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.
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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
Demographic trends reveal that societies have become more ethnically diverse, and the implications of this have received much scholarly attention - focusing particularly on critical societal variables such as economic pe...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Birmingham
The project explores the relationship between ethnic heterogeneity and intergroup relations, which is directly relevant to the question about the impact of coronavirus on relations between identity groups.
The Covid-19 pandemic has thrown existing patterns of ethnic inequality in Britain into sharp relief, highlighting the vulnerability of ethnic and racialized communities not only in terms of poor health, but across a ran...
Funded by: COVID
Lead research organisation: University of Manchester
The project examines the social, cultural, and economic impacts of the pandemic on ethnic and racialized groups, which directly relates to the question about the impact of coronavirus on relations between identity groups.
Across Europe, old and new ethnic tensions are dominating the headlines as political instability and levels of diversity continue to grow. With ethnically-motivated hate crimes on the rise, understanding how to ease ethn...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Bristol
The project focuses on promoting social cohesion and intergroup interactions among adolescents from different ethnic groups, which partially addresses the question about the impact of coronavirus on relations between identity groups.