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‘Popular Populists’ – Exploring the rise of populist ideology and the impact on firm strategy and internationalisation process.

Aberdeen Business School

“Yugoslavism” in Contemporary Art

Gray's School of Art

A Multi-Layered Cybersecurity Approach for Smart Energy Grids

School of Computing, Engineering and Technology

A phytochemical approach to explore therapeutic potentials of Terminalia Arjuna bark

School of Computing, Engineering and Technology

A picture is worth 1000 - words, curation storytelling using community film and photographic archives

School of Law and Social Sciences

Addressing Adversarial Attacks on Image Vision Systems in Autonomous Vehicles

School of Computing, Engineering and Technology

Addressing social determinants of health: exploring the role of the community pharmacy team

School of Pharmacy, Applied Sciences and Public Health

Advanced water treatment for removal of micropollutants and microbes

School of Pharmacy, Applied Sciences and Public Health

Advancements in the use of nature-based solutions in water treatment

School of Pharmacy, Applied Sciences and Public Health

Advancing Energy System Modelling for Optimised Hydrogen Infrastructure and Energy Resilience in Scotland

School of Computing, Engineering and Technology

AI-Driven Techniques for Software Vulnerability Detection: Integrating Technical Innovation with Legal and Ethical Standards

School of Computing, Engineering and Technology

AI-Enhanced Wake Control and Recovery in Floating Offshore Wind Farms

School of Computing, Engineering and Technology

Alternative Financing of Women Entrepreneurship: an Investigation of Resilience in Sub-Saharan African Region

Aberdeen Business School

An inter-disciplinary approach to Healthy City

The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture & Built Environment

An investigation into project management skills required for sustainable buildings

The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture & Built Environment

Approach to future care planning in motor neurone disease: ethical and legal perspectives

School of Health

Artists, Leadership and Organisations

Gray's School of Art

Assessing the restorative impacts of virtual nature

The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture & Built Environment

Assurances in Extradition – Circumventing Human Rights

School of Law and Social Sciences

Atmospheric Boundary Layer Stratification Effects on Floating Offshore Wind Farm Performance

School of Computing, Engineering and Technology

Atp-binding cassette transporters in obesity - drug targets for long term chronic conditions

School of Pharmacy, Applied Sciences and Public Health

Autonomous Subsea Robotic System for inspection and maintenance of strategic Energy assets

School of Computing, Engineering and Technology

Autoregulation of resistance exercise therapy in the management of tendinopathy

School of Health

Autoregulation of sprint interval training

School of Health

Bookshops and urban regeneration – revitalising the vibrant high street

Gray's School of Art

Campervans on thin ICE? Leisure sector challenges in low carbon automobility transitions

Aberdeen Business School

Coherence and scalability of interactive representations of green and blue space

The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture & Built Environment

Community-driven Game Design Research

School of Computing, Engineering and Technology

Connecting Mind and Digital Creativity: a digital modular approach & workflow

The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture & Built Environment

Construction law in the fourth industrial revolution

School of Law and Social Sciences

Contemporary Art and Activism

Gray's School of Art

Creating a Digital Twin for RGU University Campus

The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture & Built Environment

Cross-continental Reimagining Public Benefit in Charity Law: Governance Mechanisms and the Evolution of Charitable Purposes

School of Law and Social Sciences

Data-Driven Control of Complex Networks and Networked Systems

School of Computing, Engineering and Technology

Designs on net-zero: Exploring design thinking and innovation in Nature-based SMEs

Gray's School of Art

Developing a Typology of Climate Action Hubs in Scotland: Understanding Diversity, Challenges, and Best Practices

Aberdeen Business School

Developing periodized programs for sprint interval training

School of Health

Development of an EAP mechanism with precision and control capabilities

School of Computing, Engineering and Technology

Development of synthetic electrochemical methodologies for the synthesis of novel DNA binding agents

