With such a high quality of entries to the Images of Research 2022 competition, the judging panel had a difficult task awarding the prizes in each of the competition categories.  However, after much deliberation, the Public Engagement Unit are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2022 competition.

Creative and imaginative entries

After a four-year break, the Images of Research competition returned this year for a one-off edition as part of the University's inaugural Research Culture Week.  The competition invited colleagues to submit an image and a short simple description to tell people about research and its benefits to society.

The Judging Panel chaired by Julie Barnett (Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research)) had the task of whittling down the 38 entries to just one winner and one highly commended entry in each of the five categories. No mean feat.

The winning and highly commended entries reflect a broad diversity of University research and include images created by young people who were part of a research project, abstracted microscopy images, digital creations and photography, and all telling compelling stories about their research.  Julie says:

It was fantastic to see the creative ways in which colleagues embraced the challenge posed by Images of Research. As part of our work to enhance the University's research culture we are celebrating our research in lots of different ways, and Images of Research is a brilliant way of celebrating our high-quality and impactful work. The exhibition is at The Edge until Friday 24 June, so do go and have a look if you have the chance.

Winning Images of Research 2022 entries

We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2022 competition across the five different categories....

Digital category

Celebrating high-quality and impactful research that is creating positive digital futures.

Winner: (Un)willingness to Communicate in Virtual Classrooms – Hiu Yi Vienne Lin (Department of Education)

Highly Commended: Offside? Removing Human Error in VAR - Pooya Soltani (Department of Computer Science)

If you use a screen reader you can experience all the entries into this category on the Images of Research Digital category blog post.

Health and Wellbeing category

Celebrating high-quality and impactful research that addresses pressing health and wellbeing issues people are facing.

Winner: The Weight of the Ambulance Queue – Jo Daniels (Department of Psychology)

Highly Commended: Microneedles: The Futures of Drug Delivery – Joe Turner (Department of Chemical Engineering)

If you use a screen reader you can experience all the entries into this category on the Images of Research Health and Wellbeing category blog post.

Local category

Celebrating high-quality and impactful research that is working with people from Bath and North East Somerset and creating positive outcomes for them and their communities.

Winner: Carrot and Sticker(er) – Fran Baber (Department of Psychology)

Highly Commended: Voices for Change – Louise Brown (Department of Social & Policy Studies)

If you use a screen reader you can experience all the entries into this category on the Images of Research Local category blog post.

Partnerships category

Celebrating research that is working in collaboration with people outside academia including industry, policymakers and civil society and community-based organisations.

Winner: Art Empowers: Preventing Child Exploitation – Alinka Gearon (Department of Social & Policy Studies)

Highly Commended: Veterans in Custody: Restoring Fallen Heroes – Georgina Barkham (Department of Social & Policy Studies)

If you use a screen reader you can experience all the entries into this category on the Images of Research Partnerships category blog post.

Sustainability category

Celebrating research that is finding sustainable solutions to issues facing the planet and people.

Winner: Let Nanoflowers Power Our Future! – Simran Kaur Dhillon (Department of Chemical Engineering)

Highly Commended: A Micro-world of Sustainability – Thomas Barthelay (Department of Mechanical Engineering)

If you use a screen reader you can experience all the entries into this category on the Images of Research Sutainability category blog post.

Acknowledgements

Congratulations to all the winning and highly commended entries!

Thank you to everyone who entered the competition, all entries are available to view in the Images of Research 2022 Flickr gallery.

Finally many thanks also to the Judging Panel -  Corrine Evans (Director of Strategic Communications and Engagement) Nick Priest (Department of Biology & Biochemistry) and Pete Walker (Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering) and regular University of Bath collaborator and Director of local art gallery and studio 44AD Katie O'Brien.

Research Culture Week

The exhibition is part of several activities that are taking place over Research Culture Week, for more details check out the full Research Culture Week programme and how to get involved. For more information about what research culture is and why it's important head over to the research culture blog where Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Julie Barnett's lowdown on all things research culture here at the University of Bath and check out the Research Culture webpage to keep up to date with the latest developments.

The Images of Research 2022 competition and exhibition was funded as part of the University of Bath's Research England Research Culture funding allocation 2021/2022.

Dean Veall is Deputy Head of Public Engagement at the University of Bath.