Research impact

Fostering and enabling impact on the world outside of academia is an integral part of the School of Modern Languages' research work. Researchers from the School work with a range of partners on impact-focused research projects.

Research from the School is brought to a wider audience through Byre World - an annual series of talks, workshops, and performances bringing the School's global cultural studies research to the local community. Running since 2015 in collaboration with the Byre Theatre in St Andrews, all Byre World events are free to attend and are open to all members of the University and the general public. 

Featured projects

Featured impact projects from the School of Modern Languages.

A curated collection of photographs and images offering a glimpse into the rich and diverse narratives of Italians in Scotland over the past century

This project is underpinned by Julia Prest’s work on colonial-era theatre in the ‘French’ Caribbean, notably Martinique and Saint-Domingue.

This project grows out of Claire Whitehead’s research into the earliest examples of crime fiction written in Russian between 1860 and 1917.

Nicki Hitchcott’s research team transcribed, translated and analysed Rwandan genocide testimonies looking for signs of post-traumatic growth.

Will Fowler's book about Santa Anna marks a shift in the way Mexicans have come to view his actions and their country’s past.

This project emerges from Victoria Donovan’s research on post-industrial transformation and cultural identity politics in Ukraine.