Research Development International Collaboration Awards (RDICA) 2024-25

The following awards have been made through the RDICA scheme for 2024-25:

Dates of activity UoB Lead Applicant International Collaborator(s) Project title
1 - 28 Feb 2025 Dr Anya Skatova in the Bristol Medical School Dr Anna-Leena Vuorinen (Tampere University, Finland) Linking Shopping Data with health information for public benefit research: an international perspective

3 - 6 Feb 2025

Dr Oscar Berglund in the School for Policy Studies

Professor Greg Martin (University of Sydney, Australia)

Dr Cesar Bazan (Pontifica Universidad Catolica del Peru, Peru)

Criminalisation of Climate Protest

Feb and May 2025

Professor Misa Izuhara in the School for Policy Studies

Professor Silvia Mugnano (University of Milan Bicocca, Italy)

Exploring student housing: Connecting higher education to social and spatial justice

5 - 7 Mar 2025

Dr Mark Jackson in the School of Geographical Sciences

Dr Alessandro Rippa (University of Oslo, Norway)

Dr Laur Kiik (University of Oslo, Norway)

Blood Amber: conflict fossils, precarious livelihoods, and research ethics

Apr and July 2025

Dr Rodolfo Bezerra Nobrega in the School of Geographical Sciences

Professor John Cunha (Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil)

Strengthening climate resilience via international partnerships for drought monitoring and desertification

Cancelled*

Dr Natasha Mulvihill in the School for Policy Studies

Dr Katie Winkle (Uppsala University, Sweden)

Exploring Robots and Gendered Harm

*Due to unforeseen circumstances, Katie's visit to Bristol has been cancelled. However, Natasha and Katie will continue to work unfunded on the proposed outputs in the medium term. They would like to register their thanks to the RDICA team for their support and they welcome future queries on the theme of robots, gender and harm to:

natasha.mulvihill@bristol.ac.uk and katie.winkle@it.uu.se

May 2025

Professor Agnes Nairn in the Business School

Professor Pamela Raburu (Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science, Kenya)

Building a Bristol-Africa Gambling Harms Network

12 - 16 May 2025*

Dr Rebecca Buxton in the Department of Philosophy

Dr Jamie Draper (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)

The Future of Borders

*Due to unforeseen circumstances, Jamie's original visit dates to Bristol have been cancelled. However, the team hopes to reorganise a visit for this project.

1 - 9 Jun 2025

Dr Rachel James in the School of Geographical Sciences

Dr Wilfried Pokam (University of Yaounde 1, Cameroon)

Exploring the understudied links between the Indian Ocean, Tropical Cyclones, and extreme weather in equatorial and southern Africa

Jun 2025

Professor Richard Apps in the School Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience

Professor Dagmar Timman-Braun (University Hospital Essen, Germany)

Cerebellum and Emotional Networks

7 - 20 Jun 2025

Dr Lorena Becerra Valdivia in the Department of Anthropology and Archeology

Dr Haidee Cadd (University of Wollongong, Australia)

Past human-environment dynamics in South America

12 - 13 Jun 2025

Professor Edward King in the Department of Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies

Professor Jasmin Wrobel (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany)

Relational Spaces and Visual Culture in Anti-Racism Activism in Brazil

18 - 20 Jun 2025

Dr Shane Windsor in the School of Civil, Aerospace and Design Engineering

Assistant Professor Aimy Wissa (Princeton University, USA)

Feather-inspired wings for uncrewed air vehicles

1 - 30 Jul 2025

Dr Nasrul Ismail in the School of Policy Studies

Dr Thaatchaayini Kananatu (Monash University Malaysia)

Paving the way for change: Charting a bold research agenda following Malaysia’s abolition of the mandatory death penalty

20 - 29 Jul 2025

Dr Bangdong Zhi in the Business School

Professor George (Gangshu) Cai (Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University, USA)

Supply Chain Risk Management Using AI-Driven Tools