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GLOBALCHALLENGESRESEARCHCONFERENCE 2019Building Resilience

CONTENTS

Welcome 3

Useful information 4

Finding your way around 6

The University, Canterbury, Kent and places of interest 9

Conference programme 10

Breakout Session timetable 11

Breakout Session abstracts 12

Speakers biographies 17

Research Services and International Partnerships 21

Our research 24

Global Challenges Doctoral Centre (GCDC) 26

GCRF at Kent 27

Additional GCRF and Newton Awards at Kent 28

What you need to know: applying for GCRF funding 30

Sustainable Development Goals 31

Welcome to the Global Challenges Research Fund Conferenceat the University of Kent. This delegate pack contains usefulinformation about the conference, the campus, the city ofCanterbury and the University’s GCRF activities and research.

FOLLOW USFollow us on Twitter for updates and useful conference information!@GCRF_Kent#GCRFKent2019

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I am delighted to welcome you to the University of Kent, and to thismajor conference focussing on global challenges.

The University was founded in 1965 as an institution that aimed to do things differently by nurturing interdisciplinary research, thinkingcreatively about solutions to intractable problems, and thereby make a significant positive difference to the world around us.

These ideals are shared with the Global Challenges Research Fund, a fantastic government initiative to support cutting edge researchaddressing the challenges faced by countries that are recipients ofoverseas development assistance.

Because Kent’s principles are aligned with those of the GCRF, theUniversity has had considerable success with the Fund, and later inthis programme we look at some of the incredible projects that haveresulted from this.

Our success led to additional funding from Research England, part ofUK Research and Innovation, and we have used this to support thetwelve workshops that you will hear about during the course of theconference.

The focus of these workshops is ‘resilience’. In a fast-changing worldit’s important to understand and develop resilience in its many forms,from resilient governance to resilient and sustainable tourism, fromthe fight against TB to providing education in war zones.

These workshops show exactly what GCRF is about: collaboration,development, and capacity building. They provide the sparks that willkindle further partnerships, and I very much look forward to hearinghow these continue and blossom in the future, and the excitingresearch that will result.

So enjoy your time in Canterbury and do take this wonderfulopportunity to hear about the results of the workshops, to talk toothers, and to develop those links. It is through these links, thesecollaborations and two-way conversations, that we will start to meetthose global challenges, and develop a resilient future.

Professor Karen CoxVice-Chancellor and President

WELCOME

USEFULINFORMATION

Conference locationThe University of KentCanterburyKentCT2 7NZ

Key conference locations(see map on pages 6-7):• Darwin Conference Suite (conference dinners,morning sessions on 1 July)

• Templeman Library (afternoon sessions on 1 July,all sessions on 2 July)

• Keynes College (accommodation)

Key contactsPlease contact Grace Grussenmeyer (GCRF Officer) with general conference queries or concerns:

T: 01227 816419 (Monday-Friday 9.00-17.00)M:07553 567 764 (WhatsApp)E: [email protected]

Conference Office:T: 01227 828000 E: [email protected]

Campus Security:Emergencies: (01227 82)3333Email: [email protected]

Conference registration deskThe conference will kick off in Darwin College, andthe registration desk will be situated at the entranceto the Darwin Conference Suite. All delegates areasked to register for the conference and collect theirdelegate badge between 09.00-09.30 on Monday1 July.

Name badgesPlease collect your name badge at the registrationdesk in Darwin Conference Suite between 09.00-09.30 on Monday, 1 July. Name badges have beencolour-coded to serve as a conversation starter.Please see the colour key below:Green: Kent GCRF Workshop LeadYellow: International Workshop CollaboratorRed: SpeakerBlue: Kent delegateOrange: External delegatePurple: GCDC Training School participant

Breakout SessionsDelegates are asked to sign up for breakoutsessions when they register and collect their namebadge between 09:00-09:30 on Monday, 1 July.As space in each session is limited, spaces will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis.

TwitterFor those delegates wishing to tweet during theconference we will be using the hashtag#GCRFKent2019 so please include it in your tweets.Follow us at @GCRF_Kent for live updates anduseful conference information!

Get connected on campusVisitor Wi-FiAll delegates will be supplied with a Wi-Fi log-in in order to access the internet during their stay. Log-in information and instructions will be suppliedduring registration. Wireless zones are available in teaching areas, social areas and in the studentaccommodation on campus.

Please contact our Conference Office if you have notreceived your Wi-Fi log-in (T: +44 (0)1227 828000,E: [email protected]).

WiFi Guest provided by The CloudThis is free public Wi-Fi for visitors who don’t have aKent IT Account, an eduroam account or govroamaccount.

How to get on WiFi Guest1 Find WiFi Guest in your list of available Wi-Finetworks and select it.

2 Log in, or register if you’re a first time user, to gaininternet access.

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TravelBusTaking the bus is the easiest way to get from thecampus down to the city centre. The Uni1 (citycentre) and Uni2 (also goes to the city centre, butvia a longer route) travel every 30 minutes(approximately) and also some services stop byCanterbury East and West train stations. Moreinformation is available here:www.kent.ac.uk/transport/bus/canterbury

Key bus stops:• Keynes – on University Road past KeynesCollege road

• Science building – on Giles Lane in betweenMarlowe and Stacey buildings

• Gulbenkian Theatre – on Giles Lane behindthe Gulbenkian

• Darwin College – on Darwin Road next toCornwallis building

• Park Wood – the main Park Wood bus topoutside Purchas Court

Taxis• Canterbury Taxis Ltd – 01227 444444https://canterburytaxis.co.uk

• Longleys – 01227 710777www.longleysprivatehire.co.uk/

• Wilkinson Taxis – 01227 450450www.wilkinsontaxis.com

• Cabline Taxis – 01227 555555http://cabline6.co.uk/

Food and drink on campus

Create CaféMap ref J13 Marlowe building29-30 June Closed1-5 July 09.00-15.006 July 08.30-15.007 July Closed

K-Bar Map ref N6Keynes CollegeWeekends 12.00-23.00 Weekdays 11.00-23.00

OriginsMap ref E4Darwin CollegeWeekends ClosedWeekdays 11.00-17.00 (drinks, snacks)

12.00-16.30 (hot food)

Sibson CaféMap ref C2Sibson building29-30 June Closed1-5 July 09.00-15.006 July 08.30-15.007 July Closed

Sports CaféMap ref H5Sports Centre29-30 June Closed1-5 July 09.00-15.006 July 08.30-15.007 July Closed

The Street KitchenMap ref J16Jarman Plaza29-30 June Closed1-6 July 11.00-15.007 July Closed

Dolche VitaMap ref N6Keynes College29-30 June 07.45-10.00 (breakfast)1 July 07.45-10.00 (breakfast)

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4-5 July 07.45-10.00 (breakfast)08.30-16.00 (drinks, sandwiches, snacks)12.00-15.00 & 18.00-19.30 (hot food)

6 July 07.45-10.00 (breakfast)08.30-16.00 (drinks, sandwiches, snacks)18.00-19.30 (hot food)

7 July 07.45-10.00 (breakfast)18.00-19.30 (hot food)

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Local places of interestCanterbury Cathedral, in 597 St Augustine arrived inKent and soon established the first cathedral.Between 1070 and 1077 the cathedral was rebuilt asa Norman church by Archbishop Lanfranc.Augustine’s original building lies beneath the floor ofthe nave. www.canterbury-cathedral.org

The Old Buttermarket, was known up until the mid-17th century as the Bull Stake, as bulls were toedovernight against a stake to be ‘baited’ by dogs, withthe expectation that this would produce more tendermeant. The slaughter area of the city, known as theshambles, was nearby in Butchery Lane.

Abbot’s Mill, for nearly 150 years the second largestCanterbury building was the Abbot’s Mill, standingwhere St Radigund’s street bridge now crosses abranch of the Great Stour. It burnt to the ground in aspectacular fire in 1933 however you can still seethe remaining metal work from the 1792 mill.

