Case Studies and Videos
Projects
Details of pump-priming projects funded by UMRI in recent years.
Creative
Four Creative Manchester interdisciplinary research projects discuss the challenges.
Workshop
A cross platform workshop on Tackling Interdisciplinarity in Research.
Sustainability
A reflection on interdisciplinary initiatives and achievements and future opportunities for advancing sustainability solutions.
Advice
Advice from UMRI award holder Dr Ciara McGrath on leading an interdisciplinary project.
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UMRI Funded Projects
Shared here are examples of outputs from UMRI pump-priming projects which include networks and collaborations, engagement, and further funding.
Networks and Collaborations
Air Space
A cross Faculty interdisciplinary project led by Dr Stephen Hicks working with community groups to explore questions about atmosphere and air quality.
Building Safety Network
An UMRI project led by Dr Richard Kirkham led to a community of scholars and practitioners informing the future of building safety policy and practice.
Engagement
Oral Histories
An interdisciplinary project led by Dr Jane Brooks developed a novel methodological approach to understand the needs of healthy ageing for asylum seeking women.
Policy@Manchester
One outcome from an UMRI project led by Professor Rachel Gibson was a curated publication on Digital Trust examining how lives are being transformed by the digital revolution.
Further Funding
| Funder | Project | UMRI Project Lead |
| BBSRC |
UMRI funding contributed to the award of a BBSRC Global Centre Bioeconomy grant, an $82 million initiative led by the National Science Foundation in the US. |
Neil Dixon |
| Nuffied Foundation |
Findings from the UMRI project on language development has informed the design of new intervention which is being tested. |
Colin Bannard |
| Arts Council England |
The UMRI project which funded a GM-wide collaboration on creative health has led to a funded project to ensure that everyone has access to culture and creativity to support their health and wellbeing. |
Simon Parry |
| Darwin Foundation and International Science Partnerships Fund |
The UMRI project supported the development of an interdisciplinary and international research network of established academics, ECRs, policymakers and practitioners, with expertise in land use, land management and zoonosis and this has led to two funded projects on wildlife health in East Africa. |
Charis Enns and Susanne Shultz |