Protracted Crisis Research Centre

PCRC INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL

Between 4th and 8th of July the Protracted Crisis Research Centre is hosting colleagues from India at UWS as part of the British Academy/GCRF funded Waste, Work and Wellbeing project. As part of the week we have two events that are open to all:

Tuesday 5th July - 12.30 – 3.00pm

An introduction to Compound 13 Lab: methods, approaches, issues

Hybrid event: D134, UWS Paisley Campus and online via Zoom 12.30 – 3.00pm

An opportunity to hear about the work of the lab and discuss some of the methodological, theoretical and practical issues raised by the project. An informal discussion with brief presentations from:

• Advocate Vinod Shetty, Director, ACORN India
• Dr Ben Parry, Senior Lecturer in Fine Art, Bath Spa University
• Assoc. Prof. Sharmila Samant, Department of Fine Art and Performance, Shiv Nadar University, New Delhi
• Prof. Graham Jeffery, Director, Protracted Crisis Research Centre, UWS
• Dr Vidya Sagar Pancholi, Research Fellow, Compound 13 Lab
• Prutha Jain, Project Manager, Compound 13 Lab

After the session there will be an opportunity for informal networking with colleagues.

Please email pcrc.contact@uws.ac.uk if you would like to join this session via Zoom or if you would like to attend this event in person please click here to reserve a place via Eventbrite.

Thursday 7th July - 10 – 5pm

Waste from Ayr…and elsewhere

A recent study found that the UK and US produced more plastic waste per person than any other country. Throughout Planet Earth, plastic waste finds its way into inland waterways travelling out to sea where it is swept along on ocean currents and through the air to eventually wash up on our beaches.

The plastic waste workshop led by artists Sharmila Samant and Ben Parry will begin by each participant beachcombing 100m of shingle on Ayr beach specifically for plastic objects. These will be bought back to Ayr campus where they will be named and catalogued before being formed into a new collective artwork in response to the adage ‘local beach, global garbage’.

We will meet at Ayr Railway Station at 10am, to book your ticket on Eventbrite please click here

Newsletter

Since our last newsletter in December 2021 PCRC staff members have marked notable achievements by further developing our portfolio of internationally collaborative research projects, taking place in Ghana, Egypt, Nepal, South Africa and India, funded by the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) via the Scottish Funding Council (SFC) and the British Academy.

PCRC hosted a series of public engagement events supported by the School of Business and Creative Industries at UWS, including a photo exhibition in Paisley Campus “Being Homeless: Rethinking Community during Lockdown.” Films from our Compound 13 Lab project in Dharavi, Mumbai are also included in a major international exhibition: Plastic: Remaking Our World, which opened at the Vitra Design Museum, Basel and will be coming to the V&A Museum in Dundee in November 2022.  PCRC members have also organised various successful knowledge exchange activities in collaboration with Manchester University, Makerere University based in Kampala, Uganda, and James Town Community Theatre in Accra, Ghana. All events showcases UWS collaborative research with local and international partners while informing public debates on challenging urban and global issues surrounding insecure housing, precarious lives, modern slavery, waste management, and climate change.

We continue to establish PCRC as a multi-disciplinary and collaborative research centre, drawing together researchers and partner organisations with cognate research interests from across Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. Our team offers a wide range of active, socially engaged, creative and equitable approaches to generating knowledge collaboratively, with the voices and perspectives of participants and communities at the core of our work.  

GCRF Funded Projects

Congratulations to the successful completion of 2021-2022 funded research projects via UWS GCRF Global internal seed funding:

Dr Stephen Collins (School of Business and Creative Industries) “Developing strategies for arts-based engagement in combatting modern slavery” in Ghana

In 2021, Dr Collins together with the James Town Community Theatre Centre and James Town Walking Tours, investigated the links between historic slavery and modern slavery in James Town, Accra.  As part of the project, the team identified three distinct forms of modern slavery operating in the area: young boys being taken from James Town to work in fishing on Lake Volta, young girls coming to James Town from the Central and Northern regions as sex and domestic workers, and female school leavers being trafficked to the Gulf States as domestic workers.

Following this, the project team carried out an investigation into the safeguarding of survivors at the community level. Focusing on survivors returning from the Gulf States, they found a distinct lack of formal and informal support structures. The taboo surrounding modern slavery at the community level has a double impact: it prevents survivors gaining the support they need but it also prevents their stories from being heard and so acting as a warning to vulnerable groups.