Westgate Gardens, with their stunning riversidewalk, are one of the city’s showpiece gardens. Theyare situated alongside the Westgate Towers, thelargest surviving medieval city gate in England.

St Augustine’s Abbey, This great abbey, markingthe rebirth of Christianity in southern England, wasfounded shortly after 597 CE by St Augustine.Originally created as a burial place for the Anglo-Saxon kings of Kent, this impressive abbey is animportant part of the Canterbury World HeritageSite, along with the cathedral and St Martin’sChurch. www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/st-augustines-abbey/

Canterbury Castle, The keep of Canterbury Castle,along with Westgate, is the most prominentremaining landmark of the city’s medieval defencesand still dominates the junction of Wincheap, thering road (Rheims Way) and Castle Street nearCanterbury East Station. www.canterbury-archaeology.org.uk/castle/4590809462

The Canterbury Tales, Meet costumed guides, walkalongside Chaucer’s pilgrims and revel in therecreated medieval scenes as five colourful tales oflove, infidelity, intrigue, courtship and death arebrought vividly to life. You can experience the sights,sounds and smells of medieval England; a uniqueand theatrical introduction to Canterbury and itsfamous literary connection.www.canterburytales.org.uk/

THE UNIVERSITY, CANTERBURY,KENT AND PLACES OF INTEREST

About the UniversityThe University of Kent is a leading UK universityproducing world-class research, rated internationallyexcellent and leading the way in many fields ofstudy. Our 20,000 students are based at campusesand centres in Canterbury, Medway, Athens,Brussels, Paris, Rome and Tonbridge.

With 97% of our research judged to be ofinternational quality in the most recent ResearchAssessment Framework (REF2014), our studentsstudy with some of the most influential thinkers in theworld. Universities UK recently named research fromthe University as one of the UK’s 100 BestBreakthroughs of the last century for its significantimpact on people’s everyday lives.

Known as the ‘UK’s European university’, ourinternational outlook is a major focus and we believein our students developing a global perspective.Many of our courses provide opportunities to studyor work abroad; we have partnerships with morethan 400 universities worldwide and are the only UKuniversity to have postgraduate centres in Athens,Brussels, Paris and Rome.

The University is a truly international community with over 40% of our academics coming fromoutside the UK and our students representing over150 nationalities.

We are proud to be part of Canterbury, Medway andthe county of Kent and, through collaboration withpartners, work to ensure our global ambitions have a positive impact on the region’s academic, cultural,social and economic landscape.

Canterbury and KentCanterbury is a lovely city with medieval buildings,atmospheric pubs as well as a wide range of shops.It has a warm and friendly atmosphere, and is withineasy reach of London and mainland Europe.

The city’s medieval history is easy to see in its streetsand buildings and in the world-famous cathedral,which is the venue for the University’s degreeceremonies. Canterbury Cathedral, St Augustine’sAbbey and St Martin’s church make up a UNESCOWorld Heritage Site. Education has been at the heartof Canterbury since 597 CE and there is now apopulation of almost 40,000 students in the city.

The county of Kent is known as The Garden ofEngland, and is one of the most picturesque areasof the country. East Kent has 120 miles of coastline;the nearest coastal town being Whitstable, whereyou will find beaches, water sports, seafood andboutique shopping.

MORE INFORMATIONFor more information about our city andwhat things you can do, please visitwww.canterbury.co.uk


Sunday 30 June

From 14.00 Arrival/check-in to accommodation Keynes College Reception

19.00 Drinks reception and buffet Darwin Conference Suite

Monday 1 July

09.00 Registration (tea and coffee available) Darwin Conference Suite

09.30 Opening remarksPhil Ward, Deputy Director of Research Services, University of Kent

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09.35 WelcomeProfessor Karen Cox, Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Kent


09.45 Plenary: GCRF – Resilience perspectivesDr John Rees, GCRF Challenge Leader (Resilience); Director, Earth Hazards & Observatories, British Geological Survey


10.30 Tea and coffee break Darwin Conference Suite

11.00 Provocation: Is a Resilient World Achievable? Dr James Borrell, Research Fellow, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew


11.30 World CaféDr Sarah Tetley, Research Services (Facilitator), University of Kent


13.00 Delegates make their way to the Templeman Library for lunch

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14.30 Panel Session: Forming Productive and Sustainable PartnershipsDr Katie McQuaid, Senior Research Fellow, University of Leeds (Chair)

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16:00 Tea and coffee break Templeman Foyer

16:30 Breakout Sessions (I)Theme Rapporteurs (Chairs)

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19:00 Wine reception and gala dinner Darwin Conference Suite

Tuesday 2 July

09.00 Sign in (tea and coffee available) Templeman Foyer

09.30 Breakout Sessions (II)Theme Rapporteurs (Chairs)


10.30 Tea and coffee break Templeman Foyer

11.00 Breakout Sessions (III)Theme Rapporteurs (Chairs)


12.00 Lunch break Templeman Foyer

In the afternoon the conference will divide into two parallel events: the conclusion of the GCRF ‘Building Resilience’ Conference, and the start of the five day Global Challenges Doctoral Centre Training School.

13.30 Panel Session: A Resilient Future: key commonalities from the four themes Phil Ward (Chair)


15.00 Tea and coffee break Templeman Foyer

15.30 Plenary: Building Resilience through collaboration with the Global SouthAmbassador Shahid A Kamal, Founder, COMSATS Centre for Climate and Sustainability (CCCS)


16.30 Closing remarksDr Simon Kerridge, Director of Research Services, University of Kent


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Monday 1 July, 16.30

Theme Preparing for a ChangingEnvironment (PCE)

Sustainable Tourism and Heritage (STH)

Improving Health and Wellbeing (IHW)

Development through HigherEducation (DHE)

Session Enhancing the implementation ofclimate change mitigation andadaptation policies in Thailandand MalaysiaDr Frank Grundig

La Cuba profunda: The compatibilities of localdevelopment and internationalheritage tourism in Granmaprovince, CubaDr Rebecca Ogden

Health reforms in Ukraine,implications for infant andmaternal health: identifyingpriority areas for policy-relevantresearchProfessor Sally Kendall

Teaching and learning in conflictand refugee contexts: SupportingSyrian higher education throughacademic development Dr Tom Parkinson

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Session The gender continuum in water (in) securityDr Trude Sundberg

ResCoasT 19: Resilience andcoastal tourism in South-East AsiaDr Mark Hampton

Human papillomavirus (HPV)vaccine acceptability in AfricancontextsDr Rebecca Cassidy

Cultural consequences ofuniversity reform in Georgia Professor David Ayers


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Session Co-designing green infrastructurein informal settlementsDr Silvio Caputo

Heritage management capacitybuilding mapping and trainingDr Evangelos Kyriakidis

Social science research insupport of consorted societaleffort to fight TB epidemic in post-Soviet countries Dr Olena Nizalova

Towards a resilient researchenvironment in South East Asia Dr Sarah Tetley


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All breakout sessions will take place in the Templeman Library seminar rooms, and roomnumbers will be posted for delegates’ information in the Templeman foyer on the day.


The RESCOAST 19 workshop at Gadjah MadaUniversity, Yogyakarta, Indonesia created a communityof practice of academics, NGOs, government and thetourism sector with attendees from Vietnam, Thailand,Malaysia, Indonesia and the UK.

First, this breakout session will outline challengesfacing coastal tourism and the research gapsidentified at the RESCOAST workshop. Second, wewill discuss ways forward and future collaborativeresearch on coastal tourism resilience leading tomore effective evidence-based policy and realizablebenefits for coastal communities.

