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Why do some ‘extremists’ or ‘extremist groups’ choose not to engage in violence, or only in particular forms of low-level violence? Why, even in deeply violent groups, are there often thresholds of violence that members rarely if ever cross?
To promote meaningful university STEM opportunities for underrepresented belief groups, this mixed methods project seeks to better understand how to foster STEM environments inclusive of belief diversity.
This project collects oral histories of Black Social Workers in Britain to uncover the history of racialised identities and inequalities in the children’s care system in Britain.
This project foregrounds the linkages between cultural meaning and agricultural landscapes to examine the compounded social, cultural, agricultural, and economic effects of the IS occupation on ethnic and religious minority communities in Northern Iraq.
This project aims to address this gap in scholarly knowledge through new data and outputs that will, for the first time, reveal the maritime dimension of Brexit narratives, why this mattered, and how it continues to create impasses in UK-ROI-EU relations
This research will examine previously undiscovered correspondence between Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze, and Félix Guattari specifically regarding political violence, vigilante attacks, and resistance to state repression.
The overall aim of this project is to contribute towards resolving the conflict in Cameroon and enable peace which is in line with the CTPSR’s mission of fostering peaceful relations as well as CU’s aim of making positive impact and difference within communities.
This research investigates community-led initiatives of unarmed civilian protection in the ongoing ‘Anglophone conflict’ in Cameroon.
The RBOC (Resilience Beyond Observed Capabilities) Network Plus will create new knowledge, new capabilities and new opportunities for collaboration to help the UK prepare for security threats in the coming decades.
Whilst geographers of religion, poverty, and volunteering have given attention to faith-based organisations, the question of how UK faith-based organisations have grown so rapidly has not been addressed.
This research will work with Black, Asian and mixed-heritage children and young people to generate child-led narratives of their identity, focussing on understandings of ethnicity and religion and how these intersect with being in adoptive or foster care.
Research project is to analyse the use of research and other types of ‘evidence’ in migration/ ‘foreign employment’ policymaking in Nepal.
This project addresses the under-representation of women in higher education leadership in Ukraine and the UK by focusing on the unique leadership challenges women face during times of crisis.
Religious faith remains a cornerstone of identity and resilience, especially within marginalised communities, in the UK. A detailed study of the ethical and pastoral potential of AI in relation to religion
This fellowship will build a body of scholarship and a research network to explore the significant but unrecognised roles that mothers play in the formation of citizens and state-building, during and beyond times of conflict.
In Kenya, as in many ODA countries, climate change and violent extremism (VE) are pressing societal challenges.
This project looks at how we can ensure that young people’s voices are listened to and acted upon in societies where youth marginalisation has previously been a factor facilitating their mobilisation into violence.
CTPSR project funded by the British Academy looking at the organisational, financial and human impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Christian Faith-Based Organization Service Sector in Great Britain
This project asks how we create a positive university climate for student engagement across religion and worldview diversity.
This project responds to the experience of policy-makers and practitioners working on ‘preventing violent extremism’ (PVE) who find policies developed and implemented under the rubric of PVE to be ambiguous and vague which can lead to dignity being compromised.