A documentary output based the modern slavery research project will be produced by partners on the ground and research collaborators. The trailer for Practicing Freedom documentary can be viewed here

Prof Katarzyna Kosmala (School of Business and Creative Industries) and Reem Kaseem (UWS PhD Candidate|AGORA for Arts and Culture) “Resilience building through virtual cultural engagement” in Egypt

The project was designed around arts-based creative learning, supporting resilience building for 18-25 years old young women who were subject to sexual harassment or assault. We delivered the four-weeks green crafts recycling workshops at three female only care shelters across Alexandria, Egypt.  Responding to the Covid-19 pandemic we adapted virtual cultural facilitation methodology structured around non-formal education techniques, to provide a timely pilot analysis of how virtual formats of cultural engagement can help participants build resilience and emerge stronger from the crisis. 

The research design used a socially e-engaged participatory research approach, employing a virtual platform to contribute to understandings of arts-based pathways to enhancement of community cohesion and resilience building. The participatory action research approach combined the implementation of informal educational tools with the objective of facilitating the acquisition of craft making skills. The project utilised a novel virtual platform Basita. live, developed as a response to Covid-19 pandemic, the main practice-based tool of co-applicant’s doctoral research, to enable digital cultural engagement through an easy-to-use mobile app made available free of charge. The project contributed to participants’ confidence building, boosting their self-esteem through opening job placement opportunities and encouraging self-employment. The project also contributed to capacity building in training the local trainers and the shelters’ supervisors.  The four video-based workshops were made as open source for other trainers, researchers, and participants to replicate the practice. The project’s outcomes have been disseminated at the “Feminism(s) in the Age of Covid-19 and Beyond” 2021 virtual conference, “Young Researchers Workshop of the ICCPR Antwerp, and AIMAC 2022 Doctoral Symposium

Dr Abeer Hassan (School of Business and Creative Industries) “Exploring biodiversity reporting and extinction accounting in a developing economy” in South Africa

Dr. Abeer Hassan has been working closely with Professor Warren Maroun, Witwatersrand University in South Africa on two important issues in corporate reporting and sustainability accountability: the loss of biodiversity and emergence of circular economy (CE). In the first phase of the project data was collected from South African listed companies. The research aims to contribute to the academic literature by expanding our understanding on accounting for and protecting “natural capital” and provides additional empirical details and alternate theoretical perspectives on the need to conserve biodiversity. The work is complemented by a formal review of how companies are reporting on CE and the possible interconnections between CE and biodiversity. Data collection and analysis will continue into 2022 with a focus on expanding the South African data and dealing with UK entities. The researchers are pleased with the progress to date and that the project has supported postgraduate students working towards their honours and masters qualifications in South Africa.

Dr Kalyan Bhandari (School of Business and Creative Industries) “Community level tourism resilience in Nepal”

The project aimed to understand the challenges posed by COVID-19 on community managed home-stays in Nepal and help them build resilience by connecting them with larger tourism entrepreneurs. It collaborated with local partner; PATA Nepal Chapter and built a strong network with more than 70-80 national and community level tourism stakeholders of Nepal through series of roundtables/workshops.

The roundtables have been very helpful in understanding the impact of COVID-19 on community managed tourism initiatives and measures they have taken to minimise the impact. For example identifying the measures that have worked for the local community and the kind of support expected vs received from government. There is room for the larger private sector tourism industry to contribute to the recovery of tourism and developing stronger collaboration between community-led tourism initiatives and the national tourism industry to enhance strength and resilience in tourism in the future.

Climate Change Seminar Series & Public Engagement Events

Between January and April PCRC held its Climate Change Seminar Series which focused on understanding the various political, economic and technical challenges faced by communities at the frontline of the consequences of climate change in the global South.  The programme included:

• ‘Investigating natural assets degradation in the settler-colonial context - the case of the Occupied Palestinian territories’ presented by Dr Dalia Alazzeh 
• ‘Exploring biodiversity reporting and extinction accounting in a developing economy’ presented by Dr Abeer Hassan and Professor Warren Maroun, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
• ‘Community Level Tourism Resilience in Nepal’ presented by Dr Kalyan Bhandari and Mr Suresh Singh Budal, CEO Pacific Asia Travel Associated (PATA) Nepal Chapter, along with Mr Deepak Raj Joshi, PATA Associate and former CEO of Nepal Tourism Board
• ‘Practicing Freedom: Performance and modern slavery in James Town, Ghana’ presented by Dr Stephen Collins

The launch of the project ‘Songs of Resilience: Bringing New Voices into Climate Research’ by our colleague, Dr Jo Collinson Scott, examined how writing songs and making music videos might help us to bring the voices of young people into debates on climate change and to imagine the future of the changing landscape. The project brought together musicians, climate change researchers, and the Lancashire Wildlife Trust to explore how the process of song writing and video-making can affect a wider cultural transition towards a more sustainable society. The resulting songs and videos can be viewed here. Drawing on activities around COP 26 in Glasgow, the Songs of Resilience project engaged with young people in Greater Manchester to explore their perceptions of climate change through ‘the Carbon Landscape’ – a post-industrial urban landscape shaped by coal and peat extraction in which restoration activities are taking place. The research project was a collaboration between Manchester University, Glasgow University and UWS along with the Carbon Landscape Project and the Lancashire Wildlife Trust. Songs of Resilience was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