La Cuba profunda: The compatibilities of localdevelopment and international heritage tourismin Granma province, CubaDr Rebecca OgdenLecturer in Latin American Studies, School ofEuropean Culture and Languages, University of KentDr Ibrahin Amhed León TellezDirector of the Center for Management and LocalDevelopment Studies, University of GranmaDr Diurkis Madrigal LeonProfessor of the Center for Management and LocalDevelopment Studies, University of GranmaDomingo Cuza PedreraAdjunct Professor, University of Granma & Director of Tourist Information Office, Granma, Cuba

This workshop explores the potential for internationalheritage tourism to positively impact local socio-culturaldevelopment in Granma, eastern Cuba. Collaborativepresentations, which will include contributions fromacademics and a tourism practitioner from the region,will interrogate how economic, infrastructural andsocio-cultural ‘resilience’ can be consolidated in thisregion of Cuba – a country that has experienced

several political-economic ‘shocks’ (such as thepunitive, newly tightened US embargo), and extremeweather (including Hurricanes Matthew and Irma) inrecent years.

With Cuba’s economy now dependent on tourism,development of the sector in the neglected Granmaregion would fortify regional economic resilience.Granma province hosts considerable historical andcultural heritage (42% of Cuba’s historic sites). Yet alack of infrastructure, overly centralised decision-making, and its perceived irrelevance (by Havanapolicymakers) to the tourist market currently harm itspotential for sensitive and sustainable touristdevelopment to aid local development. In principle,re-investment of hard currency in local culturalinitiatives should aid local development; however,this model only works in regions that enjoy sustainedaccess to tourism. Many also note that economisticmetrics for local development minimise crucialfactors such as social/cultural well-being, socialequality and socio-cultural heritage. The workshopwill also address such factors and their implications.

Heritage management capacity buildingmapping and trainingDr Evangelos KyriakidisSenior Lecturer in Aegean Prehistory, School ofEuropean Culture and Languages, University of KentDr Kenneth Aitchison, Head of Capability Mapping,Heritage Management Organization

Heritage is recognized as one of the most importantyet most elusive of assets. In a global post-colonialagenda, aid programmes fail to meet the needs ofcountries, while our human capital and heritagebecomes less diverse.

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In the first half of 2019 ResearchEngland funded a series ofworkshops led by Kent academicsand international collaborators inDAC-list countries.

These workshops explored issues of resiliencewithin four diverse themes: • Preparing for a Changing Environment• Sustainable Tourism and Heritage • Improving Health and Wellbeing • Development through Higher Education

These breakout sessions are an opportunity to hearabout the engagement in and outcome from theseGCRF-funded workshops, and the next stepsleading on from them.

Please visit https://research.kent.ac.uk/researchservices/gcrf2019-workshops to viewbiographies of the GCRF Kent workshop leaders and their international collaborators.

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ResCoasT 19: Resilience and coastal tourism in South-East AsiaDr Mark HamptonReader in Tourism Management, School ofAnthropology and Conservation and Kent BusinessSchool, University of KentProfessor Amran HamzahAcademic Practitioner, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia(UTM)Hernowo MuliawanSenior Researcher in Tourism Planning andDevelopment, Stuppa IndonesiaIndah Kartika SariDoctoral Candidate, Gadjah Mada Uniiversity

International tourism is typically concentrated at thecoast and South-East Asia hosts multipledestinations including iconic resorts such as Bali,Penang, Phuket and Ha Long Bay. For DAC listcountries with high birth rates and widedemographic pyramids resulting in youth un- andunder-employment, tourism is a crucial sector foreconomic development, employment creation,livelihood opportunities and linkages through thesupply chain (Hampton et al, 2018). Tourism canencompass two UN Sustainable DevelopmentGoals: SDG 1 – no poverty; and SDG 8 – decentwork and economic growth.

However, coastal tourism-dependent communities inSouth-East Asia are highly vulnerable to both naturaldisasters (earthquakes, tsunami, tropical cyclones)but also to human-originated hazards and shocks(terrorism, political instability). This vulnerabilityconstrains sustainable development from tourism,and impedes effective poverty alleviation.

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We delivered a GCRF workshop in Ukraine with theaim to facilitate social science and health researchto support joint efforts of policy makers and civilsociety to fight TB Epidemic in Belarus, Ukraine,Georgia and Moldova.

At the conference session we will discuss thefollowing three results:• Research needs in the region to supportdevelopment of effective policies andinterventions in the area of TB control.

• Research agenda for social scientists to supportnational End TB strategies and the difficultiestowards its implementation.

• Ideas on how to put together the efforts of socialscientists, civil society activists and policy makersinterested in ending TB epidemic.

Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccineacceptability in an African contextDr Rebecca CassidyResearch Associate, Centre for Health ServicesStudies, University of KentDr Tim FentonLecturer in Molecular Biosciences, School ofBiosciences, University of KentProfessor Michael CalnanProfessor of Medical Sociology, School of SocialPolicy, Sociology and Social Research, University of KentDr Erica GadsbySenior Research Fellow, Centre for Health ServicesStudies, University of KentProfessor Martin MichaelisProfessor of Molecular Medicine, School ofBiosciences, University of KentDr Mark WassSenior Lecturer in Computational Biology, School ofBiosciences, University of KentDr Josephat NyageroSenior Lecturer, Amref International UniversityProfessor Marion MutugiVice Chancellor, Amref International UniversityMaria BrighentiUK Partnership Development Officer, Doctors withAfrica CUAMM

Cervical cancer is a serious threat to women’s lives,causing one woman’s death every two minutes.Nearly 90% of these deaths are of women living inlow- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Yetthese deaths are largely preventable throughvaccination against Human Papillomavirus (HPV),screening, early diagnosis and timely treatment.

In Sub-Saharan Africa, more than 20% of cancersare caused by HPV, and as much as a third areattributable to viral disease. HPV vaccination – whichis very safe and very effective – is an importantprimary prevention intervention in a comprehensivecervical cancer prevention and control programme.

Although it is recommended by WHO andsupported by GAVI (The Vaccine Alliance), relativelyfew LMICs have successfully implemented auniversal vaccination programme. Many lessonshave been learned from multiple demonstrationprojects, and from the wider literature related tovaccination and public health programmeimplementation and uptake. However, there is anongoing need to critically engage with challengesrelated to (for example) communications, deliverystrategies and sustainability in a contextuallyrelevant, collaborative way.

Our partnership brings together academics fromboth life sciences and social sciences, as well asclinicians and operational staff from across Africa,associated with three key partners: AMREF, Doctorswith Africa, and the University of Kent.

In this session we will outline our process andoutputs from the Partnership Workshop held lastweek in Nairobi, hosted by AMREF InternationalUniversity. There will be opportunities to discuss thechallenges and research gaps identified, and toshare our aims and next steps for the network.

Health reforms in Ukraine, and implications forinfant and maternal health: Identifying priorityareas for policy-relevant researchProfessor Sally KendallProfessor of Community Nursing and Public Health,Centre for Health Services Studies, University of KentDr Olena NizalovaSenior Research Fellow in Health Economics, Schoolof Economics and Centre for Health ServicesStudies, University of KentDr Iryna VoloshynaProfessor of Family Medicine, Therapy, Cardiologyand Neurology of Postgraduate Education,Zaporizhzhia State Medical UniversityDr Natalia GusakAssociate Professor and Head of School of SocialWork Department, National University of Kyiv-MohylaAcademyDr Mariya BachmahaPublic Health Consultant, Ukraine Catholic UniversityOlga NikolaievaResearch Associate, Kyiv School of Economics

As health affects GDP directly through productivitygains and indirectly through educational gains, theimportance of addressing population health crisesas a way to improve resilience of any society oreconomy cannot be underestimated. The maternal mortality rate in Ukraine is 24, inMoldova 23, in Georgia 26 (compared with 9 in UKand 4 in Belarus) having implications for socialjustice as well as the economy. The aim of thesession is to provide a platform for all the relevantstakeholders from Ukraine, informed by othercountries in the region to discuss the priorities forpolicy and research in relation to maternal and infanthealth during a period of health reform in Ukraineand the wider region.

This session aims to start the conversation on howwe can mitigate these challenges and what Kentand the Heritage Management Organization hasdone in the field.

The UN Development Programme considers theCapacity Development process to be a five-stagecycle, and Kent, together with the HeritageManagement Organization, uses this as a roadmapto deliver Capacity Building in the heritage sector.

