Regent's Now Magazine 2019 WEB

Viola Kerr, Director of Development & Alumni Relations
REGENT’S NOW COLLEGE LIFE
The Impact of Generosity
The sense of community at Regent’s continues long after
students have graduated, and we are grateful that so many
alumni and friends continue to show their commitment by
supporting the College’s vital fundraising. All gifts and offers of
help make a tangible and noticeable difference to what Regent’s
can achieve – and the profile we have, both within and beyond
Oxford.
Enriching Academic Life: the Stevens-
Barlow Junior Research Fellowships
Following a generous benefaction, we have been able to launch
two new Junior Research Fellowships. These are a prestigious early
career opportunity for anyone who has completed or is soon to
complete their doctoral degree. Being able to offer these highly
competitive Fellowships marks a key moment in the development
of the College, with our growing postgraduate cohort. Junior
Research Fellows provide academic support to our postgraduate
students, whilst also enriching academic life in the College
through their research.
an exciting opportunity to generate impact from my research
by sharing the latest academic knowledge with investment
practitioners, including meetings at the Élysée Palace in Paris and
the UN Climate Week in New York. I am excited to see growing
climate awareness and action within the financial system. I
would like to thank the donors and Regent’s Park College for the
experiences made possible by this Fellowship, and look forward to
continuing my research and further promoting climate awareness
and action at both the individual and the institutional level in
Oxford and beyond.’
In January 2019, we were delighted to welcome Dr Elizabeth
Harnett and Dr Roger Nascimento as the inaugural Stevens-
Barlow Junior Research Fellows.
Dr Roger Nascimento
Dr Elizabeth Harnett
Elizabeth holds degrees from Oxford in nature, society and
environmental policy and a doctorate in economic geography;
her research focuses on sustainable finance practices and she is
currently leading the Future of Engagement programme at Oxford’s
Smith School of Enterprise and Environment. She explains:
‘It has been a pleasure to hold the position of Stevens-Barlow
Junior Research Fellow. I have very much enjoyed being part of
Chapel, joining lively discussions at meal times and acting as an
interviewer and tutor for geography undergraduates. As a result,
I have recently been able to secure a position of Stipendiary
Lecturer in Human Geography at Jesus College, which would
not have been possible without the experience of being a JRF. I
have also greatly appreciated the academic freedom afforded by
this Fellowship and the warm support of colleagues who have
encouraged me to pursue research impact. In particular, I have
been able to undertake a part-time secondment as technical
advisor to the One Planet Sovereign Wealth Funds initiative. The
role supports a coalition of some of the world’s largest investors
with more than $19tr assets under management, who are seeking
to share knowledge and undertake joint action to better align
portfolios with the investment risks and opportunities related to
climate change and a net-zero carbon transition. This has been
Roger’s work centres on international health and tropical
medicine within Oxford’s Centre for Tropical Medicine and
Global Health. Roger is also a Research Affiliate of the School of
Anthropology and Museum Ethnography. Roger writes:
‘It has been a great honour to serve as one of the
inaugural Stevens-Barlow Junior Research Fellows. I have
benefited immensely from the generous collegiality and academic
freedom extended to me. I received advice from faculty members
on how to develop my research plans and enjoyed extensive
exchanges of ideas with colleagues over the meals shared in
College. I have been able to purchase recently published books
on new developments in my field of enquiry, including novel
methodological approaches and theoretical and conceptual
innovations.
“Being able to offer these highly
competitive Fellowships marks a
key moment in the development
of the College.”
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