University of Warwick scoops four Leverhulme prizes

University of Warwick researchers receive more than 10% of the prizes awarded Dr Ana Aliverti, from the School of Law, will use her prize to support her existing research on the novel configurations of law enforcement in a global age. She will spend the next two years researching police-immigration cooperation in domestic policing in the UK Dr Alice Mah, Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, will use her prize to conduct multi-sited field research in polluted industrial regions. Over the next three years, she will focus on researching and writing her next monograph on global environmental injustice Dr John Michael, Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy, will use his prize to investigate people's allocation of effort in joint actions as a function of their sense of commitment Dr Hendrik Weber, Associate Professor and Royal Society University Research Fellow in the Warwick Mathematics institute, works on equations that can be applied in weather prediction and modern finance Four University of Warwick academics have won Philip Leverhulme Prizes in the 2017 awards round. Philip Leverhulme Prizes recognise the achievement of outstanding researchers whose work has already attracted international recognition and whose future career is exceptionally promising. Just thirty awards were made this year to outstanding UK-based researchers, of which the University has won four. Dr Ana Aliverti's prize will support her research on the novel configurations of law enforcement in a global age.