1 Engaging stakeholders. We talk to people on theground, finding out what they think is needed andhow we can partner with them to work effectively

2 Assessing capacity assets and needs. This isCapacity Mapping – we carry out informedsurveys to find out how many people are workingin heritage, in whatever roles, who they areworking for and what their skills needs are

3 Planning a capacity development programme. Wetake the results of the capacity mapping exercise,combined with stakeholders’ views and use theseto plan out what kind of training could be mosteffectively delivered

4 Implementing a capacity development response.This plan is used to then deliver CapacityTraining, which we often aim to have do by havingexperts deliver face-to-face training, supportedby online resources, and always incorporating a‘train-the-trainers’ element that allows theoutcomes of the training to be sustainablyreproduced and multiplied

5 Evaluate Capacity Development. And we measurewhat we have done, in terms of what real changeshave been achieved by the action. Followingevaluation, we can be in a position to re-engagewith stakeholders, and the cycle continues.

Improving Health and Wellbeing theme

Social science research in support of aconcerted societal effort to fight TB epidemic inpost-Soviet countriesDr Olena NizalovaSenior Research Fellow in Health Economics, Schoolof Economics and Centre for Health ServicesStudies, University of KentDr Mariya BachmahaPublic Health Consultant, Ukraine Catholic UniversityYuliya ChornaExecutive Director, TB Europe CoalitionOlga NikolaievaResearch Associate, Kyiv School of Economics

Tuberculosis remains the world’s leading cause ofdeath from a single infectious agent. Althoughmostly affecting developing countries, it has becomea global concern due to globalisation, increasedpopulation mobility and enormously high rates oflatent infection. As the 2018 UN General Assemblyhigh level meeting on ending TB confirmed, tacklingTB epidemic requires consorted effort of bothnational stakeholders – politicians, civil society andresearchers – and international players.

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Attended by over 70 guests from across South EastAsia, the event resulted in the sharing of vitalknowledge and the beginning of new partnershipsintended to secure more research income for theregion. The Kent GCRF conference will provide theopportunity to feedback from this event and identifythe next steps in building a resilient researchenvironment for South East Asia.

Teaching and learning in conflict and refugeecontexts: Supporting Syrian higher educationthrough academic developmentDr Tom ParkinsonLecturer, Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of KentDr Musallam AbedtalasExecutive Assistant Professor in Economics, AleppoUniversity and Assistant Professor in Tourism,Mardin Artuklu UniversityNidal Al AjajMaster’s Degree Candidate, Gaziantep University

Syrian higher education has been decimated since2011: physical infrastructure is damaged, resourcesare scarce, populations are displaced, and staffand students suffer from psychological trauma.Thousands of academics have fled Syria, resultingin a considerable deficit of knowledge andeducational delivery within the country, and manyacademics in exile are deskilling due to inactivityand isolation. There is therefore an urgent need tosupport and sustain Syrian academic communities,both within the country and in exile.

In this breakout session, we will explore themesthat emerged from a recent workshop that broughttogether Syrian academics exiled in Turkey andinternational counterparts from, or working in otherconflict, post-conflict refugee or at-risk contexts(South Africa, Kenya, Belarus, Palestine, Serbia,Northern Ireland). Workshop participants workedtogether to identify challenges, needs andopportunities associated with teaching and learningin the conflict and refugee contexts, map resources,and formulate strategies. In this session we willconsider the how the international academiccommunity should support higher educationunder threat.

Cultural consequences of university reform inGeorgiaProfessor David AyersProfessor of Modernism and Critical Theory, Schoolof English, University of KentProfessor Giga ZedaniaRector, Ilia State UniversityProfessor Bela TsipuriaProfessor of Comparative Literature, Ilia StateUniversity

This workshop is examining the effects of theUniversity reforms in Georgia which began to beimplemented in 2004. It will bring together scholars

from the humanities and social sciences,administrators and former government ministers. InMay 2005, Georgia joined the Bologna process, andwas the beneficiary of several well-fundedinternational programmes designed to improvequality and governance (https://eqe.ge/eng). In thewake of those quantifiable and documentedreforms, this workshop asks how we can evaluatetheir general societal and cultural effects in creatinga resilient and progressive nation, committed tofairness and equality. These general effects gobeyond the university structures and are harder toevaluate. This workshop will ask what work, in thedisciplines of humanities and social sciences, couldbe undertaken to assess the nature and durability ofthe effects of the reforms in the general society, andalso asks what the continuing and future role ofhigher education might be in further advancingGeorgia as a progressive and resilient nation.

Preparing for a Changing Environmenttheme

Co-designing green infrastructure in informalsettlementsDr Silvio CaputoSenior Lecturer, Kent School of Architecture andPlanningProfessor Samer BagaeenProfessor of Planning, Kent School of Architectureand PlanningDr Fabiana IzagaAssociate Professor, Faculty of Architecture andUrbanism, Federal University of Rio de JaneiroDr Lucia CostaProfessor of Landscape Architecture, FederalUniversity of Rio de Janeiro

This presentation will outline and elaborate on theresults of a workshop held in Rio de Janeiro in May2019. The workshop aimed at co-creating solutionsto improve environmental and health conditions byenhancing green infrastructure in Morro de Formiga,one of the informal settlements (ie favelas) in Rio deJaneiro. Participants in the workshop includedinhabitants of the settlements, representatives fromRio municipality, and academics and students ofurbanism from the Universidade Federal do Rio deJaneiro (UFRJ).

Typically, the self-built and unplanned nature ofinformal settlements results in lack of infrastructureand connectivity with adjacent parts of the city. InRio de Janeiro, the unregulated growth of somefavelas results also in the loss of large forest areasat the fringes of the city and generates a builtenvironment, which lacks the vital benefits thaturban infrastructure, and in particular greeninfrastructure, can provide.

The objectives of the session are the following:1 Provide an opportunity for the researchers fromUkraine and the wider region to share currentresearch and experience on maternal health withstakeholders from the UK and University of Kentas a result of the GCRF workshop held in Kyiv 3-4June 2019.

2 Discuss the priorities for health and policyresearch in relation to maternal and infant healthcare delivery.

3 Share experiences of developing a policy relevantresearch agenda for the area of maternal andinfant health, which could inform successfulimplementation of the reform process or thedevelopment of new approaches, particularly inPrimary Health Care.

4 Provide an opportunity to network and partner forfuture GCRF projects in this field.

Development Through HigherEducation theme

Towards a resilient research environment inSouth-East AsiaDr Sarah TetleyResearch Development Officer, Research Services,University of KentDr Helen LeechResearch Development Officer, Research Services,University of KentDr Savita AyyarFounder, Jaquaranda TreeDr Nguyen Van TangHead of Information and Development Department,National Technology Innovation Fund, Ministry ofScience and Technology, Vietnam

While most UK-based institutions have wellestablished systems in place for finding funding,responding to funder requirements (around ethicsand ODA compliance, for example) and in managingany subsequent awards, this is not the case for manyof our current and potential international partners.This can prevent their full participation incollaborative research initiatives and can alsopotentially jeopardise project success. If we are toengage in impactful, in-country, research to addressthe UN Sustainable Development Goals, working withpartners to develop research administration andmanagement (RMA) capacity in Low and MiddleIncome Countries is clearly a priority. Through GCRFprojects led by Professors Scaparra and Robinson,the University of Kent has an established presencein South East Asia.

Our experience of working with these partners todate has shown that they urgently need moreresearch funding but that they can lack knowledgeof the international funding landscape and of thespecific requirements attached to applying. To begintackling this, we ran an inaugural ‘ResearchResilience’ conference in Hanoi in May 2019.

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economics, and natural sciences together withrepresentatives of civil society organisations andgovernment. The main potential project thatemerged proposes to map new climate changemodels, which deliver detailed local scenarios, ontolocal climate change impacts in South East Asia andinvestigate ways of employing this new informationto mobilise mitigation policy action as well aspolicies on adaptation. In order to do so we proposeto investigate potential policy actions for a numberof areas including fresh water, agriculture, industry,tourism, health, architecture and others. Of particular concern is including different forms ofknowledge and enhancing social acceptability ofpolicy measures. A number of smaller projectsincluding a subset of workshop attendees have alsoemerged, including a project on support for climatechange policy options in Thailand, for which we arecurrently undertaking a pilot project.