Since February 2022, PCRC has hosted Curriculum Development Workshops to discuss ideas for initial proposals around the topics of general climate responsibilities, tourism and sustainability, working with vulnerable groups and empowerment and enterprise. There has been a positive response from PCRC members to further develop and create original proposals that match the learning needs and demands of private enterprise and field practitioners. Initial steps towards building a course structure have been taken and PCRC will be able to deliver finalised proposals in the coming months.

In March, PCRC organised a drop-in photography exhibition in Paisley Campus as part of knowledge exchange activity with Glasgow based charity, Simon Community Scotland and photographer Iain McLean, for the research project funded by the 2020 UWS Crucible. Dr Karen Cooper and Dr Shadi Whitburn, Research Fellows at the Protracted Crisis Research Centre, in collaboration with Dr Caroline Miller and Martin Murray, Lecturers at the School of Health and Life Sciences, explored staff experiences of supporting vulnerable individuals during the Covid-19 pandemic in Glasgow and Edinburgh. The exhibition displayed the portraits of individuals who found themselves homeless during 2020 lockdown, offering a visual record of their stories and valued possessions. The exhibition aimed at challenging stereotypes and perceptions of what constitutes ‘community’ and ‘homelessness’ while showcasing the positive response of volunteers and charity staff. The exhibited pieces are included in an extended collection of the artist’s work and can viewed here.

Key Highlights

Uganda Visit

Between March and May 2022 Dr Dina Sidhva was invited as a guest by her research partners at the Department of Social Work & Social Administration at the Makerere University (Kampala, Uganda) for a 3-day programme of events at the beginning of March 2022. In her role as Honorary Consultant on a joint University of Edinburgh and Makerere University GCRF research on “Exploring the enablers and barriers to accessing HIV and TB care among refugees in Kampala, Uganda during the COVID-19 pandemic ”; Dina worked with partners to complete two publications (see details on publications section).

In May 2022 Dr Sidhva was invited by her partners at the Centre for Statelessness and Refugee Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai as a visiting scholar. The trip involved knowledge exchange, working on a potential grant application and the planning of three events marking World Refugee Day on June 20th, 2022 with TISS colleagues and other international partners of the Global Refugee Health Research Network (GRHRN) from Edinburgh, Bangladesh and Uganda. All three events will be co-hosted by GRHRN and the PCRC, UWS. Please visit PCRC website to register and attend these events.

PhD Studentship

PCRC will be hosting its first PhD student from this autumn.  The successful candidate will be developing original performance through practice-as-research at the interface of civic engagement and interdisciplinary research enquiry. This study invites new thinking about the production of ‘waste’ and particularly the bio-political production of people-as-waste, aiming to interrogate current socio-politico-economic models that go beyond the mere consumption–waste–destruction model. It is expected that the successful candidate will record narratives of ‘waste’ and curate a series of civic engagement events in accordance with the project’s research objectives and UWS’s commitment to the  UN Sustainable Development Goals. The candidate will have the opportunity to work closely with the Compound 13 Lab based in Mumbai, India (www.compound13.org), and the Refugee Centre in Lesbos, Greece.

New Appointment

We would like to congratulate our colleague, Dr Karen Cooper, on her new appointment as Lecturer at the School of Social and Education Sciences. Dr Cooper joined the PCRC in 2020 as postdoctoral research fellow, she was PI on UWS Crucible 2020 funded project exploring vulnerable groups needs during the pandemic. She also supported various GCRF projects in different capacities and has collaborated with research teams in developing funding applications.

Our colleague, Dr Kalia Kaparounaki is leaving UWS to join Dundee University. As an active member of the PCRC she worked alongside Dr Dina Sidhva on research project ‘Empowering Syrian Refugee Women in Protracted, Fragile Crisis Situations through Enterprise Education in Jordan’. We would like to wish her good luck in her new journey.

Looking Forward 2022

We are pleased to announce the first PCRC international Summer School taking place at UWS' Paisley and Ayr campuses from Monday 4th July 2022 to Friday 8th July 2022. A number of artists, academics, practitioners and students from India, USA and UK collaborating on the British Academy/GCRF funded project ‘Waste, Work and Wellbeing’ led by Professor Graham Jeffery will attend the Summer School. A series of knowledge exchange activities and seminars have been co-designed and organised by the research team including a public seminar on the afternoon of Tuesday July 5^th and an interactive workshop exploring art and waste on Wednesday July 6^th in Ayr. For more information please visit our website or email pcrc_contact@uws.ac.uk.

