Public Services, Policy and Legislation | Research Impact

18 research impact case studies

Heather Wilkinson co-founded the Scottish Dementia Working Group.

Influencing dementia philosophy, policy and practice

Students demonstrate bilingual exchange in English and Japanese.

Bilingualism Matters

Professor Lesley McAra in the University of Edinburgh's Old College

Enhancing the effectiveness of youth justice policy and practice

Nurse and child on an hospital ward

Uncovering the cost of private sector involvement in the National Health Service

Dr Gillean McCluskey is a researcher from the School of Education.

Improving behaviour in Scottish schools

Dr Ethel Quayle is a Lecturer in Clinical Psychology.

Defining the demographics of child victims of online sexual crimes

Professor Ian Deary is Director of the Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology.

Understanding the brain in old age: the Lothian Birth Cohorts

Improving sustainable bioenergy practices in Kenya and Tanzania.

Improving bioenergy use and policy in East Africa

C C T V surveillance camera

The regulation of privacy in a surveillance society

The Bank of England and Royal Exchange, London

Responding to the 2008 financial crisis

Catherine Ward Thompson is Professor of Landscape Architecture.

Adding quality years to later life: outdoor access, health and wellbeing

Group of female high school students at work in classroom.

Informing the debate on educational reform and socio-economic inequality

Exercise training for two male patients post-stroke.

Life after stroke: the influence of physical fitness and exercise

Businessman with angel wings, a business angel.

Embedding business angels in financial policy and growth

Transforming governance and reporting in UK Major Programmes

Transforming governance and reporting in UK Major Programmes

Photograph of the 'Hands in Solidarity, Hands of Freedom' mural on the walls of a trade union building in Chicago, U.S.A.

Minority women, activism and austerity

Young woman looking upwards with text 'Student finances: A guide for higher education in Scotland'

Higher education in Scotland, the devolution settlement and the referendum on independence

Graffiti on a ruined wall in Nairobi, Kenya

Making human rights meaningful: documenting and protecting survivors of everyday torture and ill-treatment in low income countries