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Our 25 scholars for 2022/23 are:

Lawrencia Afoakwa

Psychology

Year 2

Title: The role of religion in student wellbeing

Academic mentor: Karisha Kimone George

Asper Al-Shimi

The York Law School

Year 1

Title: Legacy of British Imperialism on Nationality Law: A Case to India

Academic mentor: Ioana Cismas

Isobel Allen

Economics and Related Studies

Year 1

Title: How will the metaverse broaden the digital divide?

Academic mentor: Anna Bramwell-Dicks

Emily Bowen

History

Year 1

Title: An evaluation of the impact of archives and their accessibility for the local community.

Academic mentor: Catherine-Rose Hailstone

Irene Campos

Chemistry

Year 2

Title: Comparison of air quality data during the Covid-19 pandemic between Zaragoza and York to predict future atmospheric changes

Academic mentor: Will Drysdale

Rebekah Caulfield

Psychology

Year 2

Title: Depression and Negative Attentional Biases to Interpersonal Stimuli: Investigating the Resilience of Cognitive Biases using TMS.

Academic mentor: David Pitcher

Ben Clarke

Politics

Year 1

Title: Does Putin's Russia threaten a stable Europe? A Case-Study on Authoritarianism.

Academic mentor: Edward Goldring

Ellesha Fielding

Natural Sciences

Year 2

Title: The affect of enhanced mineral weathering on soil microbe activity and plant growth.

Academic mentor: Mark Hodson

Pritika Ganguly

Electronic Engineering

Year 2

Title: Prosthetics for growing children

Academic mentor: Stephen Smith

Imogen Gaskell

Psychology

Year 2

Title: Existential risks. Who knows? Who cares?

Academic mentor: Rob Jenkins

Madelaine Grove

Biology

Year 2

Title: What can evolutionary modelling of coral reef diversity in the past tell us about how anthropogenic climate change will affect coral reef diversity today?

Academic mentor: Katie Davis

Oliver Horn

Theatre, Film, Television and Interactive Media

Year 1

Title: How does the representation and audience perception of diversity in Film & TV change over time?

Academic mentor: Nick Jones

Patrick Martin

Archaeology

Year 1

Title: Digitalising Jorvik for Preservation and Cultural Heritage Celebration

Academic mentor: Matthew Jenkins

Grace McWilliam

Sociology

Year 1

Title: Killing the Spirit of a Nation: Necropolitical Policy, Residential Schools and the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation in Canada

Academic mentor: Henrice Altink

Eirlys Morgan

Psychology

Year 2

Title: An Investigation into the Attention Mechanisms constraining Working Memory Performance

Academic mentor: Fiona McNab

William Nyss

Politics

Year 1

Title: Were governments punished by voters for their handling of the Covid-19 pandemic? and how did they try to avoid the blame?

Academic mentor: Daniel Keith

Sophie Rier

Physics

Year 1

Title: Investigating Fast Ignition Schemes for Inertial Confinement Fusion Energy using ZEPHYROS

Academic mentor: Kate Lancaster

Alicia Sanz-Maestro

Chemistry

Year 2

Title: Exploring the release of proteins encapsulated in a degradable PEG hydrogel.

Academic mentor: Chris Spicer

Oscar Solis

Natural Sciences

Year 2

Title: How does sound facilitate visual perception?

Academic mentor: Karla Evans

Kirandeep Thind

The York Law School

Year 1

Title: Addressing the educational impacts of honour-based violence and the current law

Academic mentor: Jed Meers

Naomi Thomas

English and Related Literature

Year 1

Title: Reassessing Body Positivity in Film

Academic mentor: Henrice Altink

Alessia-Mihaela Vlasceanu

Psychology

Year 1

Title: How sensitive are individuals to key fundamentals of action perception?

Academic mentor: Nick Barraclough

Georgette Western

Sociology

Year 1

Title: Achieving Equality of HE Experience for Students from Widening Participation Backgrounds

Academic mentor: Ruth Penfold-Mounce

Thomas Williams

Hull York Medical School

Year 1

Title: Investigating potential Driver Mutations found in the Stem Cells of Patients undergoing Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease

Academic mentor: David Kent

Yu (Tina) Yao

Theatre, Film, Television and Interactive Media

Year 1

Title: How virtual reality technologies an be used to change social models for people with dyslexia

Academic mentor: Anna Bramwell-Dicks