On June 20^th, the PCRC will be hosting its annual seminar online to mark World Refugee Day 2022. The seminar will be in collaboration with the Global Refugee Health Research Network (GRHRN, University of Edinburgh) and the Higher Population Council (HPC, Jordan). The event will provide a series of interesting presentations on the lives of refugees living in protracted crisis in Jordan, Bangladesh and Uganda. The seminar’s full programme is now available on the PCRC website.

Social Media

You can follow PCRC on Twitter: www.twitter.com/PCRC_UWS and our LinkedIn group is here: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8992009/ or on our website www.uws.ac.uk/pcrc where you can find regular updates on events, seminars and research activities.

Please get in touch if you would like any further information about any of our activities or you have a project or a proposal for collaboration. You can reach the PCRC team at pcrc.contact@uws.ac.uk.

Project: Jordan

Understanding and Reducing the Heightened Impact of Gender-based Violence during the Coronavirus Pandemic: A Qualitative Study of Syrian Refugee Women and Girls in Jordan

Research Team: Dr Dina Sidhva

Since the beginning of the Syrian conflict in 2011, an estimated 1.3 million Syrian refugees have fled to Jordan. Women and girls comprise most of these refugees. There is increasing evidence suggesting that a significant number of refugee women and girls have experienced sexual gender-based violence (SGBV). They are more likely to experience physical-violence within the home; while harassment, emotional-violence, and discrimination are more likely to occur outside the home. This GCRF project aims to develop an empirical understanding of the heightened impact of SGBV on Syrian refugee women and girls in Jordan, with aim of reducing the impact on them through the recommendation of policies. In this sense, through policy-dialogue, the project will open space for policymakers and humanitarian-aid practitioners to critically examine the research findings in order to advance their development agendas, thus contributing to the realisation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (3,5,10) for empowering women and girls promoting their good health and well-being while reducing inequalities.

Project: Nigeria

Empowering women in protracted displacement in Nigeria: entrepreneurship, livelihoods and communities of resistance

Research Team: Dr Christian Harrison, Dr Julie Clark and Dr Emilia Pietka-Nykaza, Prof Colin Clark, Dr Evi Viza, Dr Abeer Hassan, Dr Stephen Gibb and Prof Andrew Hursthouse

Women account for around half of the world’s 33.2 million internally displaced persons, with Nigeria having the largest population (3.3 million) in Africa. Driven by conflict, natural and human-made disasters, protracted displacement of women is a multifaceted and complex phenomenon, creating refugees and threatening lives, choice and livelihoods.

Aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goals (9-11) for innovation, reducing inequality, and urban sustainability, this GCRF funded project is underpinned by research in entrepreneurship and leadership. Its main objective is to develop a robust methodology for evaluating and addressing the challenges that women in protracted displacement encounter including:

Accessing and utilising diverse resources,

Developing innovative entrepreneurship behaviours to access livelihoods while fulfilling their economic, social and emotional needs.

Supporting women’s occupational safety and environmental health

Project: India

Waste, Water and Wellbeing: Lessons from the Interface of Formal/Informal Urban Systems in Dharavi, Mumbai - Compound 13 Lab

Research Team: Prof Graham Jeffery, Dr Julie Clark, Prof John Connolly, Prof Andrew Hursthouse (UWS),  Prof Anurag Garg (IIT Mumbai), Dr Mary Josephine (Nirmala College for Women), Dr Ben Parry (Bath Spa University)

This project, funded by GCRF through the British Academy, aims to provide an in-depth analysis of formal/informal infrastructural collisions in Mumbai. Dharavi, as one of the largest informal settlements in Asia, is a highly significant centre of employment and economic activity but is directly affected by many global challenges (e.g. poverty, plastic waste, water shortage, poor urban resilience, migration, housing and sanitation). Its recycling industry is entirely self-organised within the informal sector. Poor infrastructure creates air/groundwater pollution and significant land contamination. Reducing waste comes at the expense of human health and life. The research team seeks to examine urban development through the lens of the 'smart city from below', at the interface between the user-generated city and centralised urban planning systems. It looks to also address issues of trust, health protection, participation, ownership and ethics in the implementation of infrastructure-driven solutions, specifically at the points of collision between 'top down' development (e.g. the USD3.4bn Mumbai Metro 3) and the 'user-generated city' of the Dharavi workers colony.

Project: Ghana

Exploring Modern Slavery in James Town.

