Our remit is global and our interests correspondingly wide. The below are indicative rather than fully comprehensive questions of relevance for our work and are arranged into ten overlapping categories.
The dynamic nature of world events and diplomatic work around them mean that we often need research based insights to help anticipate, shape, manage and benefit from unfolding developments and possible futures. The synthesised expertise of researchers can help us make judgements in a policy environment where experimental trials and replicable results are often impossible or inappropriate.
Because time can be of the essence we value emerging results and insights shared via updates, short events, websites and similar, in advance of peer reviewed articles.
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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
FCO Areas of research interest coronavirus COVID 19 update May 2020 GOVUK
Many countries are now suffering after years of insufficient attention to warnings about the need for improved pandemic preparedness. The WHO has declared COVID-19 a pandemic, but its underlying factors, vulnerabilities ...
Funded by: GCRF
Lead research organisation: University of Huddersfield
The project addresses the question fully and the authors have the necessary expertise.
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges in a very short timeframe. It has required people and businesses to change behaviours and practices overnight. As a result of these drastic changes, it's brought...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Lead research organisation: VERTIGO VENTURES LTD
The project partially addresses the question and the authors have the necessary expertise.
Recovery is "the process of rebuilding, restoring and rehabilitating the community following an emergency" (HMG Emergency Response and Recovery, 2013). For COVID-19, recovery will involve all-of society (becaus...
Funded by: COVID
Lead research organisation: University of Manchester
The project partially addresses the question and the authors have the necessary expertise.