The gender continuum in water (in)securityDr Trude SundbergLecturer in Social Policy, School of Social Policy,Sociology and Social Research, University of KentDr Debanuj DasGuptaAssistant Professor of Geography and Women’s,Gender, Sexuality Studies, University of ConnecticutSubham MukherjeeDoctoral Candidate, Freie University of Berlin

Water security, the safe access to clean water andsanitation for everyday living, is a crucial need andis identified as of the UN’s sustainable developmentgoals. Scientists have studied water related issuesfocusing more on bio physical factors, and have notconsidered social, political, economic and culturalfactors influencing a person’s ability to safely accessclean water and sanitation.

Only a few studies have included, so far, criticalanalyses of water security and its relation to genderin water security. Although that has only beenbounded in the binary concept of gender. Therefore,gender identity and exclusion issues are yet to beexplored in the water security literatures.

We report on the discussions carried out in the firstof two workshops, (part of GCRF workshop seriesawarded by the University of Kent). The workshopfocused on identifying the intersecting needs andissues faced by people across the gendercontinuum from physical and social sciences, with afocus on South Asia. Our workshop brings togetherscholars, community organisations and stakeholdersacross disciplines and reveals how caste, class,gender identity, sexuality, and physical location inthe city frame access and availability of safe watersupply in major cities throughout South Asia.

The presentation will provide a background andrationale for the workshop held in May. It willillustrate the overall process that enabled studentsto develop solutions in response to the needsexpressed by the local community and it willcritically discuss the initial impact of the project.One impact is a renewed awareness within thecommunity that the favela already possessescontextual features that can be used to strengthenits identity and quality of life. The idea that thesefeatures can be transformed into some positive anddefining elements of the settlement generatedpositive reactions and a sense of hope.

Enhancing the implementation of climatechange mitigation and adaptation policies inThailand and Malaysia Dr Frank GrundigLecturer in International Relations, School of Politicsand International Relations, University of KentDr Edward Morgan-JonesSenior Lecturer in Comparative Politics, School ofPolitics and International Relations, University ofKentDr Sharina Abdul HalimSenior Lecturer at the Institute for Environment andDevelopment, Universiti Kebangsaan MalaysiaDr Chanisada Choosuk, Assistant Professor, Princeof Songkla University

Across three workshops in Bangkok and KualaLumpur we worked on developing potentialinterdisciplinary projects on climate change policyimplementation including ideas on both, mitigationand adaptation. The workshops were attended byscholars from political science and internationalrelations, environmental science, environmental

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SPEAKERSBIOGRAPHIES

The main focus of her research and teaching hasbeen patients’ and families’ experiences of cancerclinical trial involvement, cancer trial managementand more recently, choice and decision-making inpalliative and end of life care. Karen wassubsequently appointed to a Pro-Vice Chancellorposition in August 2008 and was appointed DeputyVice-Chancellor in January 2013, both at theUniversity of Nottingham. She joined the Universityof Kent in August 2017 as Vice-Chancellor andPresident.

Ambassador Shahid A KamalFounderCOMSATS Centre for Climate and Sustainability(CCCS)Ambassador Kamal was a career diplomat ofPakistan for 35 years and served at the Ministry ofForeign Affairs (Prime Minister’s Office), UnitedNations (New York), Organization of IslamicCooperation (Jeddah), and Diplomatic Missions inParis, New York, Washington, Stockholm and Berlin.Besides his work in international relations anddiplomacy, Ambassador Kamal has taken particularinterest in areas of climate change, higher education,entrepreneurship and technology.

He is presently Advisor (Climate Change andEnvironment) at the Commission on Science andTechnology for Sustainable Development in the South– an intergovernmental organization of 27 developingcountries from Africa, Asia and Latin America. Healso served as Head of Centre for Climate Researchand Development and Advisor to the Rector atCOMSATS University.

Ambassador Kamal has been instrumental in settingup several institutions, among them the COMSATSCentre for Climate and Sustainability (CCCS) –a global network of developing countries and thefirst institution to work on a nexus of environmentalrisks to sustainable development in developingcountry settings. Others include the Centre forEntrepreneurial Development (CED) at the Institute of Business Administration, (Karachi, Pakistan), theCentre for Climate Research & Development (CCRD)and the Centre for Advanced Studies inTelecommunication (CAST), both at COMSATSUniversity (Islamabad, Pakistan).

Dr Simon KerridgeDirector of Research ServicesUniversity of KentSimon has been a research manager andadministrator for over 25 years. He is an EARMA (theEuropean Association of Research Managers andAdministrators) alternate Board Member and chairof their Awards Committee; a member of theCASRAI (Consortium Advancing Standards inResearch Administration Information) InternationalSteering Committee; the immediate past chair ofARMA, the UK Association of Research Managersand Administrators; and has a passion fordeveloping the RMA profession. He was the PI onthe NCURA funded Research Administration as aProfession (RAAAP) project and now leads thefollow-on INORMS (International Network ofResearch Management Societies) RAAAPTaskForce. He also sits on the UK Government OpenStandards Board, and was a member of the teamthat produced the Metric Tide report and has servedon a number of other national UK committees ontopics such as research impact, open access, grantmanagement systems, research development,research assessment and research informationmanagement. Simon holds a doctorate in researchmanagement and administration.

Dr John ReesGCRF Challenge Leader (Resilience); Director, Earth Hazards & Observatories British Geological Survey

John Rees is one of the GCRF Challenge Leadersand a Director of the British Geological Survey. Hisresearch interests include characterization of multi-hazards and long-term environmental change, theassessment of risks associated with these andoptions for building resilience to them. He hascontributed to the development of risk analysis toolsto support financial instruments in disaster riskreduction. John has worked in Latin America and theCaribbean, sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia,particularly on urban, coastal and marine risks. Hehas worked for DFID, UNISDR and Global Facility forDisaster Risk Reduction (World Bank). John has ahighly interdisciplinary focus, and led the MajorGroup for Science and Technology during thedevelopment of the UN Sendai Framework.

Plenary Speakers

Dr James BorrellResearch FellowRoyal Botanic Gardens, KewJames’ research focuses on combining cutting edgegenetic and genomic methods with high resolutionenvironmental niche modeling to guide conservationand agricultural interventions. In a period wherehabitat fragmentation and degradation, together withclimate change, are major drivers of globalbiodiversity loss species may survive through acombination of plasticity, dispersal or adaptation. Heis interested how local adaptation evolves, andwhether strategies such as assisted gene flow orassisted migration can be targeted towards ‘at risk’species or populations.

At Kew, James’ current research focuses on theunderutilised crop enset (Ensete ventricosum). Ensetis a close relative of the banana, and the staple foodfor ~20 million people in Ethiopia. Here, it plays animportant food security role where it is known locallyas ‘the tree against hunger’. Working as part of acollaborative team, he is using state of the artmodelling and genomic approaches to understandthe diversity of Enset landraces in cultivation as wellas explore wild crop relatives. James hope to use thisdata to guide a national strategy for enset, andensure it can continue to deliver food securitydespite a changing environment.

https://www.kew.org/science/our-science/people/james-s-borrell

Professor Karen Cox Vice Chancellor and President University of Kent Karen graduated from King’s College London witha BSc (Hons) and Registered General Nursequalification. She subsequently held a number ofclinical posts in Oxford, Southampton,Gloucestershire and Nottingham, specialising inOncology and Community Health Care. Shecompleted her PhD at the University of Nottingham,funded by a Cancer Research Campaign.

She became a Lecturer at Nottingham in 1999,then Senior Lecturer and was promoted toProfessor in 2002.

