mohanan (social science) have been chosen for the topmost honour ‘Kairali Global Lifetime Achievement Prize for Researchers ’. The award for lifelong contributions to research by Keralite researchers , carries a cash prize of Rs 5 lakh each and a citation. Prof Achuthanunni is a polyglot, Malayalam language writer and translator. While Prof P P Divakaran is an eminent scientist specialising in theoretical physics. Prof K P Mohanan is an eminent interdisciplinary scholar specialising in cognitive science . The winners of the ‘Kairali Lifetim...