Research Team: Dr Steve Collins

This project began in 2018 with a research grant from the Anti-Slavery Knowledge Network (GCRF). Working with a community theatre and walking tour in James Town, Dr Steve Collins led an 18-month research project into the links between modern slavery and historic slavery in James Town, Accra, an area of significant economic deprivation. This project resulted in the development of a new performance based on original testimonies of survivors of modern slavery in the area. The performance was seen by over a thousand people in local schools and in the Community Theatre. The follow-on workshops, led by community practitioners revealed a new engagement with a topic that has long been taboo.

The team also developed a bespoke walking tour (bookable at Jamestownwalkingtours.wordpress.com) which takes tourists and locals around areas of particular significance to historic slavery in the area. A story that had long been forgotten. The film was given official selection at the Changing the Story International Film Festival in 2020.

View the film here

The team were given follow-on funding in 2020, to explore notions of formal and informal safeguarding for survivors of modern slavery. We are now pursuing further funding via AHRC/GCRF to examine the impact of the project.

The PCRC research teams bring together knowledge expertise from across various fields of studies to analyse and find solutions to problems impacting our global community. Here you will find a selection of recent academic publications presented by our research teams.

Professor Colin Clark and colleagues’ recent publication in the journal of Social Policy and Society, discussed antigypsyism. Engaging with decolonisation, tackling antigypsyism: lessons from teaching Romani studies at the Central European University in Hungary. Brooks, E., Clark, C. & Rostas, I., Jan 2022, In: Social Policy and Society. 21, 1, p. 68-79 12 p.

Professor Andrew Hursthouse and colleagues investigate the impact of developing and adopting more sustainable food-processing strategies through development of a waste handling strategy: http://tiny.cc/ufcvtz

Dr Abeer Hassan and colleagues have undertaken the first systematic literature review on biodiversity and species extinction accounting for sustainable development: https://t.co/60kG2MtEyj?amp=1

Dr Dina Nziku and Colette Henry looking into the policies for supporting women entrepreneurs in Tanzania has been published in the Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy https://t.co/AIwK2vuS2Z?amp=1

Nziku, D. M., Dana, L-P., Balslev, H., & Salamzadeh, A. (Eds.) (2023). Women Entrepreneurs in the Middle East: Context, Ecosystems, and Future Perspectives for the Region. (Asia-Pacific Business Series; Vol. 16). World Scientific Publishing Company, Incorok hporated

The ghost at the junction: exploring the links between historic and modern slavery in Accra, Ghana. Collins, S. & Quartey, N. K., 1 Aug 2022, In: Journal of Modern Slavery. 7, 1

Exhibition, James Town. Ghana: How can we practice freedom? Community practices of storytelling - Collins, S., 3 Mar 2022

Community, Performance, Testimony: talking about human trafficking in Accra, Collins, S., 8 Apr 2021, In: Global Policy.

Access to HIV/AIDS or TB care among refugees in Kampala, Uganda: exploring the enablers and barriers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Palattiyil, G., Kisaakye, P., Mwenyango, H., Katongole, S., Mulekya, F., Sidhva, D., Nair, H. & Bukuluki, P., 8 Apr 2022, In: Journal of Migration and Health. 5, 9 p., 100098.

Impact of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis on migrants on the move in Southern Africa: implications for policy and practice. Mushomi, J. A., Palattiyil, G., Bukuluki, P., Sidhva, D., Myburgh, N. D., Nair, H., Mulekya-Bwambale, F., Tamuzi, J. L. & Nyasulu, P. S., 21 Jan 2022, In: Health Systems & Reform. 8, 1, 9 p., e2019571.

Global trends in forced migration: policy, practice and research imperatives for social work. Palattiyil, G., Sidhva, D., Seraphia Derr, A. & Macgowan, M., 28 Jul 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Social Work.

Palattiyil, G., Sidhva, D. HIV, Human Rights and Migration: Narratives of HIV-Positive Asylum Seekers in Scotland. J. Hum. Rights Soc. Work (2021). 

Collins, S. (2021) Community, Performance, Testimony: Talking about Human Trafficking in Accra. Global Policy e-book: International Law and Human Rights. (Forthcoming) 

Ahmed, F. And Harrison, C. (2021) Challenges and competencies of entrepreneurial leaders in driving innovation at DIY laboratories.  Technology Analysis and Strategic Management. E-pub ahead of print - 29 Mar 2021.

Application of a new HMW framework derived ANN model for optimization of aquatic dissolved organic matter removal by coagulation
Zhu, G., Xiong, N., Wang, C., Li, Z. & Hursthouse, A. S., 31 Jan 2021, In: Chemosphere. 262, 127723.

