Our Founding Director, Claire Bright, was awarded two prizes at the NOVA Science & Innovation Day on the 3rd of December 2024 for the impact of her research and contribution to the field of Business and Human Rights.
The awards were an Honorary Mention at the Research Impact Narratives Challenge for the impact of her work on Business and Human Rights on key legislative and policy developments at national level in various European countries and in Africa, as well as at the European level, and an Award in the “Publications with Impact” Category, rewarding the scientific publications with the highest Field-Weighted Citation Impact during the 2021–2023 for the Commentary that she co-wrote together with our Research Associate Céline da Graça Pires on Guiding Principle 18 of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights on the identification and assessment of actual and potential adverse human rights risks.
