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ADVERTISING & SOCIAL CHANGE
The use of advertising to encourage social change. The role of consumption patterns in developing consumer identity. 21m
Ekant Veer

ANALYSING EXPERTISE
The nature and sociology of scientific knowledge. Public understanding and science education. The nature of skills, expertise and experience. 43m
Harry Collins & Rob Evans

ANTHROPOLOGY
History and sustainable development of Mayan population in Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. Social justice and international solidarity. 13m
Genner de Jesus Llanes-Ortiz

ARMS TRADE
The arms trade. Public international, arms control and humanitarian law.  Governance issues. 15m
Zeray Yihdego

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
A.I. techniques and their use in emergency response centres. 27m
Austin Tate

ASTROPHYSICS
Astrophysics, art and emerging technologies. 35m
Sandra Chapman

AUTISM
Cognitive psychology, autism, asperger syndrome and gender differences. 17m
John Lawson
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BANK SECURITY
Protecting bank security systems fraud and external attack. 21m
Graham Steel

BEHAVIOURAL ACCOUNTING
Behavioural accounting and finance. Corporate finance decisions. Venture capital. Business regulation. Moral hazard.  Investor irrationality. 17m
Richard Fairchild

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Instrumentation for ophthalmology. Colour vision deficit as a diagnostic tool for diabetic retinopathy and optic neuritis. Orthopaedics. 17m
Lionel Ripley

BIOMIMETICS
Application of concepts from biology within engineering. Mechanical properties of biological materials. Biology as a tool for innovation. 43m
Julian Vincent

BLASPHEMY
The history of blasphemy and the lessons for contemporary life. 28m
David Nash
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CANCER CHARITY
Awareness, recognition, best practice and research fund raising for prostate cancer. 30m
Colin Stokes

CANCER RESEARCH
Medical oncology, renal and prostate cancer, experimental cancer therapies. 11m
Hardev Pandha

CANCER RESEARCH
Pathology, histopathology and oncological pathology. Biomarker analysis in breast cancer & colorectal cancer. Cancer vaccines. 23m  
Bharat Jasani

CO-INFECTION BIOLOGY
Parasites are a major source of production loss and animal welfare issues worldwide. Mathematical and statistical modelling techniques. 24m
Joanne Lello

COLONIALISM
History of colonialism with reference to Ireland, South Africa and Zimbabwe. 29m
Donal Lowry

COMPUTER VISION
Technology transfer. Vision, speech and signal processing. Cognitive vision. Pattern recognition. Audio processing. 18m
Bill Christmas

COMPUTER VISION
Computer Vision. Creating cartoons from video and art from photographs. Non linear cameras. Classifying objects. 32m
Peter Hall

CONSERVATION
Anthropology, primates, rainforests & the urgent need for conservation measures. 37m
Simon Bearder

CONSERVATION
Conservation work on corrosion of iron, wood, glass and fibres. The restoration of the SS Great Britain. 41m
David Watkinson

CONSTRUCTION
Environmental impact of construction products, sustainability & green buildings. 22m
David Shiers

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
Construction materials. Experimental and numerical modelling of masonry structures, including arch structures and dry-stone walls. 20m
Pete Walker

CREATIVE WRITING
Literature, language, teaching, learning, creativity and creative writing. 19m
Jane Spiro

CRITICAL CARE
Development of interdisciplinary distance learning courses in critical care. Anaesthetics & Intensive care medicine. Nursing careers. 13m
Sharon Norman
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DEATH STUDIES
The sociology of death, dying and bereavement. Networks and religion as social supports in mourning. 28m
Tony Walter

DIABETES
DESMOND - Innovative project of education and self management for diabetes patients. 53m
Marian Carey

DIGITAL BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM
Distributed computing & database systems. Transactional modelling. Algorithm complexity. Peer to Peer networks. 20m
Amir Razavi

DIGITAL MAPPING
Digital mapping and the challenges posed by new innovations. 36m
W Mackaness

DNA DAMAGE AND REPAIR
DNA is damaged by radiation, chemicals and its metabolism. A human daily has one trillion DNA damage events. 13m
Raymond Waters
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EARTH SCIENCES
Earth sciences & academic life in the UK and US. 42m
Jon Davidson

ECO PRODUCT INNOVATION
How to turn eco friendly ideas into real world everyday products in commercial production. 26m
Elies Dekoninck

EDUCATION
Making a real difference in schools.  29m
Peter Tymms

EDUCATION & PHILOSOPHY
Education and philosophy. Childhood. Learning to live with the future. A new theory of education. Education for diversity. 31m
Andrew Stables

EDUCATION ECONOMICS
Educational planning and finance. Economics of education. Science and technology education policy.  Assessment and evaluation. 58m
Keith Lewin

EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
Artificial Intelligence in Education. Human Centred Technology. Interactive educational TV. E-learning in the post-16 sector. 35m
Ben Du Boulay