Biodiversity and extinction accounting for sustainable development: a systematic literature review and future research directions
Roberts, L., Hassan, A., Elamer, A. & Nandy, M., 31 Jan 2021, In: Business Strategy and the Environment. 30, 1, p. 705-720 16 p.

Corporate accountability towards species extinction protection: insights from ecologically forward-thinking companies
Roberts, L., Nandy, M., Hassan, A., Lodh, S. & Elamer, A., 15 Feb 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Business Ethics.

CSR implication and disclosure in higher education: uncovered points. Results from a systematic literature review and agenda for future research
Adhikariparajuli, M., Hassan, A. & Siboni, B., 7 Jan 2021, In: Sustainability. 13, 2, 23 p., 525.

Environmental geochemical signature of shale in pollution assessment of trace metals in soil and water in parts of southern Benue Trough, southeastern Nigeria
Nganje, T. N., Adamu, C. I., Ekwere, A. S., Ibe, K. A., Edet, A. & Hursthouse, A., 1 Mar 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry.

Identifying non-agricultural marginal lands as a route to sustainable bioenergy provision - a review and holistic definition
Mellor, P., Lord, R. A., João, E., Thomas, R. & Hursthouse, A., 31 Jan 2021, In: Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews. 135, 110220.

Sustainability and stakeholder awareness: a case study of a Scottish university
Raji, A. & Hassan, A., 10 Mar 2021, In: Sustainability. 24 p.

Sustainable strategies for improved regulatory compliance within the food-processing sector
Fagbohungbe, M. O., Hursthouse, A. S., Miller, J., Morrison, G., Stockwell, M. & McLellan, I., 29 Jan 2021, In: Waste and Resource Management. 12 p.

A hidden community: justifying the inclusion of Roma as an ethnic identity in the 2021 Scottish census
Hay, N., Campbell, L., Kowalewska, M., Clark, C., Tammi, L. & Balogh, B., 11 Dec 2020, In: Critical Romani Studies. 3, 1, p. 46-71 26 p.

Brexit, Europe and othering
Van Der Zwet, A., Leith, M. S., Sim, D. & Boyle, E., 29 Dec 2020, In: Contemporary Social Science. 15, 5, p. 517-532 16 p.

Brexit and the uncertain future of fisheries policy in the United Kingdom: political and governance challenges

Huggins, C., Connolly, J., McAngus, C. & van der Zwet, A., 4 Jun 2020, In: Ocean Yearbook Online. 34, 1, p. 20-42 23 p.

Business models and performance impact of incubators: a study of Nigeria
Adesanya, A. A., Harrison, C. & Simba, A., 2 Jul 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: International Journal of Business and Systems Research.

CSR reporting: a review of research and agenda for future research
Khan, M., Hassan, A., Harrison, C. & Tarbert, H., 14 Jul 2020, In: Management Research Review. 43, 11, p. 1395-1419 25 p.

Entrepreneurial leadership measurement: a multi-dimensional construct
Bagheri, A. & Harrison, C., 20 Jul 2020, In: Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development. 27, 4, p. 659-679 21 p.

Exploring factors relating to extinction disclosures: what motivates companies to report on biodiversity and species protection?
Hassan, A. M., Roberts, L. & Atkins, J., 6 Mar 2020, In: Business Strategy and the Environment. 29, 3, p. 1419-1436 18 p.

Income inequality among entrepreneurs in Ondo State, Nigeria
Ehinmowo, O., Harrison, C. & Olutumise, A. I., 4 Feb 2020, In: International Journal of Business and Globalisation. 24, 1, p. 19-38 20 p. 

Potentially toxic elements (PTEs) pollution in surface soils in a typical urban region of south India: an application of health risk assessment and distribution pattern
Adimalla, N., Quian, H., Nandan, M. J. & Hursthouse, A. S., 15 Oct 2020, In: Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 203, 10 p., 111055.

Scotland and Brexit: citizenship, identity and belonging
Pietka-Nykaza, E. (ed.), Leith, M. S. (ed.) & Clark, C. (ed.), 17 Aug 2020, In: Scottish Affairs. 29, 3, p. 293-304 12 p.

Stay or go? - Roma, Brexit and European freedom of movement
Clark, C., 31 Aug 2020, In: Scottish Affairs. 29, 3, p. 403-418 16 p.

The concentration, distribution and health risk from potentially toxic elements in the soil - plant - water system developed on black shales in SE Nigeria
Nganje, T. N., Edet, A., Cuthbert, S., Adamu, C. I. & Hursthouse, A. S., 31 May 2020, In: Journal of African Earth Sciences. 165, 30 p., 103806.

The role of the entrepreneurial leader: a study of Nigerian SMEs
Omeihe, I., Harrison, C., Simba, A. & Omeihe, K., 11 Mar 2020, (Accepted/In press) In: International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business.

