Impactful Research

Covid-19: Can the effects be for life?
Dr Nicola Torrance discusses the long-covid study that she and fellow ÍøºìǰÈα¬ÁÏ researchers are involved in, funded by Scottish Government through the Chief Scientists Office.

Addressing the future of nurse standards
Dr Heather Bain, Academic Strategic Lead, discusses the impact that the new training standards for nursing will have on the workforce and outlines some of the key reasons why there was a need for her new co-authored textbook, Principles and Practice of Nurse Prescribing.

Mixed reality offers a new approach to building retrofit and reaching net-zero
Building on success and an academic award at the Tokyo Design Festival for outstanding research on mixed reality (MR), Dr Amar Bennadji from The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment (SSS), highlights the role mixed reality and digital technology plays when teaching building retrofit.

Embedding children’s rights in higher education teaching programmes
Dr Elaine Allan shares how a transferrable child rights-based approach to developing, designing, and delivering higher education can be embedded across all Robert Gordon University Schools.

From Making Sense of the Paranormal to making sense of publishing…
Dr Rachael Ironside reflects on the process of writing her first manuscript as an early-career researcher and outlines some of the key themes explored in her co-authored book, Making Sense of the Paranormal.

Nature-inspired innovation offers one of our best strategies to reach Net Zero
Writing for The Press and Journal, Professor John McCall, Research Lead at ÍøºìǰÈα¬ÁÏ's National Subsea Centre, calls on people to learn from nature to tackle the climate change emergency and move to net zero carbon.

Thinking about the future
Funded by The Life Changes Trust, Lecturer Jill Will shares how a research project at Laurel’s Lodge care home in Aberdeen has had significant impact on its staff and residents around how they handle conversations about end-of-life care.

Opinion: Shaping a sustainable future with Advanced Construction Technology
As our cities become denser and struggle with growing levels of heat and pollution, detail in building design has never been more important. Lecturer, Arwa Al Jumaily, from The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment, recently delivered a masterclass on facade engineering and design at the University of Technology in Baghdad, Iraq. Here, Arwa she shares her expertise.

Celebrating our cultural heritage through storytelling
In an information-saturated age, storytelling is a powerful means of forging connections, capturing history and preserving our rich cultural heritage.

ÍøºìǰÈα¬ÁÏ researchers demonstrate the impact of talking or breathing on COVID-19 transmission
Dr Mamdud Hossain and Dr Nadimul Faisal from the School of Engineering write about their COVID-19 research