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New BBMDVP and Next Generation Awards announced

25 March 2022

Below is a listing of the most recent awards for visits in 2022/23 following the funding round in January 2022.

Bristol Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professorships 

Name and InstitutionBristol hostTopic of research
Professor Nick Huggett
University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Professor James Ladyman
Philosophy
Quantum Gravity at the Big Bang and on a Table Top
Professor Michael Evans
University of Maryland, USA
Professor Paul Valdes
Geographical Sciences
Detection and attribution of climate change and climate sensitivity using paleoclimatic observations and simulations
Professor Carolin Overhoff Ferreira
Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Dr Jose Ligna Nafafe
Hispanic, Portugues and Latin American Studies
African resistance, history and culture in Lusophone film
Professor Bruce Lanphear
Simon Fraser University, Canada
Dr Caroline Taylor
Population Health
The Interplay of Toxic Chemicals and Nutrients
Professor Mary Sheridan
University of Louisville, USA
Professor Jennifer Rowsell
Education
Reimagining Higher Education: Lessons from Covid and Contemporary Racial Reckonings
Professor Gisela Heffes
Rice University, USA
Dr Paul Merchant
Hispanic, Portugues and Latin American Studies

Toxic Matters and Matters of Toxicity in Latin America

Bristol 'Next Generation' Visiting Researcher Programme

 Name and InstitutionBristol hostTopic of research
Dr Christian Ehret
McGill University, Canada     

Professor Jennifer Rowsell
Education

Literacies in Algorithmic Cultures

Dr Juliane Jarke
Univerity of Bremen, Germany

Dr Helen Manchester
Education

 Co-creating Technofutures of Ageing

Dr William Cavert
University of St Thomas, USA 

Dr Adrian Howkins
History

Vermin Eradication and Agrarian Improvement in Early Modern England

Professor Samuel Fletcher
University of Minnesota, USA

Dr Karim Thebault
Philosophy

Time and Decision in the Foundations of Modern Physics 

Dr Monnica Klöckener
University of Münster, Germany 

Professor Karla Pollman
Classics & Ancient History
Religion & Theology

Dealing with Death in Early Christianity

Dr Monique Ingalls
Baylor University, USA

Dr Justin Williams
Music

British Gospel Choirs: Representing Race and Resounding Religion in Twenty-first Century Britain

Dr Derek Schutt
Colorado State University, USA

Professor James Wookey
Geographical Sciences

Lithosphere and asthenospheric tomography and physical state mapping

 

 

 

Further information

on these funding schemes can be found on the following IRP webpages

Bristol Benjamin Meaker Distinguished Visiting Professorship

Bristol's 'Next Generation' Visiting Researcher Programme

Our next deadline for the above schemes is 5pm, Friday 20th May 2022, these are for visits planned to commence after September 2022 and to complete by July 2023.

Please email enquiries to irp-admin@bristol.ac.uk