Voluntary assurance of sustainability reporting: evidence from an emerging economy
Hassan, A., Elamer, A. A., Sobhan, N. & Fletcher, M., 5 Feb 2020, In: Accounting Research Journal. 33, 2, p. 391-410 20 p.

Decent work: what matters most and who can make a difference?
Gibb, S. & Ishaq, M., 8 Apr 2020, In: Employee Relations. 42, 4, p. 845-861 17 p.

Fair and decent work in Scotland’s local authorities: evidence and challenges
Gibb, S., Ishaq, M., Elliott, I. & Hussain, A. M., 6 Feb 2020, In: Public Money & Management. 11 p.

Policies for supporting women entrepreneurs in developing countries: the case of Tanzania
Nziku, D. M. & Henry, C., 10 Dec 2020, In: Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy. 10, 1, p. 38-58 21 p.

Words and power in conflict - Rwanda under M.R.N.D. rule
Moore, A. T., 30 Nov 2020, In: Peace and Conflict Studies. 27, 2, 32 p., 5.

The socio-economic and psychosocial impact of COVID-19 pandemic on urban refugees in Uganda
Bukuluki, P., Mwenyango, H., Katongole, S. P., Sidhva, D. & Palattiyil, G., 10 Jul 2020, In: Social Sciences and Humanities Open . 2, 1, 5 p., 100045.

In conversation with Henry Giroux
Jeffery, G. & McAuliffe, D., 2020, The SAGE Handbook of Critical Pedagogies. Steinberg, S. R. & Down, B. (eds.). SAGE Publications, Vol. 1.

Investigating Students’ Support for Learning Experience During COVID-19 & the Way Forward
Hassan, A., Alazzeh, D., Leung, D., Sidhva, D. & Obasi, C., 10 Sep 2020, Paisley: University of the West of Scotland. 20 p.

EU migrant retention and the temporalities of migrant staying: a new conceptual framework
Pietka-Nykaza, E., Pemberton, S. & Hof, H., 26 Jan 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Comparative Migration Studies.

James Town and Slavery: A Virtual Walking Tour
Collins, S. & Quartey, N. K., 1 Jun 2020

DigiCAP: towards digitalization for empowerment and capacity building of handcraft developments in Sub-Saharan Africa
Marzano, A., Viza, E. & Cano, M., 13 Jun 2020, In: Procedia CIRP. 88, p. 179-184 6 p.

Name: Dr Dalia Alazzeh
Position: Lecturer, School of Business and Creative Industries
Email: dalia.alazzeh@uws.ac.uk
PURE profile link: https://research-portal.uws.ac.uk/en/persons/dalia-alazzeh

Name: Dr Kalyan Bhandari
Position: Lecturer, School of Business and Creative Industries
Email: Kalyan.Bhandari@uws.ac.uk
PURE profile link: https://research-portal.uws.ac.uk/en/persons/kalyan-bhandari

Name: Prof Colin Clark
Position: Professor, School of Education and Social Sciences
Email: colin.clark@uws.ac.uk
PURE profile link: https://research-portal.uws.ac.uk/en/persons/colin-clark

Name: Dr Julie Clark
Position: Senior Lecturer, School of Education and Social Sciences
Email: julie.Clark@uws.ac.uk
PURE profile link: https://research-portal.uws.ac.uk/en/persons/julie-clark

Name: Dr Stephen Collins
Position: Lecturer, School of Business and Creative Industries
Email: Stephen.Collins@uws.ac.uk
PURE profile link: https://research-portal.uws.ac.uk/en/persons/stephen-collins

Name: Dr Karen Cooper
Position: Post-doctoral Research Fellow, School of Business and Creative Industries
Email:Karen.Cooper@uws.ac.uk
PURE profile link: https://research-portal.uws.ac.uk/en/persons/karen-cooper

Name: Dr Natalie Dickinson
Position: Lecturer, School of Health and Life Sciences
Email: Natalie.Dickinson@uws.ac.uk
PURE profile link: https://research-portal.uws.ac.uk/en/persons/natalie-dickinson

Name: Dr Stephen Gibb
Position: Reader, School of Business and Creative Industries
Email: Stephen.Gibb@uws.ac.uk

PURE profile link: https://research-portal.uws.ac.uk/en/persons/stephen-gibb

Name: Dr Christian Harrison
Position: Lecturer, School of Business and Creative Industries

Email: Christian.Harrison@uws.ac.uk

PURE profile link: https://research-portal.uws.ac.uk/en/persons/christian-harrison​

Name: Dr Abeer Hassan
Position: Reader, School of Business and Creative Industries