School of Pharmacy, Applied Sciences and Public Health

Digital barriers and enablers for learning and professional practice

School of Law and Social Sciences

Disability Arts and Performance

Gray's School of Art

Dynamic Aero-Hydro-Elastic response of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines

School of Computing, Engineering and Technology

Dysregulation of the blood clotting pathway

School of Pharmacy, Applied Sciences and Public Health

Embedding Environmental Sustainability in Healthcare-Related Higher Education: A Clinical and Laboratory Approach

School of Pharmacy, Applied Sciences and Public Health

End-of-life decision-making: balancing rights and views on assisted dying

School of Law and Social Sciences

Environmental Conflict Environmental Peacebuilding

School of Law and Social Sciences

Evaluation of the Impact of Denis Law Legacy Trust Initiatives in Aberdeen City and Shire

School of Pharmacy, Applied Sciences and Public Health

Examining the impact of care assurance processes in health care

School of Health

Explainable AI for Multimodal Disambiguation in Triaging with Care Robotics

School of Computing, Engineering and Technology

Exploring digital nostalgia on visual media platforms

Gray's School of Art

Exploring the role of Wnt signalling in obesity-related hypertension

School of Pharmacy, Applied Sciences and Public Health

Fieldworks: Transdisciplinary Practices and Public Engagement

Gray's School of Art

Framing the Business Case for Hydrogen Development: International Perspectives

Aberdeen Business School

Gamifying Graduate Skills Tracking for Enhanced Employability

School of Computing, Engineering and Technology

Harnessing Machine Learning for Predicting the Toxicity of Novel Antimicrobial Drugs

School of Computing, Engineering and Technology

How can we better predict and support student mental wellbeing

School of Law and Social Sciences

How do experiences of religious diversity shape worldviews?

School of Law and Social Sciences

How Efficient are Facemasks for Preventing Spread of Pathogens

School of Pharmacy, Applied Sciences and Public Health

Impact of Contract law on Construction dispute resolution

School of Law and Social Sciences

Impact of corporate governance on the performance of selected deposit money banks

Aberdeen Business School

Improving global health: the impact of the micronutrient selenium on obesity-associated diseases

School of Law and Social Sciences

Incapacity, rights and ethics: enshrining effective legal measures to support people through capacity transitions

School of Law and Social Sciences

Incels, MRAs and Chads: Entering and exiting the manosphere

School of Law and Social Sciences

Inclusive entrepreneurship: building a thriving pathway

Aberdeen Business School

Innovative Approaches to the Fabrication of Self-Assembling Multi-Material Composite using 4D Printing

School of Computing, Engineering and Technology

Instagram as a source of fashion information and community engagement

Gray's School of Art

Integration of Strategic Zones into Offshore Windfarm Arrays using Explainable Evolutionary Methods

School of Computing, Engineering and Technology

Intersectionality, Identity and Resilience Strategies of Women Entrepreneurs in the Digital Era

Aberdeen Business School

Investigating the occurrence and biological effects of emerging contaminants in the environment

School of Pharmacy, Applied Sciences and Public Health

Investigation of Rare Earth Fluorescence based Gas Detection Instrumentation

School of Computing, Engineering and Technology

Leveraging Generative AI to Enhance Student Learning Outcomes: A Framework for Educational Innovation

School of Computing, Engineering and Technology

Managing the post-Brexit human rights transition

School of Law and Social Sciences

Material Transitions: Exploring Cultural and Environmental Transformations Across Time

Gray's School of Art

Measuring and reporting climate-related financial risk

Aberdeen Business School

Menopause a Silent Journey

School of Law and Social Sciences

Multi-stack tubular solid oxide steam electrolyser (T-SOSE)

School of Computing, Engineering and Technology

Neo-colonial influences and corporate governance convergence: A case for corporate governance divergence in the Global South.

