Awardees
Freud’s Antiquity: Idea, Object, Desire
Professor Daniel Orrells, King’s College London
The Freud’s Antiquity: Idea, Object, Desire project saw Professor Daniel Orrells (Department of Classics), Professor Miriam Leonard (University College London), and Associate Professor Richard Armstrong (University of Houston) collaborate with Freud Museum London. Together, the academics and museum staff curated a unique hybrid exhibition that explored Sigmund Freud’s fascination with objects from classical antiquity. It sought to broach several pressing intellectual lines of enquiry, including the way Freud’s collection of archaeological objects influenced his perspectives on gender, sexuality, race, and the historical construction of personal identity… Read More >>
Re-Integration and Risks of Re-Trafficking for Survivors in the Philippines
Dr Ella Parry-Davies, King’s College London
The Re-integration and Risks of Re-trafficking for Survivors in the Philippines project saw Dr Ella Parry-Davies (Department of English) and The Voice of Domestic Workers collaborate on a project focused on examining the outcomes for migrant domestic workers returning to the Philippines after experiences of trafficking. Inspired by participatory and co-creative research approaches, the initiative placed experts-by-experience from outside academia in investigative roles. Co-researchers, themselves Filipina domestic workers trafficked to the UK, conducted 23 online interviews with survivors of trafficking in the Philippines. In April 2023, Ella and the co-researchers participated in a workshop where they collectively analysed… Read More >>
The Impact of COVID Restrictions in Low and Middle Income Countries
Professor Toby Green and Dr Aleida Mendes Borges, King’s College London
The Impact of Covid Restrictions in Low and Middle Income Countries Project was jointly developed by Professor Toby Green (Department of History), Dr Aleida Borges (Global Institute for Women’s Leadership), and two third sector organisations: Collateral Global and the Institute of Development Studies. The initiative sought to deepen the impact of a conference held in 2023 focused on exploring the impact of Covid restrictions in the Global South, particularly upon human rights and those in poverty. A conference, entitled ‘The Impact of Covid Restrictions in Low and Middle Income Countries’ was attended by the above parties and held at King’s College London in April 2023. Academics from countries all over the world… Read More >>
Dr Kate McMillan and Dr Nicole Mennell, King’s College London
The ‘Never at Sea’ project saw Dr Kate McMillan (Culture, Media & Creative Industries) collaborate with partners including Nicole Mennell (King’s Sanctuary), St Mary le Strand Church, and an international team of creative practitioners including artists and musicians. Together, they developed an immersive exhibition and performance program that explored the lived experiences of women who have faced forced migration. Kate, an artist and specialist in the theory of creative practice, was drawn to the idea of creating an impact project informed by women’s lived experiences of displacement. In particular, she was moved by the possibility of exploring forced migrants’ experiences of journeys over the ocean, a theme that intersects with other pressing issues facing humanity such as climate change… Read More >>
Dr Martina Zimmermann, Dr Joe Wood, and Dr Laura Hughes, Science Gallery London, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, United for All Ages
The ‘Extending the Impact of a Lifelong Ageing Workshop’ initiative saw Dr Martina Zimmermann, Dr Joe Wood, and Dr Laura Hughes (Department of English), collaborate with the Science Gallery London, the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, and United for All Ages. Aimed at participants from charities and other third-sector organisations, Lifelong Ageing wanted to showcase up-and-coming researchers working on lifecourse approaches to ageing and enable conversations and collaborations within and across sectors. The desire to hold a workshop focused on lifecourse approaches to ageing emerged from discussions during a Policy Lab held at King’s College London in September 2022, as part of The Sciences of Ageing and the Culture of Youth, 1880 to the present day… Read More >>