2024 programme and prize winners

Poster presentation showcase - all welcome

When?

12 - 2pm, Tuesday 16th April, 2024

Where?

The Forum, John Henry Brookes Building, Headington Campus

List of posters, alphabetical. ** indicates prize winners for outstanding presentations

·         Raheem Adepoju (BA Urban Design, Planning and Development) Transport-oriented development in London has an overall impact on the health of its inhabitants through land gentrification

·         Max Baker (BA Urban Design, Planning and Development) How can we create social inclusion in mixed developments focusing on residents living in affordable housing?

·        **  Abi Baldwin (BSc Psychology) Executive function and the accuracy of following verbal instructions

·         Reo Barborica (BA Japanese Studies) Emotional consumerism in Japan, with a focus on 'oshi' culture

·         Typhaine Beard (BA Urban Design, Planning and Development) In what ways can urban design deliver equality for those with the non-visible disability of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome?

·         Tracey Boyd Hall (BSc Nutrition) Identifying the knowledge, attitudes and practices for the purchasing and consumption of pulses across a sample of the UK adult population

·         Emily Burke (BA Architecture) How did colonisation affect tsunami resilience in indigenous communities in Hawai'i?

·         Mihaela Carina Ciobaca (BA Urban Design, Planning and Development) Designing outdoor environments for Autism Spectrum Disorder

·         Isobel Curley (MA Education) Teachers' perceptions of how to effectively involve pupils in the 'individual education plan' process

·         Luke Davis (BA Urban Design, Planning and Development) How has the introduction of Low Traffic Networks affected businesses in Oxford?

·         Federico Di Blasi (BA Urban Design, Planning and Development) The effectiveness of local authority housing companies in delivering safe and high-quality affordable housing: the case of  OxPlace

·         Lucas Dixon (BA Urban Design, Planning and Development) To identify how retrofitted Sustainable Drainage Systems can positively contribute to placemaking within urban greenspaces

·         ** George Easton (BA Urban Design, Planning and Development) How do we design the public realm to promote sustainable multimodal transport in major rail hubs?

·         ** Emily Farley (BSc Biological Sciences) Cloning of human glycosylation enzyme (GNTIV) with targeting signal to medial-Golgi cisternae to understand expression patterns in the plant glycosylation pathway

·         Alexandra Green (BA Urban Design, Planning and Development) How can standardised housebuilding typologies be diversified to mitigate homogeneity and enhance place character?

·         Abigail Harrison (BA English Language & Linguistics) Language as a weapon: How linguistic choices in popular culture could trigger social change

·         Gabriel Hessayon (BA Urban Design, Planning and Development) Connection, regeneration and sustainability: A critical analysis of the HS2 high speed rail project and its impact on regeneration around Birmingham

·         Evie Hopkins (BA Urban Design, Planning and Development) What is the impact of walkable infrastructure on the quality of life on urban residents?

·         Giovanni  Iaquinto (BA Urban Design, Planning and Development) Can the Government's Towns Fund investment stimulate regeneration and level up new towns?

·         **Erhan Isik (MSc Quantity Surveying and Commercial Management) How effective is artificial intelligence for construction companies as a means of managing risk?

·         Jessica Lane (MA Social Work) Listening to child-victims: Understanding experiences disclosed by adults who were exposed to parental alienation in childhood. A systematic literature review

·         Stephanie Lyons Duffy (BSc Psychology) How 'coming out' affects self-perception

·         Rachel Mahoney (BSc Psychology) The effects of real-world introversion or extroversion, mental well-being, and weekly work hours on social media usage

·         ** Charlotte Masclet (BSc Psychology) Bilingualism's impact on Executive Functions: Exploring selective attention and mental imagery development in children aged 3-5 years

·         Kayla  Munyangeyo (BA Urban Design, Planning and Development) The importance of well designed communal shared space design in to promote engagement among young people.

·         Chinwendu  Nkwocha (Masters in Public Health) Effectiveness of telemonitoring in improving glycated haemoglobin amongst diabetic adults in the United States

·         Charlotte O'Neill (MSc Primate Conservation) Does primate personality affect enrichment engagement and behaviour in Lâ Hoestâs Monkeys?

·         Marcos Ortiz Martinez (MEng Motorsport Engineering) Design and aerodynamic optimisation and testing of a touring car racing rear wing

·         Eva Petermann (BSc Geography) Examining the socioeconomic and environmental implications of sand extraction from Western Sahara in the context of Canary Islands tourism

·         ** Elizabeth Pinkney (BA English Literature) How far and in what ways is the Arab female body oppressed by Western laws and power within the novels 'Woman at Point Zero' by Nawal El Saadawi and 'Silence is a Sense' by Leyla AlAmmar?