E-LEARNING EXAMPLES
Demonstrations of virtual learning and podcasting. 12m
Media Zoo

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Electrical materials & polymers. Improving  education. 19m
John Fothergill

ENTERPRISE
Software, commodity trading and venture capital. 30m
Robert Brady

ENTERPRISE
Enterprise, innovation and the Cambridge Science Park. 42m
Dominic Mikulin

ENTERPRISING SCHOOLS 
New Heys - School of  enterprise. 24m
Sarah Hanlon

ENVIRONMENT
Recording of a lecture about strategic environmental assessment. 58m
Riki Therivel

ENVIRONMENT
Sustainability, social impact, environmental policy and consultancy work. 36m
Riki Therivel

ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN
Thermal performance and sustainability in buildings. 18m
Mary Hancock

EPIDEMIOLOGY
Research into dementia and cognitive decline with age. Developing large scale studies to provide definitive answers to research questions. 13m
John Gallacher

ETHICS & COMPUTING
The social and ethical implications of computing and artificial intelligence. Socially beneficial applications for new technologies. 25m
Blay Whitby

EUROPEAN POLITICS
Freelance journalism. European political affairs. Comparing and contrasting new and established EU member states. 17m
Nora Rockenbauer Edmonds

EUROPEAN STUDIES
Expanding the definition of security from a purely military perspective to encompass freedom from poverty, ill heath or government intrusion. 14m
Claire Malcolm

EXPLORING THE ATMOSPHERE
Understanding the dynamics of the Earth’s Middle Atmosphere. Investigating the role of gravity waves, tides and planetary waves. 34m
Nick Mitchell
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FACTORIES OF THE FUTURE
Rapid prototyper. An advanced fabrication technology that can copy itself with far reaching implications for capitalism and climate change. 29m
Adrian Bowyer

FASCISM
History of Fascism, defining fascism plus fascism and modernity. 40m
Roger Griffin

FILM STUDIES
Representation of gender issues in film. Spanish cinema & Literature. 9m
Alberto Mira

FISH PARASITES
Fish parasites devastated the Norwegian salmon industry. Now a study is examining a similar issue affecting ornamental fish. 13m
Tracey King

FUTURE DENTISTRY
Research into bone biology & tissue engineering to find if it is possible to make decayed teeth repair and regenerate themselves. 31m
Alastair Sloan

FUTURE SCHOOLS
Designs & ideas for the schools of the future. 36m
Joseph Gazdula

FUTURE SKILLS
The future of work, skills and employability in the knowledge economy. Global labour markets. Graduate employability. 40m
Philip Brown
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GENDER & SEXUALITY
Representations in media, advertising and fashion. 37m
Dee Amy-Chinn

GENETIC DISORDERS
Social aspects of genetic disorders. The sociology of everyday life. Family narratives. Social theory of time. Genetic counselling. 26m
Maggie Gregory

GEOPHYSICS
Geophysics & exploring the ocean floor.  61m
Roger Searle

GERMAN STUDIES
German twentieth-century literature, film, nature and environmental issues. Ecocriticism. Hybrid identities in contemporary European cinema. 17m
Axel Goodbody

GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP
Global citizenship & international education. Globalisation, education and the curriculum. Gender and global citizenship education. 23m
Harriet Marshall
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HOSPITALITY
Environmental management in hospitality & tourism. Local food supply. 7m
J Carlton-Smith

HOW CHILDREN LEARN
Using empirical studies and neural network modelling to understand how infants and toddlers learn about categories and language. 24m
Jessica Horst

HUMAN GENOME
Half of what makes us human is written in our genome the other half is the result of how genes interact with the environment. 38m
Araxi Urrutia
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INCLUSIONAL RESEARCH
Awareness that space is a vital, dynamic inclusion within, around and permeating natural form. Academic freedoms. 24m
Alan Rayner

ION QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY
New quantum technologies such as the quantum computer. Developments in ion trapping technology. Ion trap arrays. 26m
Winfried Hensinger
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JAPANESE STUDIES
Japanese language, animation, comics and film studies. 27m
Yoko Ono

JAPANESE STUDIES
Identity and symbolism in Japan. The Shinkansen high speed railway. Japanese education system. Chatham House. 18m
Christopher Hood
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LAW
Criminal law, conflict of laws, matrimonial property & corporate manslaughter. 50m
Chris Clarkson

LEAN PRODUCTION
Lean production technologies and management in the automotive, aerospace & construction industries. 22m
Andrew Graves

LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES
Innovations in campus, distance and virtual learning. 12m
Gilly Salmon

LOW FEE PRIVATE SCHOOLING
The emergence of low-fee private schooling in India and other economically developing countries. 43m
Prachi Srivastava
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MARKETING
Strategic, relationship and professional services marketing. Service innovation. 22m
Sue Vaux Halliday

MARKETING AND STRATEGY
Scenario networks to uncover the strategies for organizations to plot their paths through complex and changing sets of futures. 23m
John Powell

MATERIALS RESEARCH