On 31 May 2023, the very best of Essex research was recognised at the Celebrating Excellence in Research and Impact Awards 2023 ceremony held at the Colchester campus. The annual awards highlighted how the work conducted at Essex is having a positive impact on people’s lives across the globe. 

This year, a total of 27 awards were presented to research champions, impactful projects, and technical teams at a beautiful event. The Essex Law School attracted four awards in four different categories:

Professor Geoff Gilbert won the award for Research Champion for the Faculty of Arts and Humanities for his work on the protection of forcibly displaced persons in situations of acute crisis like Ukraine and Yemen.

The award for Outstanding Early Career Researcher went to Dr. Antonio Coco for his work on promoting a more secure cyberspace for all.

Dr. Andrea Fejős won the award for Best Research Impact by an Early Career Researcher for her work on improving consumer law within the European Union.

Dr. Sahar Maranlou also won an award for her piece in The Conversation titled: Hijab law in Iran over the decades: the continuing battle for reform.

The Essex Law School has previously scooped The Conversation award twice both in 2020 and 2021!

Professor Ahmed Shaheed was nominated for an award in the Outstanding Mid-Career Researcher category (Faculty of Arts and Humanities) for his exceptional work in promoting human rights internationally.

The Law Research Visibility Team, namely Fikayo Taiwo, Alexandros Antoniou, Nikhil Gokani, and Carlo Petrucci, was also a runner-up for the Research Visibility Champion award for their diligence in running the ELR blog and its reach.

You can see all this year’s winners here. 

The awards are open to all academics, researchers, and doctoral students each year and signal the University’s commitment to world-class research that makes a difference.

Congratulations to everyone involved!