Email: Abeer.Hassan@uws.ac.uk

PURE profile link: https://research-portal.uws.ac.uk/en/persons/abeer-hassan

Name: Prof Andrew Hursthouse
Position: Professor of Environmental Geochemistry, School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences

Email: Andrew.Hursthouse@uws.ac.uk

PURE profile link: https://research-portal.uws.ac.uk/en/persons/andrew-hursthouse

Name: Prof Graham Jeffery
Position: Professor, Strategic Hub for Culture and Creativity, School of Business and Creative Industries

Email: Graham.Jeffery@uws.ac.uk

PURE profile link: https://research-portal.uws.ac.uk/en/persons/graham-jeffery

Name: Dr Dina Nziku
Position: Lecturer, School of Business and Creative Industries

Email: Dina.Nziku@uws.ac.uk

PURE profile link: https://research-portal.uws.ac.uk/en/persons/dina-nziku​

Name: Dr Emilia Pietka-Nykaza
Position: Senior Lecturer, School of Education and Social Sciences

Email: Emilia.Pietka-Nykaza@uws.ac.uk

PURE profile link: https://research-portal.uws.ac.uk/en/persons/emilia-pietka-nykaza

Name: Dr Jo Scott
Position: Reader, School of Business and Creative Industries
Email: Jo.Collinson-Scott@uws.ac.uk
PURE profile link: https://research-portal.uws.ac.uk/en/persons/jo-scott

Name: Dr Dina Sidhva
Position: Lecturer, School of Education and Social Sciences

Email: Dina.Sidhva@uws.ac.uk

PURE profile link: https://research-portal.uws.ac.uk/en/persons/dina-sidhva

Name: Dr Arno van der Zwet
Position: Senior Lecturer, School of Education and Social Sciences

Email: Arno.van-der-Zwet@uws.ac.uk

PURE profile link: https://research-portal.uws.ac.uk/en/persons/arno-van-der-zwet

Name: Evdoxia Viza
Position: Lecturer, School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences

Email: Evi.Viza@uws.ac.uk

PURE profile link: https://research-portal.uws.ac.uk/en/persons/evdoxia-viza

Name: Dr Shadi Whitburn
Position: Post-doctoral Research Fellow, School of Business and Creative Industries

Email: Shadi.Whitburn@uws.ac.uk
PURE profile link: https://research-portal.uws.ac.uk/en/persons/shadi-whitburn​​

Name: Dr Catriona Fallow
Position: Lecturer in Performance, School of Business and Creative Industries
Email: Catriona.Fallow@uws.ac.uk
PURE profile link: https://research-portal.uws.ac.uk/en/persons/catriona-fallow

Name: Dr Eve Katsouraki,
Position: Lecturer in Performance, School of Business and Creative Industries
Email: Eve.Katsouraki@uws.ac.uk
PURE profile link: https://research-portal.uws.ac.uk/en/persons/eve-katsouraki

Name: Dr Henry Bell
Position: Senior Lecturer, School of Business and Creative Industries
Email: Henry.Bell@uws.ac.uk
PURE profile link: https://research-portal.uws.ac.uk/en/persons/henry-bell

Current PhD Students:

Temitope Alonge: Leadership in Times of Crisis: a study of the Lagos state public sector during the Covid-19 pandemic (School of BCI)

Amanda Muir: Exploring Women’s Pathways into Crime and Desistance: Unpacking Complexities, Risks and Vulnerabilities and Protracted Crisis across their Life Trajectories (School of ESS)

Theo Pangoupolos: Waste, Expenditure and Resilience: New Discourses, Politics and Public Performances (School of BCI)

Ogechukwu Okwu: Waste Electrical Electronic Equipment and Risk Assessment of Recycling in informal sector: A case study of Port-Harcourt Municipal Council, Nigeria (School of CEPS)

Recent completions:

Njomza Mehani (2022): Cultural Diplomacy as a Peacebuilding Mechanism in the Western Balkans (School of ESS)

• Acorn Foundation, Dharavi, India - www.dharaviproject.org

• Higher Population Council of Jordan (Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation) - www.hpc.org.jo

• Pesher Business Consulting Ltd. Nigeria - www.pesherconsulting.com

Universities:

• Bath Spa University - www.bathspa.ac.uk

• University of Edinburgh - www.ed.ac.uk

• IIT Bombay - www.iitb.ac.in

• Mount Kenya University - www.mku.ac.ke

• Nirmala College for Woman, Coimbatore - www.nirmalacollegeonline.ac.in/nirmala-college-for-women.php

• Shiv Nadar University, Delhi - snu.edu.in

• Care

• Education

• Entrepreneurship

• Environment

• Fragile livelihoods

• Gender-based Violence

• Infrastructure

• Poverty

• Refugees in protracted displacement