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She leads a flagship master’s course at theDepartment of Education – the MSc in Comparativeand International Education. Maia Chankseliani’sresearch in comparative and international educationdraws on the scholarship in social and politicaltheory and also employs ideas from history,economics, geography, and demography toexamine participation in and outcomes of tertiaryeducation as well as the development of the globallandscape of higher education. Her work on Russia,Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the Caucasusfocuses on the study of higher educationinternationalisation, democratisation and studentmobility, opportunities of higher educationparticipation, migration and work, contributions ofhigher education to sustainable development, andpost-Socialist transformations.

Improving Health and Wellbeing theme Professor Fiona Clare Dykes PhD, MA, RM,RGN, FHEA Professor of Maternal and Infant HealthUniversity of Central LancashireFiona Dykes is Professor of Maternal and InfantHealth and leads the Maternal and Infant Nutritionand Nurture Unit (MAINN), School of CommunityHealth and Midwifery, University of CentralLancashire which she established in 2000. Fiona isan Adjunct Professor at Western Sydney Universityand Visiting Professor at Chinese University of HongKong. Fiona has a particular interest in the global,socio-cultural and political influences upon infant andyoung child feeding practices; her methodologicalexpertise is in ethnography and other qualitativeresearch methods. Fiona is author of the monographBreastfeeding in Hospital:Mothers, Midwives and theProduction Line (Routledge) and co-author ofBanking on Milk: An ethnography of donor humanmilk relations. She is also joint editor of several booksincluding Infant and Young Child Feeding:Challenges to implementing a Global Strategy(Wiley-Blackwell) and Ethnographic Research inMaternal and Child Health (Routledge).

Sustainable Tourism and Heritage themeDr Julia JeyacheyaSenior Lecturer in International TourismManagementManchester Metropolitan UniversityJulia is a Senior Lecturer in International TourismManagement at Manchester Metropolitan University,All Saints Campus. Her interests view tourismdevelopment through a political economy lens. Shehas concentrated her fieldwork research in SouthEast Asia, particularly Myanmar and Vietnam, overthe past 5 years. Julia has worked on projects forthe World Bank, Commonwealth Secretariat andBritish Council. Most recently, she was in Bagan andSale, Myanmar completing a short GCRF fundedproject on land use changes and heritagemanagement.

Preparing for a Changing Environment themeProfessor John Morton Professor of Development AnthropologyNatural Resources Institute, University of GreenwichJohn Morton is Professor of DevelopmentAnthropology in the Livelihoods and InstitutionsDepartment of the Natural Resources Institute,University of Greenwich, where he has worked since1993. John has a BA from Cambridge, and a PhDfrom Hull, both in Social Anthropology. He has livedin Sudan and Pakistan and has worked in over 20other countries, mainly in Africa.

John works on the impacts of climate change on therural poor and their opportunities for adaptation. Hehas served as a Lead Author or Coordinating LeadAuthor for three IPCC reports, and worked on arange of climate change reviews and projects,leading Climate Learning for African Agriculture, aproject which sought to investigate the extent towhich African agricultural research and extensionorganisations were taking account of climatechange, and CIRCLE (Climate Impacts ResearchCapacity and Leadership Enhancement), a DFID-funded capacity-building programme involving over30 African universities. John also maintains hisinterest in livestock and dryland development,including governance issues in drylands and newtheoretical approaches to researching them.

He chairs the UK Disasters Research Group – acollective of funders addressing UK investment indisaster research, with the UK Collaborative forDevelopment Studies (UKCDS). He has a PhD inGeology from Trinity College, Dublin, and a BSc inGeology from the University of Sheffield. He haspreviously been Leader of the Natural Hazard andRisk and Resilience themes at NERC, and was theRCUK Risk Research Champion. He currently is avisiting Professor at the University of Leicester.

Phil WardDeputy Director of Research ServicesUniversity of KentPhil has been working in research management formore than fifteen years. Before coming to Kent heworked for the Arts and Humanities ResearchCouncil. He engages widely within the sector,including leading conference sessions at ARMA andEARMA, and workshops put on by individualuniversities. As part of this he writes the ResearchFundermentals blog, which provides backgroundintelligence, insight and humour for the UK researchcommunity. He was awarded the ARMA Award forTechnological Innovation and Application, and waslisted as one of the Top 50 Higher Education SocialMedia Influencers by Jisc.

He has written for a range of outlets, includingResearch Professional, Times Higher, and the f1000and Piirus blogs, and was seconded as an editor forResearch Professional between 2017-18. In Augusthe is due to take up the post of Director of EasternArc, the research collaboration between theuniversities of Kent, Essex and East Anglia.

Theme Rapporteurs

Development through Higher Education themeDr Maia Chankseliani Associate Professor of Comparative andInternational Education University of OxfordMaia Chankseliani is Associate Professor ofComparative and International Education at theDepartment of Education and a fellow of StEdmund Hall, University of Oxford.

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She is the Director of the Global Research Networkon Parliaments and People(http://parliaments4people.com/), giving grants andsupport to scholars and artists in Myanmar andEthiopia in the cause of deepening democracy2017-2020. This year she is embarking on a globalcomparative ethnographic study of parliaments inBrazil, Ethiopia, Fiji, India, the UK and the US withfive other scholars (funded by an EuropeanResearch Council Advanced Grant).

Rachel HoughtonIndependent Consultant, Partnership Broker &Coach in the Humanitarian & Development sectorFor the past 20 years Rachel has worked in a varietyof collaborative initiatives in the internationaldevelopment and humanitarian sectors, across theUN, NGOs, the Red Cross, and media developmentorganisations. She is an accredited partnershipbroker, through the Partnership Brokers Association,and is passionate about the power of collaboration.Her most rewarding professional experiences havebeen in convening, shaping and developing globalnetworks and consortia; in connecting high-profile,global organisations in their search for solutions toshared challenges; and in providing strategic supportto teams as they go through change processestoward new strategies and approaches to work.

Rachel is also passionate about coaching, andparticularly loves working with the next generation ofyoung leaders. As a psychosynthesis leadershipcoach she is concerned with the nature and nurtureof her clients’ selves as much as with theirprofessional development.

Rachel recently co-authored the chapter ‘Follow theLeader? Leadership in a Collaborative Model’ for thebook Shaping Sustainable Change: The Role ofPartnership Brokering in Optimising CollaborativeAction published by Greenleaf in Autumn 2018. Shehas a BA (Hons) in English and American Literaturefrom UCL and an MSc (Distinction) in Social Policyand Social Research from City University.

Dr Jastinder KaurResearch FellowSOAS University of LondonJastinder Kaur is a Research Fellow at SOAS. Apolitical anthropologist, Dr Kaur’s ethnographicresearch focuses on the intersections of culture,conflict and conviviality through the prism of coupd’etats; and on narratives of state-making andbelonging in fragile, post-colonial, multi-ethnicsocieties. She is currently Research and PolicyOfficer for the AHRC-GCRF funded ‘ReducingInequalities in Public Engagement in Myanmar’project (Feb 2019 – Feb 2020), which was conceivedand operates as an international coalition led bypartners in Myanmar, and which advocates fordeeper and more inclusive democracy. Dr Kaur willdevelop an ethnographic evaluation reflecting on therelationships, processes and outcomes of theproject; and reflect on the challenges of thinking anddoing development differently. Next year, Dr Kaur willbe a post-doctoral researcher on the five-year, ERC-funded, ‘Global Comparative Ethnography ofParliaments’ project led by Professor Emma Crewe.

Dr Jeremy RossmanPresident and FounderResearch-Aid NetworksDr Rossman is the President and Founder ofResearch-Aid Networks and an Honorary SeniorLecturer in Virology at the University of Kent.Research-Aid Networks seeks to improve globalhumanitarian aid by directly facilitatinginterdisciplinary collaborations between researchers,aid organizations and the communities they serve,enabling community-centric, cost-effective, evidence-based community development and humanitarian aid.

