SFC Saltire Emerging Researcher Scheme

“TU Delft is truly a world-class institution for architecture (among other disciplines) and the work on literary design methods being pursued by the team there is an amazing opportunity for me to make real strides in my doctoral thesis.

At the same time I cannot understate how important the articulation between local and national support in Scottish research institutions is for making meaningful work possible.

“For this, and much more, I am deeply grateful, and thrilled to have an opportunity to give this exchange all my attention and energy, so as to show gratitude in fulfilling my mission and beyond.”

Jeremy Allan Hawkins, SGSAH

“This placement has delivered added- value to my doctoral experience. It gave me the opportunity to network with some important experts in my field. One of them is Pr. Joost VanHoof from the Netherlands who had the role of advisor for our project. I gained important skills in communicating with a diverse team of researchers. This is important experience for me, because my doctoral thesis will require multiple collaborations with a range of stakeholders and dementia experts. During my placement I also had the opportunity to exercise my leadership skills as I was given the role of co- leading the programme. It was a very beneficial learning experience for me to practice this role while constantly taking in consideration both the aims of the project and the abilities and the needs of my colleagues”

Loukia Minetou, SGSS

“From the perspective of broader international alignment, it was revealed that Italy shares important overlaps in core civic values with Scotland.

Namely, after meeting the workgroup of Professor Paolo Barsocchi (from the National Research Council of Italy), I was captivated by their determination to use cutting edge technology to improve health and social care services in Italian care homes.”

Juraj Sikra, University Strathclyde, SICSA

“Another possible outcome of the collaboration is that researchers from Sweden would like to visit the Scottish research institutions and thereby ‘complete’ the exchange, by performing measurements in Scotland or involving students that could benefit from being immersed in new international academic environments.”

Magnus Sten Harald Janson, MASTS