Oxford’s Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR) has recognised the work of Dr Rob Johnson and Dr Annette Idler.
The new DPIR Impact Awards celebrate how research in Politics and International Relations make a difference beyond academia. Two prize categories recognise ‘Impact Leaders’ and ‘Achieving Impact’.
The Impact Leader Award recognises a significant track record of achieving impact or a commitment to collaboration and engaged research.
CCW’s Rob Johnson and Annette Idler are both winners in the Impact Leader award. Dr Johnson’s research project has created impact included helping to influence strategic defence education and providing analysis and tools to aid military forces in working with local actors. Dr Idler’s research has helped enhance responses to insecurity and conflict across the globe as her Conflict Platform tool is now embedded in UN practice. It has also helped inform the Colombian government’s strategy for peace in the nation’s unstable borderland regions.
The biennial awards are part of the Department’s efforts to profile impact and recognise the investment of researchers in impact activities, with each category prize fund totalling £1,000. Applications were reviewed by the Research Support Team, Research Director, Head of Department and four other reviewers including Aileen Marshall-Brown - the Social Science Division's Senior Research Impact Facilitator.
