The ESRC IAA Postdoctoral Impact Awards provide an opportunity to gain first-hand experience of leading an impact project, as well as valuable insight into research and project management processes and tools.
Previous awardees have achieved meaningful outcomes and impacts that have benefited both their research and professional development. We look forward to seeing the success of this year’s projects and their anticipated impact.
Find out more about the IAAs at Bath and how they can support your research impact.
Awardees and projects
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS)
Department of Education
PI: Dr David Beauchamp
Project: Informing and Improving Exam Item Writing Through Analysis of Linguistic and Multimodal Characteristics
This project focuses on improving equity in national educational attainment, particularly among students from lower socio-economic backgrounds (SES), those with English as an additional language and those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). In collaboration with Cambridge University Press & Assessment, the project will translate identified challenges into practical interventions, embedding equity principles into assessment design and curriculum support materials.
Department for Psychology
PI: Dr Emily Hands
Project: In Their Own Words: Co-Creating Visual Narratives of Adolescent Self-Evaluation and Wellbeing
Using creative and participatory methods with adolescents, this project will co-design and produce a short film and infographic illustrating how adolescents conceptualise self-evaluation and identify factors that help maintain or improve their wellbeing. The project aims to support improved self-evaluation and promote adolescent wellbeing.
Department for Psychology
PI: Dr Atiyya Nisar
Project: Connecting with South Asian Youth: Co-Producing Culturally Informed Guidance for Mental Health Pathways
This project addresses the gap between the UK’s largest ethnic minority group and their significantly lower access to and completion of mental health care. It will identify where South Asian young people seek support and co-design culturally informed guidance with adolescents to improve access. These resources will be made available through the Unlock Wellbeing website.
School of Management
PI: Dr Begum Kilic Ararat
Project: Aligning Stakeholder Priorities for Effective and Collaborative Digital Transformation
This project aims to improve how organisations align internal stakeholder perspectives when planning and implementing digital transformations. By working with partners to apply a decision-making support tool, the project will generate insights leading to a transferable framework, practical guidance, and policy-relevant lessons to support effective, responsible, and people-focused digital innovation.