Core to the FCO’s work is preparing for and responding to new and sometimes unexpected natural and political events whether opportunity or crisis. Research findings on current and emerging trends to improve future forecasting, or metrics to evaluate the success or otherwise of interventions, would be of interest.
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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Violence against children (VAC) is a global challenge. The prevalence of VAC is particularly acute in low-income settings, and more so in regions affected by different forms of violent conflict (VC). The picture emerging...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Greenwich
The project examines the causal pathways from violent conflict to violence against children, which is relevant to understanding triggers to violence in different social groups.
Are violent acts harmful when they are not perceived as 'violence'? Violence in childhood is a pervasive human rights, health and development challenge. But there is a large international variation in what behavioural ac...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
The project explores the impact of social norms and attitudes towards violence on children, which partially addresses the question about triggers to violence in different social groups.
Violence has been on the rise in the United Kingdom, generating a detrimental impact on the well-being of individuals and communities. Preventing serious violence is a crucial - yet difficult - task that calls for innova...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Cambridge
The project investigates the relational mechanisms underpinning serious violence in the UK, which partially addresses the question about triggers to violence in different social groups.