Projects Awarded under the ESRC-AHRC Forced Displacement Call

We are pleased to announce the funding of  fifteen projects under the ESRC-AHRC Forced Displacement Call. The total amount of funding provided under this call is £3.5 million, allocated from the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF).

(click here to see the original call)

List of Awards:

Principal Investigator                       Project Title                 Lead Research Organisation                       
Dr Laura Jeffery Arts for advocacy: Creative engagement with forced displacement in Morocco University of Edinburgh
Dr Haya Al-Dajani Conserving cultural heritage: The resilience of forcibly displaced Syrian artisans in Jordan University of Plymouth
Professor Alexander Betts The global governed? Refugees as providers of protection and assistance University of Oxford
Professor Tim Allen Trajectories of displacement: A multi-disciplinary exploration into return and social repair after mass displacement in northern Uganda London School of Economics & Political Science
Dr Jamie Cross Energy and forced displacement: A qualitative approach to light, heat and power in refugee Camps University of Edinburgh
Martin Jones The law of asylum in the Middle East and Asia: Developing legal engagement at the frontiers of the international refugee regime University of York
Dr Michael Collyer The unknown city: the (in)visibility of urban displacement University of Sussex
Professor Helen Chatterjee Co-developing a method for assessing the psychosocial impact of cultural interventions with displaced people: Towards an integrated care framework University College London
Dr Liza Schuster Stopping it at source: Migration decision- and policy-making in Afghanistan City University of London
Professor Tom Scott-Smith Architectures of displacement: The experiences and consequences of emergency shelter University of Oxford
Dr Claire Sutherland Reframing centuries of Cham forced displacement: Connections, interactions and networks across the South China Sea Durham University
Dr Michelle Keown From displacement to development: arts education as a means to build cultural resilience and community-led arts production in the Marshall Islands University of Edinburgh
Dr Georgios Karyotis Building futures: Aspirations of Syrian youth refugees and host population responses in Lebanon, Greece and the UK University of Glasgow
Dr Roger Few Moving with risk: forced displacement and vulnerability to hazards in Colombia University of East Anglia
Dr Emma Williamson Gender based violence and displacement University of Bristol