School of Law and Social Sciences

Netizens’ Security Perspectives

School of Computing, Engineering and Technology

Next-Generation Floating Substructures and Adaptive Mooring Systems for Offshore Wind Energy

School of Computing, Engineering and Technology

Next‑Gen Diagnostics: Creating an Open Resource for Flow Cytometry Training

School of Pharmacy, Applied Sciences and Public Health

NGOs and the Standardization of International Contracts: A Comparative Study of the CISG, AfCFTA, and Global Trade Frameworks

School of Law and Social Sciences

NGOs in Global Governance: Redefining Accountability and Influence in International Law

School of Law and Social Sciences

Novel Nanoparticle-Enhanced Therapy for Chronic Bacterial Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance

School of Pharmacy, Applied Sciences and Public Health

Optimizing UK Urban Mobility: A Computational Approach to Sustainable Transport

School of Computing, Engineering and Technology

Passive Cooling Solution for Heat Stress Mitigation

School of Computing, Engineering and Technology

Patients’ comprehension, recall and understanding of medical interviews

School of Law and Social Sciences

Photoelectrochemical Conversion of CO2 into Fuels and Value-Added Chemicals

School of Computing, Engineering and Technology

Protecting Children’s Digital Safety and Privacy in Smart Device Interactions

School of Computing, Engineering and Technology

Recovery of Metals from Waste Batteries Using Novel Sustainable Materials

School of Law and Social Sciences

Reducing embodied carbon emissions from the construction sector, through circular economy

The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture & Built Environment

Responsible AI and Digital Pedagogies for Responsible Management Learning and Education, in the UK

Aberdeen Business School

Scaling Up Sustainability: Why Energy Transition Technologies Fail to Scale in Developing Countries

Aberdeen Business School

Scottish architectural diaspora of the North: capturing the past

The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture & Built Environment

Scottish newspaper coverage of domestic abuse from the 1970s to the present day

School of Law and Social Sciences

Sense of place in fashion

Gray's School of Art

Significance of Children, City, and participatory design

The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture & Built Environment

Smart and Sustainable Manufacturing of Advanced Materials using Additive and Subtractive Processes

School of Computing, Engineering and Technology

Smart Composite Material for Hydrogen Storage and Transition to Clean Energy

School of Computing, Engineering and Technology

Striving for Global Gender Parity: A Cross-Stratum Approach

School of Law and Social Sciences

Student awareness of available support services offered at university

School of Law and Social Sciences

Supporting Sustainability in Creative Industries’ SMEs

Gray's School of Art

Synergistic anticancer effects via beneficial interactions between micronutrients and anti-cancer drugs

School of Pharmacy, Applied Sciences and Public Health

The Fight Against Transnational Crime – Managing Concurrent Jurisdiction

School of Law and Social Sciences

The impact of procurement practices on infrastructure in developing countries

School of Law and Social Sciences

The Influence of Research Evaluation on the Integration of RMEL in HEIS Worldwide

Aberdeen Business School

The role of diet and impaired redox status in preventing long-term chronic conditions

School of Pharmacy, Applied Sciences and Public Health

The use and roles of misinformation, disinformation, malinformation and dark knowledge in political contexts

School of Law and Social Sciences

The use of Bayesian modelling in strength and conditioning

School of Health

Typologies and issues of Urbanism at Borders

The Scott Sutherland School of Architecture & Built Environment

Use of Knowledge Graphs in Cybersecurity Operations Management

School of Computing, Engineering and Technology

Valorising by-products from food and drink manufacturing and creation of circular opportunities

School of Pharmacy, Applied Sciences and Public Health

Visible but imperceivable

School of Computing, Engineering and Technology

Vision-Based Autonomous Navigation for Sustainable Robotics in Marine Environment

School of Computing, Engineering and Technology

Wake dynamics and blade faults analysis of turbine farms to accelerate the clean energy transition

School of Computing, Engineering and Technology

Who shares wins? Examining transparency in global fashion supply chains

Aberdeen Business School

Young caregivers and tabletop role playing games

School of Law and Social Sciences

Zero Waste Design needs a new approach to value

Gray's School of Art