OPINION23 March 2011
The Research 2011 conference awards shortlist has just been announced.
Best Paper
For the best formal written paper presented at conference and published in the conference proceedings.
- Phil Barden:
The appliance of neuroscience
- Rachel Lawes:
Rebranding Charmin: A case study in semiotics
- Joel Williams:
Survey methods in an age of austerity: Driving value in survey design
Best Presenter
This is given for the best presentation during the conference.
- Bob Cook for:
Direct Impact: A new role for research in managing influence
- Philip Garland for:
Sampling v. scale in the internet age
- Rachel Lawes for:
Rebranding Charmin: A case study in semiotics
Best Newcomer
This is given to a younger person who has never presented at the Research Annual Conference before.
- Ella Fryer-Smith for the presentation of her paper:
The value of the visual: Using the public’s visual experience to improve local places
- Gavin Holt for his paper:
Bringing ideas to life
- Neil Wholey for his contribution to the session:
The client/agency summit
- Anna Wills for her paper:
Harnessing the power of the people: Getting people talking about TalkTalk
Best Session
This is an all-encompassing award that acknowledges how a session can inform, entertain and inspire.
- Futurology Interview
- Neuroscience
- Online Research
Best workshop
This award is judged on the interactivity, practicality, originality and management of the workshop.
- Ayisha de Lanerolle for:
Survey research will be dead by 2020
- Tom Ewing and Nick Gadsby for:
Nerdtopia!
- John Griffiths and Joanna Chrzanowska for:
Join the great global crowdsourcing experiment
Best overall contribution to conference
This award can be made for any contribution which has really added value to the conference experience.
- Simon Chadwick for conceiving, developing and chairing the Client/Agency Summit
- Tom Ewing for his presentation and management of the Nerdtopia workshop and his participation in other sessions through the conference
- Nick Southgate for chairing Behavioural Economics
The winners will be announced – and the awards presented – at the annual Research Awards dinner in London on the evening of Monday 12 December.