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Global Challenge: Understanding Cultures

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Nov 14, 2024

WUN Early Career Researcher Webinar

Register for the next webinar in WUN’s Early Career Researchers series, ‘Building Research Teams’. The session will look at skills for building research teams — from co-investigators, post-graduate assistants and

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Growing Up in Dense Cities: Understanding the Impact of Urban Density on Children’s Health and Wellbeing
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Building capacity to understand and improve urban resilience to blast threats: A comparative analysis of the 2020 Beirut explosion
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Gender Trouble: Glocalization of gender politics and challenges for public health and democracy
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Feb 27, 2023

Experts have urged the Ugandan government to invest in research collaborations that will boost innovation in cheaper, modern and clean energy technologies

Image via University of Leeds: ACERA Principal Investigators Dr Mary Suzan Abbo, CREEC Managing Director (3rd from left), and Professor Jon Lovett, University of Leeds (centre) with researchers from Congo

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Development of Home-based Augmented Reality Social Story Training Modules For Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
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Maternal Mental Health: global chronic stress and preterm birth risk prediction
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Feb 01, 2023

COVID-19 and domestic violence: impact on mental health

The WUN research consortium “Mental Health Impact and Access Services for Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence” led by Parveen Ali, Professor of Nursing and Gender Based Violence at The

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Jan 02, 2023

World Water Day 2023: WUN water and sanitation projects in the spotlight

Photo by Joshua Lanzarini on Unsplash World Water Day 2023 is about accelerating change to solve the water and sanitation crisis. The celebration of this year’s World Water Day coincides

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Nov 01, 2022

Empowered in Business or Penalised in Marriage: Experiences of Single Female Entrepreneurs in China

Photo by Mimi Thian on Unsplash The WUN research consortium Women’s Mobility: Negotiating Work and Family Spheres in Asia has published the paper “Empowered in Business or Penalised in Marriage:

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African Child and Youth Migration Network event
Oct 14, 2022

Creating and curating practical knowledge with traditional health practitioners & Indigenous knowledge holders

The African Child and Youth Migration Network, based in the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Nursing, is hosting a free, virtual workshop on Friday 21 October from 9:30-10:30 am (Edmonton, GMT-6). Dr.

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Oct 04, 2022

The UK National Health Service’s migration infrastructure in times of Brexit and COVID-19: Disjunctures, continuities and innovations

Photo by Rusty Watson on Unsplash This new paper, published in International Migration, is looking at ‘migration infrastructures’ in the UK National Health Service (NHS) following Brexit and during the

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Sep 06, 2022

From agency to root causes: addressing structural barriers to transformative justice in transitional and post-conflict settings

Photo by Clay Banks via UnSplash Transformative justice has emerged as a new practice agenda for addressing structural and systemic violence in post-conflict and post-authoritarian societies. The Transformative Justice Network

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Aug 24, 2022

Studying the Other or Becoming the Other: Engaging with Indigenous Peoples in IS Research

The WUN research consortium “The trans-nationalisation of indigenous movements: The role of digital technologies” has investigated how information systems (IS) can promote social inclusion, and how Indigenous peoples use technologies

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Aug 08, 2022

WUN Research Development Fund 2022

WUN is pleased to announce that the Research Development Fund (RDF) 2022 round is now open. In its fourteenth year, the RDF provides researchers at member universities with grants of

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May 18, 2022

How Should Information Systems Research Approach Indigenous Peoples?

SUMMARY Researchers from the field of information systems held three events to discuss how their field can set aside colonial legacies and approach Indigenous peoples in new ways. Together, they

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May 18, 2022

COVID altered adolescent sexual and reproductive health care in less wealthy countries

SUMMARY An analysis of existing research on adolescent sexual and reproductive health in low- and middle-income countries identifies several themes that warrant further investigation. Those themes include child marriage, teen

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Mar 12, 2022

WUN-supported global research network aims to improve opportunities and outcomes for women

The Global Research Network on the Economic Empowerment of Women (ReNEW) seeks to examine innovative approaches to research and policy development to improve women’s economic empowerment. (Photo: Jason Goodman, Unsplash)

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Jan 26, 2022

Where do climate migrants go?

As climate change renders populated areas uninhabitable, what does justice look like for those who must relocate? A forthcoming collection of papers in the journal Regional Environmental Change will address

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A comparative study of the impact of COVID-19 on migration
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Sexuality across cultures: International Sex Survey in South Africa, Switzerland, Canada, and Taiwan
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Dec 15, 2021

RDF 2021 Announcement

WUN is pleased to announce the results of the Research Development Fund (RDF) 2021 round on the theme of Mobilising for a Sustainable Future.  These awards mark a direct investment in international

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Dec 14, 2021

Pandemic worsens inequalities at all levels

Researchers gathered last month in South Africa to consider how governments handled COVID-19 and how those choices led to deepening inequalities at all levels of society. “The broad topic we

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Nov 24, 2021

Collaborative storytelling project demonstrates resilience of women in migration

A new website will educate visitors about women’s experiences of migration, including episodes of violence and stories of resilience. One in three women around the world experience violence during their

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Oct 18, 2021

Research to support vulnerable migrant children

The WUN research group ‘African Child and Youth Wellbeing in the Context of Migration and Displacement’ is investigating African child and youth health in the context of migration and displacement.