·         Roja Rahman (LLM Human Rights Law) Child labour, human trafficking, and gender equality in Bangladesh

·         Simon Raivid (BSc Hons Politics and Sociology) Changes in forms of political participation in Western democracies

·         Izzy  Ricardo (BSc Psychology) How handwriting and typing affects memory

·        ** Christie Roberts (Masters in Public Health) Are we PrEPared? Exploring the impact of HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis on the sexual behaviours of men who have sex with men

·         Alice Robinson (BSc Psychology) Mental health literacy and substance use in UK university students: exploring the relationship between mental health literacy, wellbeing and substance use

·        ** Jasmin Sadler-Ladell (BSc Adult Nursing) What are the benefits of Namaste Care as an intervention for people living with dementia? A review of 10 years of UK research

·         Safeer Shabbir (BA Urban Design, Planning and Development) How do diverse ethnic influences shape the unique architectural identity of urban neighbourhoods today?

·         Anam  Siddiqui (MSc Management and Business Analytics) Impact of ethical hacking on consumers in banking sector

·         Joe Smith (BA Urban Design, Planning and Development) How has place-making in polar regions responded to changes in our understanding of environmental conditions?

·         Bella Smith (BSc Nutrition) The association of dietary intake of antioxidant-rich nutrients and management of symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis

·         Luke Stickland (BA Urban Design, Planning and Development) How resilient are front gardens in accommodating environmental change?

·         Kanako Takeda (Masters in Public Health) The impact of screen time with mobile touch-screen devices on social-emotional and behavioural skills and externalising behaviour in preschool children: a quasi-systematic review

·         Ciara Thewlis-Smith (BSc Psychology) Assessing the influence of spelling errors in handwritten academic extracts on marker perceptions of quality and grading outcomes

·       **  Bryn Townshend (BA Urban Design, Planning and Development) Investigating ways to design urban civic spaces to accommodate informal public life and the 'Third Place' in Oxford City Centre

·       Jonathan Wadding (BA Urban Design, Planning and Development) To what extent can smart public transport be used to improve people's livelihood?

Programme of talks - all welcome

When?

Session 1 = 2pm - 3:15pm 

3:15-3:35 pm karibu cafe with refreshments

Session 2 = 3:35pm - 4:50pm

Where?

JHB Executive Suite (above The Forum)

Session 1: Equality and wellbeing in the environment

2pm - 3:15pm

Chair:  Dr Maheshan de Silva Kanakaratne, Senior Lecturer in Marketing

2:00pm Madeline Ulyatt (BA Urban Design, Planning and Development) Seismic Resilience: Enhancing earthquake disaster recovery through morphological frameworks in city layouts

2:15pm [Cancelled] Benjamin Naish (BA Hons, Architecture) Rethinking post-conflict reconstruction

2:30pm [Cancelled] Daniela Rodrigues (BA, Linguistics) The cultural shift from misogyny to misandry: Female rap music as a case study

** 2:45pm Laura Mugambi (MSc, Public Health) In what ways are social marketing benchmarks being applied to reduce problematic drinking among university students in the UK? A quasi-systematic review

3:00pm [cancelled] Matthew Hobbs (BA Hons, Urban Design, Planning and Development) Exploring qualities that influence green spaces: What factors draw people to choose certain green spaces from others?

Session 2: Wellbeing in humans, animals and fiction

3:35pm - 4:50pm

Chair:  Dr Adam Lonsdale, Senior Lecturer in Psychology

3:35pm Anonymous video presentation Using architecture for open-source investigation

3:50pm [cancelled] Shamim Rehman (BA Hons, Urban Design, Planning and Development) Exploring the influence of urban green spaces on the physical and mental wellbeing of South Asian women, by exploring the access to urban spaces

** 4:05pm Charlotte O'Neill (MSc, Primate Conservation) Does primate personality affect enrichment engagement and behaviour in L'Hoest's monkeys? How can we use this to tailor enrichment to individual animals?

4:20pm [cancelled] Zachary Coleman (MA, English Literature) Integrating the monstrous: How J.R.R. Tolkien changed the landscape of fantasy fiction

4:35pm Kieron Champion (BA Hons, Architecture) Is architectural beauty universally applicable and can generative AI understand and replicate beauty? 

Keynote Lecture: 'Making your Research Accessible: a guide to publishing opportunities for students and educators' by Dr Emily Nordmann 

Slides can be found here and recording here

5:00 - 5:50pm  Keynote lecture, John Henry Brookes Lecture Theatre 

5:50 - 6:00pm   Prize giving ceremony, John Henry Brookes Lecture Theatre

6:00 - 6:30pm   Drinks and lite bites, outside John Henry Brookes Lecture Theatre