Six new research projects will address a range of pressing regional, national and international issues, generating real impacts that will benefit communities.
The Economic and Social Research Council’s (ESRC) £12.1 million investment includes projects that are:
- exploring how the UK’s health and justice systems could be improved to reduce the harm, stigma and inequality experienced by minority groups
- transforming our understanding of economic inequalities within, and between, the UK’s ethnic minority groups
- researching how to build resilience to floods and heat for mothers and children in tropical countries
- examining the impact of multilingualism on conflict generation in Africa and how it might be used to resolve those conflicts
ESRC Executive Chair Stian Westlake said:
These large-scale projects bring together world class researchers to address important, global issues that affect some of the world’s most vulnerable people.