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Sep 28, 2021

Pandemic worsens inequality for migrant workers

The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified the challenges facing migrant workers in Australia, China, and the United Kingdom, say researchers. “In each of the three countries, COVID has worsened existing inequalities

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Cultural Landscapes and their Critical Role in Climate Change
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May 14, 2021

African Child and Youth Wellbeing in the Context of Migration and Displacement

A global research group supported by WUN is working to boost the wellbeing of African children and young people who have migrated or been displaced. Many African communities have high

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Rising Inequalities (RISIN) – Taking stock and learning from the Covid 19 Pandemic
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May 10, 2021

Investigating the efficacy of traditional Ghanaian medicines

A WUN research team has investigated the efficacy of traditional Ghanaian medicines in combating neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and identified several such that are highly effective, at least in a

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Exploring the changes in sustainable and healthy food practices in response to COVID-19
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Exploring the changing social networks of low-income migrants in post-COVID cities: Implications for community-based health infrastructure
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Gendering Public Health – Women’s Leadership in the context of COVID-19
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Feb 11, 2021

WUN research group organises International Conference on Gender and (Im)mobility in Uncertain Times

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) researcher Professor Jing Song will hold an international conference on 11-12 March 2021 as part of her WUN interdisciplinary research group ‘Women’s Mobility: Negotiating

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Hidden Voices: Exploring the health experiences of children who migrate
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Memorials to people who have died and to those missing during migration: a global project
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WUN Data Science Network/Cross-disciplinary Collaboration Forum for Digital Health Research
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African Child and Youth Wellbeing in the Context of Migration and Displacement
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Labor Market Outcomes Among Highly-Skilled Immigrants and Return Migrants: The Role of Place of Education
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Migration Policy, Welfare Boundary, Social Integration & Health-related Quality of Life of Children from Immigrant Families
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Migration, Development and Global Transformations (MDGT)
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Big Data
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Non-market valuation of loss and damage under climate change
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Resilience in Youth and Service Providers
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Health Literacy and Health Education Mobility for Musicians: a global approach
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(Re)negotiating power to enhance resilience to climate change
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Intercultural Communication in Interaction: multimodal approaches
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Impacts of Future Climate and Land Use Changes on Public Health and Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia
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Language Assessment Research Network
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Women’s Mobility: Negotiating Work and Family Spheres in Asia
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China’s Growth Transition: Challenges and Global Adjustments
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Transformative Justice Network
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WUN Health Humanities initiative: towards the development of the patient-centred and compassionate Health Professional through education
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!Gâ re – Rangatiratanga – Dadirri : Decolonizing the ‘capture of knowledge’
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Legal Cultures and New Regional Policies towards Forced Migrants
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Gendering Migration: Women and Girls Experiences of Gender-based discrimination, abuse and violence across migratory stages
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Understanding Globalisation – Margins and Peripheries
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Climate-Induced Migration: Global Scope, Regional Impacts and National Policy Frameworks
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Resilient Peace: Exploring resilient peacebuilding actors, cultures and policy transfer in West Africa
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Addressing Multiple Forms of Migrant Precarity – Beyond “Management ” of Migration to an Integrated Rights-Based Approach
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An Intersectional Exploration of Religion and Gender-Based Violence: A Case Study of Accra in Global Context
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Mental Health Impact and Access to Health and Social Care Services for Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence
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In-Herit: The Role of Heritage in Ontological Security during Migration and Displacement
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Marriage Migrants ​in Asia
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COVID-19 and Migration Systems in Transition
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Completed
Open WUN
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Negotiating Transition to a ‘Grown Up World’: the Journey to Sexual and Reproductive Health for Unaccompanied Adolescent Asylum Seekers
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Global Research Network on the Economic Empowerment of Women (ReNEW)
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Migration with and without Children: Causes and Economic, Social, and Psychological Consequences
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Older Workers and Caregiving
CARMEN
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CARMEN (Co-operative for Advancement of Research through Medieval European Network)
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Global Initiative Promoting Meaningful Engagement of People with Advanced Dementia Ageing in Supported Living Environments
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Understanding Evidence pathways and government decision-making in response to Covid-19: a multi-country comparative analysis
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Networking Young Citizens
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Structural Reinforcement of Inequality
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Global Regionalisms, Governance and Higher Education
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The trans-nationalisation of indigenous movements: The role of digital technologies
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Indian Ocean Archaeology Network
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Multilingualism and Mobility in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
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Sustainable Care: Connecting People and Systems
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Migrants’ Decision-Making in the Context of Shifting Migration Regimes: Highly Skilled Healthcare Professionals
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Indigenous Research Network
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Data Diplomacy: Political & Social Dimensions of Data Collection & Sharing
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Pedestrian Pathways in the Healthy City
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The intersection between migration and health in later life in a cross-border context: a comparative study in Taiwan, England and oceanic countries
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A Cross-National Study of Urban Solid Waste Management: Learnings and Way Forward
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Establishing the Low Carbon Energy Transition in a Changing Climate Network
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Transcultural Understanding of Designing with Climate Change: A Joint Design Research Studio Approach
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Web Observatory Project
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Global Social Initiative on Ageing
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Environmental and social consequences of decommissioning offshore infrastructure
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Dec 09, 2020

In homes across the globe: understanding the mental health issues of intimate partner violence

SUMMARY Intimate partner violence is shockingly widespread: the World Health Organization estimates that, as a global average, one in three women have experienced violence from a male partner or former

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