Research projects

Global reach

The combination of disciplinary strength and interdisciplinary effectiveness across the School allows colleagues to develop collaborative teaching and research projects, to generate research income and to further develop effective knowledge transfer activities.

Institutions, Institutional Change, and the Defence Policy of the European Union (2010 - 13)

Description
The aim of the proposed project is to carry out detailed research, via both documentary evidence and interviews with policy makers, in order to assess the validity of these competing claims.

Corruption indicators in Performance Assessment Frameworks (PAFs) for budget support (2012)

Description
This research examines the role of indicators focused on corruption within performance assessment frameworks (PAFs) for budget support, particularly in terms of their effectiveness in monitoring corruption at the macro-level, monitoring anti-corruption projects or institutions, and monitoring budget expenditures. It will be published as a U4 issues paper in early 2012.

Swahili Seas (2011 - 12)

Description
The Swahili Seas project is based in Gazi Bay, Kenya, and aims to link local coastal communities with global carbon trading to support the conservation of an area of mangrove forest in exchange for payments which will be used to support community development.

Beyond ethnicity? The politics of building national identity after conflict in Rwanda (2011 - 12)

Description
This project analyses strategies used to create 'new' national identities after violent ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka and Rwanda and explores their implications. Both states experienced civil wars ended by a military victory and the substantial defeat of armed opposition within national territory. Post conflict governments in both states expressed an intention to promote a new national identity, replacing and de-legitimising ethnicity.

Male and Transgender Sex Work in the UK and Netherlands (2011 - 12)

Description
The proposed research seeks to contribute to academic and policy debates about commercial sex by advancing empirical and theoretical knowledge in the under-explored area of male and transgender sex work.

SEANERGY 2020 (2010 - 12)

Description
he project is targeted towards regional and national authorities, EU decision-makers, planners, regulators, transmission system operators and marine renewable energy project developers.
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