Forming Productive and SustainablePartnerships PanelDr Katie McQuaid (Chair)Senior Research Fellow School of Geography, University of LeedsKatie is a Senior Research Fellow in the School ofGeography at the University of Leeds. She is ananthropologist with expertise on climate change,gender and sexuality, intergenerationality, andhuman rights in urban Africa. Her work creativelycombines ethnographic and applied arts-basedmethodologies as tools for research, knowledgeexchange and transformation in Uganda, Myanmar,India and Malawi. She was awarded a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowshipin May 2019 for her project ‘Gender, Generation andClimate Change (GENERATE): Creative Approachesto Building Inclusive and Climate Resilient Cities inUganda and Myanmar’.

Maria BrighentiUK Partnership Development OfficerDoctors with Africa CUAMMMaria works as UK Partnership development officerat Doctors with Africa CUAMM, an international NGOworking for health system strengthening in Africa.Focus of her work is the development andmanagement of relations with institutional and privatedonors, organizations, NGOs, research institutionsand public health experts, focusing especially on theUnited Kingdom. Maria holds a MSc in Socio-Ecological Economics and Politics from the ViennaUniversity of Economics and Business.

Professor Emma CreweProfessor of Social AnthropologySOAS, University of LondonEmma Crewe is a Research Professor at SOAS and aResearch Supervisor at the University ofHertfordshire. An anthropologist by training, she hastaught at Sussex University and SOAS, University ofLondon. She has worked in internationaldevelopment since the 1980s as a social scientist,policy adviser, manager and trustee/chair ininternational NGOs. Her ethnographic research intoorganisations focuses on INGOs and parliaments inthe UK, Eastern Africa and South Asia and she hasadvised the UK Parliament on research,management and evaluation.

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RESEARCH SERVICES ANDINTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS

Research Services key contactsSimon Kerridge (Director of Research Services) [email protected]

Phil Ward (Deputy Director) [email protected]

Helen Leech (Research Development Officer – Sciences) [email protected]

Michelle Secker (Research Development Officer – Humanities) [email protected]

Sarah Tetley (Research Development Officer – Social Sciences) [email protected]

Monika Struebig (Research Development Officer – Sciences: GCRF, European funding, the Newton Fund) [email protected]

Sue Prout (PA to the Director and Clerical Officer) [email protected]

Grace Grussenmeyer (GCRF Officer) [email protected]

Further informationSee more of what we do here: www.kent.ac.uk/researchservices

Follow us on Twitter: @UniKentResearch

Also see:

UKRI Global Challenges Research Fund: http://bit.ly/UKRI-GCRF

UUK International: http://bit.ly/UUKInternational

University of Kent Research Services: https://research.kent.ac.uk/researchservices

Research Services at Kent

Research Services provide a range of services tosupport the University’s research community, frompromoting funding opportunities and helping withthe development of applications, to negotiatingresearch contracts and administering awards.

More broadly it acts as a champion for research atKent. It organises events to promote research, runsthe internal peer review system, facilitates collaborationacross disciplines, provides ethical oversight ofresearch, and coordinates the University’ssubmission to the Research Excellence Framework.

International PartnershipsThe University’s Internationalisation Strategy focuseson enhancing our global presence, profile andesteem through a wide range of activities whichencompass student/staff exchanges, visiting faculty,dual awards, joint research, enterprise activities andprogression arrangements.

International Partnerships play a pivotal role inpositioning the University of Kent’s internationalimpact as it seeks to drive forward to meet itsstrategic aims and objectives. The InternationalPartnerships Directorate supports the University inrealising its strategic objectives through enhancingand deeping international partnerships withinstitutions that share Kent’s founding principles and values and are strategically advantageous forKent’s advancement.


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MORE INFORMATIONLearn more about the ODA:www.newtonfund.ac.uk/about/what-is-oda

GCRF & THE NEWTON FUND

Global Challenges Research Fund

The Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) is a£1.5 billion fund announced by the UK Governmentin late 2015 to support cutting-edge research thataddresses the challenges faced by developingcountries. Alongside the other GCRF deliverypartners UKRI is creating complementaryprogrammes that:• promote challenge-led disciplinary andinterdisciplinary research, including theparticipation of researchers who may notpreviously have considered the applicability of their work to development issues

• strengthen capacity for research, innovation andknowledge exchange in the UK and developingcountries through partnership with excellent UKresearch and researchers

• provide an agile response to emergencies wherethere is an urgent research need.

GCRF forms part of the UK’s Official DevelopmentAssistance (ODA) commitment, which is monitoredby the Organisation for Economic Cooperation andDevelopment (OECD).

GCRF has three challenge areas, which are a visionfor change and not intended to constrain innovativeapproaches in other areas that also address theseaims.

• Equitable Access to Sustainable Development• Sustainable Economies and Societies• Human Rights, Good Governance and SocialJustice

GCRF supports excellent research that addresses a significant problem or development challenge,directly contributing to the sustainable and inclusiveprosperity of people in developing countries.However, the challenges facing societies andindividuals across the globe are often complex,protracted and multi-faceted and cut across thethree areas above. The Fund is well placed toaddress these complex issues given the size of thefund, its challenge led approach and broad remit.

The Newton Fund

The Fund was launched in 2014 and originally TheFund was launched in 2014 and originally consistedof £75 million each year for five years. It wasextended from 2019 to 2021 and the annualinvestment was doubled to £150 million. The totalUK investment of £735 million is match funded bypartner countries.

The Newton Fund activities offered in each countryare chosen and developed in collaboration with local government and funders. This ensures theprogrammes offered meet local developmentpriorities.

The partner countries to work with the UKgovernment include: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia,Egypt, India, Indonesia, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya,Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, South Africa,Thailand, Turkey and Vietnam.

The Newton Fund covers three broad activities:• People: increasing capacity in science andinnovation, individually and institutionally inpartner countries.

• Research: research collaborations ondevelopment topics.

• Translation: creating collaborative solutions todevelopment challenges and strengtheninginnovation systems.

The Fund is being delivered through seven UKfunders, including the research councils, and 87 in-country funding partners. They develop and runcalls, and allocate and manage the money theyreceive as part of the Newton Fund.


OUR RESEARCH

The project aims to build global partnerships andhelp develop capacity in research, policy and publicimpacts at the top-level higher education institutionsin Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The projectseeks to establish regional hubs of excellenceacross the eastern region and Central Asia, and willfollow two strategic approaches:• Conceptually, it will explore new approaches togovernance with a focus on community,peoplehood, identity, and order (domestically andinternationally) to make governance moreeffective and sustainable

• Practically, the project will seek to enhancerelations between the UK and partner universities,and to develop cooperation along the followingthree dimensions:1 Research integration2 Policy impact3 Sustainable communities

Our long-term objectives, based on a dedicatedfunding strategy and the University of Kent’sinstitutional support, are to make our research ongovernance, order and resilience a signature themeat Kent, connect our centre with similar hubs ofexcellence across the world, and make global anddomestic governance more sustainable.

MORE INFORMATIONProfessor Elena [email protected] Siddarth [email protected] https://research.kent.ac.uk/gcrf-compassFollow this project on Twitter:@GCRF_COMPASS

PROFESSOR ELENA KOROSTELEVAProfessor of International Politics

ProjectGCRF URKI Comprehensive Capacity-Building in EasternNeighbourhood and Central Asia: research integration, impactgovernance and sustainable communities (COMPASS).

PartnersCambridge University, ADA University, Belarusian State University,Tajik National University, and the University of World Economy andDiplomacy in Uzbekistan.

The goal of this project is for UK and Thai experts towork together to establish state of the art technicalcapacity for recombinant protein production inThailand, and subsequently elsewhere in SoutheastAsia, which can be expanded upon and consolidatedfor future growth. The teams will develop powerfulproduction strains and also work on the associateddownstream activities to ensure regulatory approval.The ultimate goal is to make low-cost, widely availablemedicines and animal vaccines.

This project brings together Thai groups, includingscientists based at National Biopharmaceutical Facilityand the National Center for Genetic Engineering andBiotechnology (BIOTEC), and UK groups at theUniversity of Kent, UCL and Imperial College.

