Impacts
Streamlining military operations
A performance review of the British-led Provincial Reconstruction Team in Afghanistan led to changes in programme management and team support.
Secular education in a traditional setting
Research of Islamic madrasa education influenced interventions for the Islamic and Quranic school component in Nigeria, reducing suspicions of 'westernised' secular education.
Latest news
- Research on human face-spotting skills could improve security systems (ESRC website)
- The Global Uncertainties Programme Annual Meeting was held on 14 March 2012. Further information about the programme, including links to plenary and panel presentations and posters, is now available.
- Dr Lawrence McNamara, GU Leadership Fellow, joins Channel 4 News International Editor Lindsey Hilsum to debate security, secrecy, the British courts and public interest (YouTube)
- How will we even know a closed judgement exists? What proposals for closed hearings would mean for press freedom (Guardian)
Our research
- Ideologies and beliefs
- Terrorism
- Transnational organised crime
- Cybersecurity
- Threats to infrastructures
- Proliferation of CBRN weapons and technologies