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Grant winners �C 19 May 2016

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May 19, 2016

THE reporters

<��Ƶ>Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

Research grants

Award winner: Natasha Savage
Institution: University of Liverpool
Value: ?472,277

Directional control of extreme polar growth in filamentous fungi

Award winner: Eamonn Gaffney
Institution: University of Oxford
Value: ?288,991

Developmental tuning of Turing patterning

Award winner: Gavin Thomas
Institution: University of York
Value: ?324,217

Bacterial transport and catabolism of human malodour precursors

Award winner: Michael Hausser
Institution: University College London
Value: ?472,864

All-optical readout and manipulation of neural circuits in the intact mammalian brain

<��Ƶ>Arts and Humanities Research Council

Research grants

Award winner: Helen Beebee
Institution: University of Manchester
Value: ?800,031

The age of metaphysical revolution: David Lewis and his place in the history of analytic philosophy

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<��Ƶ>Economic and Social Research Council

Research grants

Award winner: Alita Nandi
Institution: University of Essex
Value: ?138,060

The prevalence and persistence of ethnic and racial harassment and its impact on health: a longitudinal analysis

Award winner: Alan Manning
Institution: London School of Economics and Political Science
Value: ?157,029

Migration and the North-South divide

Award winner: Paula Meth
Institution: University of Sheffield
Value: ?400,766

Living the urban periphery: investment, infrastructure and economic change in African city-regions

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Award winner: Federico Caprotti
Institution: King��s College London
Value: ?403,207

Urban transformation in South Africa through co-designing energy services provision pathways

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Award winner: Kieran McEvoy
Institution: Queen��s University Belfast
Value: ?549,829

Apologies, abuses and dealing with the past: a socio-legal analysis

Using Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland as a case study, this project will investigate the role of apologies for harms caused by paramilitary violence, institutional child abuse and the economic crisis. It will examine a range of wider themes concerning the way apologies have been constructed, delivered and received beyond the state. Despite acceptance that apologies are important in dealing with past wrongs, in practice the theoretical literature is not often informed by thorough empirical assessment of the views of apologisers, victims or the wider public. Through investigating the perspectives of perpetrators, victims and community, the study hopes to develop a better understanding of the role of apologies in dealing with the past. Existing research on the subject has been restricted to disciplinary silos. Working on the premise that apologies are often shaped by legal implications, the project hopes to develop a bridge-head between law and other fields including politics, philosophy, anthropology, history, sociology and psychology.