{"id":820,"date":"2022-06-16T17:28:50","date_gmt":"2022-06-16T16:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/?p=820"},"modified":"2022-06-22T08:43:30","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T07:43:30","slug":"creative-and-imagintive-responses-to-the-images-of-research-2022-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/2022\/06\/16\/creative-and-imagintive-responses-to-the-images-of-research-2022-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative and imaginative responses to the Images of Research 2022 competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A mural created by young people, an intricate microscopy image of photoreceptor cells in the eye and a view from inside a furnace, are just some of the entries that have been submitted to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/corporate-information\/images-of-research-2022\/\"><em>Images of Research 2022<\/em> competition<\/a> that celebrates the high-quality and impactful research taking place right across the University of Bath.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><em>Images of Research 2022<\/em> competition<\/h2>\n<p>After a four-year break, the <em>Images of Research <\/em>competition returned this year for a one-off edition as part of the University's inaugural <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/announcements\/inaugural-research-culture-week-taking-place-from-20-june\/\">Research Culture Week<\/a>.\u00a0 The competition invited colleagues to submit an image and a short simple description to tell people about research and its benefits to society in five different categories:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Digital<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 research that is creating positive digital futures<\/li>\n<li><strong>Health and Wellbeing<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 research that is addressing pressing health and wellbeing issues people are facing<\/li>\n<li><strong>Local<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 research that is working with people from Bath and North East Somerset and creating positive outcomes for them and their communities<\/li>\n<li><strong>Partnerships<\/strong>\u00a0- research that is working in collaboration with people outside academia including industry, policymakers and civil society and community-based organisations<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sustainability<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 research that is finding sustainable solutions to issues facing the planet and people<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here's a sneak peek of some of the shortlisted entries.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-820 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/2022\/06\/16\/creative-and-imagintive-responses-to-the-images-of-research-2022-competition\/alexander-lunt-img-20200420-wa0002-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2022\/06\/Alexander-Lunt-IMG-20200420-WA0002-1-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2022\/06\/Alexander-Lunt-IMG-20200420-WA0002-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2022\/06\/Alexander-Lunt-IMG-20200420-WA0002-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2022\/06\/Alexander-Lunt-IMG-20200420-WA0002-1-287x215.jpg 287w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2022\/06\/Alexander-Lunt-IMG-20200420-WA0002-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-825'>\n\t\t\t\tProtecting our COVID 19 Heroes\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/2022\/06\/16\/creative-and-imagintive-responses-to-the-images-of-research-2022-competition\/louise-brown-imagesofresearch-joanne\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2022\/06\/Louise-Brown-Imagesofresearch-Joanne-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"A white female holding a notebook open to two pages full of illustrations and diagrams\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2022\/06\/Louise-Brown-Imagesofresearch-Joanne-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2022\/06\/Louise-Brown-Imagesofresearch-Joanne-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2022\/06\/Louise-Brown-Imagesofresearch-Joanne-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2022\/06\/Louise-Brown-Imagesofresearch-Joanne-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2022\/06\/Louise-Brown-Imagesofresearch-Joanne-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2022\/06\/Louise-Brown-Imagesofresearch-Joanne-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2022\/06\/Louise-Brown-Imagesofresearch-Joanne-215x215.jpg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-826'>\n\t\t\t\tVoices for Change\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/2022\/06\/16\/creative-and-imagintive-responses-to-the-images-of-research-2022-competition\/aida-maaz-images-or-research-2022\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2022\/06\/Aida-Maaz-Images-or-research-2022-300x232.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Gold particles amongst a web of filaments\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2022\/06\/Aida-Maaz-Images-or-research-2022-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2022\/06\/Aida-Maaz-Images-or-research-2022-1024x792.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2022\/06\/Aida-Maaz-Images-or-research-2022-768x594.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2022\/06\/Aida-Maaz-Images-or-research-2022-278x215.jpg 278w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2022\/06\/Aida-Maaz-Images-or-research-2022.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-827'>\n\t\t\t\tWhen Organic meets Inorganic\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/2022\/06\/16\/creative-and-imagintive-responses-to-the-images-of-research-2022-competition\/fran-baber-carrot-and-sticker-2-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2022\/06\/Fran-Baber-Carrot-and-Sticker-2-1-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2022\/06\/Fran-Baber-Carrot-and-Sticker-2-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2022\/06\/Fran-Baber-Carrot-and-Sticker-2-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2022\/06\/Fran-Baber-Carrot-and-Sticker-2-1-287x215.jpg 287w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2022\/06\/Fran-Baber-Carrot-and-Sticker-2-1.jpg 1008w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-828'>\n\t\t\t\tCarrot and Stick(er)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The response has been fantastic with 38 entries from 11 different departments and has included photography, images made by researchers themselves, by research participants and taken directly from research. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/profiles\/head-of-public-engagement-helen-featherstone\/\">Helen Featherstone, Head of Public Engagement<\/a>, says:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I love seeing just how creative and imaginative our researchers are when talking about their research. It's brilliant to see just how diverse our resarch is and the benefits it's having on society not only here in Bath and North East Somerset but also further afield. Congratulations to all those shortlisted.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Join us for the <em>Images of Research 2022<\/em> exhibition launch<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-829 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2022\/06\/29584-0022.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1800\" height=\"903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2022\/06\/29584-0022.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2022\/06\/29584-0022-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2022\/06\/29584-0022-1024x514.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2022\/06\/29584-0022-768x385.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2022\/06\/29584-0022-1536x771.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2022\/06\/29584-0022-429x215.jpg 429w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can check out all the shortlisted entries to the competition as part of the <em>Images of Research 2022<\/em> exhibition in The Edge from Monday 20 to Friday 24 June 2022. As part of that week-long exhibition, we're hosting an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/events\/images-of-research-2022-exhibition-launch\/\">exhibition launch on Wednesday 22 June 2022, 3.30-4.30pm<\/a> and would love to see you there. Come along and check out the exhibition for yourself, enjoy refreshments and celebrate with colleagues as the winners of each of the five categories will be announced live. For more details head to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/events\/images-of-research-2022-exhibition-launch\/\"><em>Images of Research 2022<\/em> exhibition launch event page.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Research Culture Week<\/h2>\n<p>The exhibition is part of several activities that are taking place over Research Culture Week, for more details check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/announcements\/inaugural-research-culture-week-taking-place-from-20-june\/\">full Research Culture Week programme<\/a> and how to get involved. For more information about what research culture is and why it's important head over to the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/pvc-research\/2022\/06\/07\/research-culture-putting-people-at-the-heart-of-research-and-innovation\/\">research culture blog<\/a> 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bath.ac.uk\/topics\/research-culture\/\">Research Culture webpage<\/a> to keep up to date with the latest developments.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Images of Research 2022<\/em> competition and exhibition was funded as part of the University of Bath's Research <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukri.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/RE-021221-EnhancingResearchCultureCircularLetter20212022.pdf\">England Research Culture funding allocation 2021\/2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dean Veall is Deputy Head of Public Engagement at the University of Bath.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A mural created by young people, an intricate microscopy image of photoreceptor cells in the eye and a view from inside a furnace, are just some of the entries that have been submitted to the Images of Research 2022 competition...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1268,"featured_media":824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[61],"tags":[29,11,98],"class_list":["post-820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-doing-public-engagement","tag-dean-veall","tag-images-of-research","tag-research-culture-week"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2022\/06\/Untitled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1268"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/publicengagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}