The technical expertise is backed by Bangkok-basedUK specialists in Southeastern Asian healthcare,economic policies and dissemination tools (LSHTM).

There are long-term objectives to facilitate thespread of expertise beyond Thailand, and allcountries should be able to benefit from the insightslearned from trying to drive production costs forbiopharmaceuticals and vaccines to be as low aspossible.

MORE INFORMATIONProfessor Colin [email protected] Mark [email protected]://research.kent.ac.uk/gcrfbiopharmaFollow this project on Twitter:@GCRF_Biopharma

PROFESSOR COLIN ROBINSONProfessor in Biotechnology

ProjectGCRF UKRI Establishment of biopharmaceutical and animalvaccine production capacity in Thailand and neighbouring SEAsian countries

PartnersUniversity College London (UCL), Imperial College, London School ofHygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), BIOTEC Bangkok and theNational Biopharmaceutical Facility in Bangkok

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Vietnam is ranked globally as the country with thefourth highest exposure to flooding with monsoonrains and typhoons causing havoc along thecoastline. Climate change is exacerbating theintensity of these extreme weather events, and rapidurbanisation is increasing the severity of theimpacts. Impacts of urban flooding are felt onVietnam’s economy at all levels. Central and citygovernment budgets are impacted by suddenclean-up and infrastructural maintenance costs.

Investment strategies for urban road infrastructure areguided mainly by development and economic growthtargets, as part of national development plans, by the influences of international finance institutions, and by sometimes competing sectoral priorities ofgovernment planning, construction and transportationdepartments. These influences lead to investmentswhich are strategic, but not economically optimal inthe context of rapid urbanisation and climate change.

This project aimed to redress that balance, byintroducing scientific methods of OperationalResearch to 1) analyse the impacts of flooding ofurban transport systems on a city’s economy andsociety, and 2) identify cost-efficient investments inflood mitigation measures.

MORE INFORMATIONProfessor Maria Paola [email protected]://research.kent.ac.uk/gcrf-osirisFollow this project on Twitter:@GCRF_OSIRIS

PROFESSOR MARIA PAOLA SCAPARRAReader in Management Science

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GCRF British Academy Optimal Investment Strategies toMinimize Flood Impact on Road Infrastructure Systems inVietnam (GCRF-OSIRIS)

PartnersUniversity of Nottingham, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology,Asian Management and Development Institute (AMDI), Vietnam Instituteof Meteorology, and the Ministry of Transport in Vietnam

In recent years, the economic and social impact ofreligious actors and faith-based groups have beensignificant, in particular in large cities of thedeveloping world. In some contexts, for instance inAfrican mega-cities, religious groups have been atthe forefront of development initiatives ofteninvolving the creation of alternative urban spacesand large infrastructure and buildings, providing keyservices in health care or education. In oftendifficult, informal and unstable urban environments,this research is conducted in two of the fastestgrowing cities in Africa: Lagos and Kinshasa.

This project will explore, and provide both anevidence base and practical recommendationsaimed at promoting functioning civic urban culture.

The project aims to address the following questions:• Do these religious spaces solve or exacerbateeveryday problems faced by residents?

• How are religious groups reimagining the citythey are shaping and transforming?

• To what extent do religious institutions providesymbolic and material resources to negotiateunpredictability and socio-economic uncertaintiesthrough production of urban/infrastructural space?

MORE INFORMATIONDr David [email protected]://rua-project.ac.ukFollow this project on Twitter:@RUA_Project

DR DAVID GARBINSenior Lecturer in Sociology

ProjectBritish Academy GCRF Religious Urbanisation andInfrastructural Lives in African Mega-Cities (RUA Project)

Partners

University of Toronto, University of York, University of Lagos andthe University of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo


A message from the Director

As part of the University of Kent’s GCRF agenda, we have established a Global ChallengesDoctoral Centre (GCDC). The GCDC started its work in the academic year 2018-2019 and isdedicated to doctoral research addressing the challenges of economic development andwell-being faced by developing countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation andDevelopment (OECD) Develop Assistance Committee (DAC list). The GCDC’s mainobjectives are two-fold:

First, the GCDC provides a nucleus for PhD training activities related to research findingsolutions to global challenges at Kent. In 2018-2019, the GCDC has organized two methodsworkshops entitled ‘Introduction to GIS Mapping’ and ‘Inclusive Community DrivenMethodologies in Practice: Researching Vulnerable Populations’, both convened by Dr TrudeSundberg; Lecturer in Social Policy at Kent. Together with the GCRF Compass project, theGCDC is also organizing a Training School for Early Career Researchers that will take placeimmediately after the 2019 GCRF Conference (2-6 July 2019). Covering governance,resilience, and order in Eurasia and beyond, the Training School will bring together 26 earlycareer researchers across the disciplines of politics, law, history, anthropology, economics,and architecture to discuss their research as well as to receive dedicated skills training (onfieldwork funding, publishing internationally, and effective networking).

Second, the GCDC offers eight doctoral scholarships (for 3.5 years) per year that are opento students interested in pursuing PhD research at all Kent schools and centres. To beeligible for a GCDC scholarship, the envisaged PhD research must directly and primarilybenefit economic and social problems faced by developing countries, as well as fit within thewider GCRF aims and specified challenges. In the academic year 2018-2019, the GCDChas supported four PhD researchers with scholarships, while another eight PhD students willstart in the academic year 2019-2020.

Furthermore, the GCDC is also inviting interested current PhD students at Kent to join thecentre as affiliate members. Benefits of becoming a GCDC affiliate student include priority inparticipating in GCDC methods workshops, as well as access to and exchange with aninterdisciplinary community of PhD researchers working on GCRF-related themes. If you areinterested in the work of the GCDC, you can find further information on the web here:www.kent.ac.uk/graduateschool/gcdc.html. Please also do not hesitate to get in touch withus via email: [email protected]

Dr Ingvild BodeSchool of Politics and International Relations

GLOBAL CHALLENGESDOCTORAL CENTRE(GCDC)

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The University of Kent shares major principles with theGCRF and has had great success with the Fund since its inception. These strong ties led to the Universityreceiving additional GCRF funding in 2018, and Kentagreed a strategy with Research England to put in placea number of key initiatives with these funds:

• An annual GCRF conference to showcase the University’s engagement with andoutputs from GCRF, discuss the challenges of GCRF activities and research andidentify potential projects and collaborations going forward.

• A GCRF Workshops Fund to support twelve GCRF workshops that will bereported on during the course of the conference breakout sessions. Theseworkshops all took place in DAC list countries in the lead up to the conferenceand focused on building resilience within various cultures and contexts.

• A GCRF Partnership Fund to enable and facilitate the creation and developmentof links between Kent and colleagues in ODA-compliant countries. More detail ofthe projects supported through this fund are available here:https://research.kent.ac.uk/researchservices/gcrf-projects

• A GCRF Fortuity Fund to provide an agile response to immediate and short-term needs of academics working on projects that directly benefit ODA recipientcountries. More detail of the projects supported through this fund are availablehere: https://research.kent.ac.uk/researchservices/gcrf-projects

• A Global Challenges Doctoral Centre to support the next generation ofresearchers in linking with ODA-compliant countries. You can read more aboutthe GCDC on the corresponding page.

What next for the GCRF at Kent?Although the University’s internal GCRF schemes will likely continue into thenew academic year, what form these schemes will take is still to be confirmed.Kent academics are encouraged to keep an eye on the University’s GCRFwebpage (https://research.kent.ac.uk/researchservices/gcrf/) for informationfor 2019/20 and send feedback to Research Services [email protected]

GCRF AT KENT


International

ESRC GCRF Network (2016)Legal Regulation of Unacceptable Forms of Work:Global Dialogue/Local Innovation

Investigator: Professor Judy Fudge – Kent LawSchool (KLS)Partners: Dr Deirdre McCann – University ofDurham, and Dr Shangeon Lee – InternationalLabour Organisation (ILO)Amount: £112,176

GCRF Hub (2019) Trade, Development and Environment (TRADE)

Investigator: Professor Zoe Davies – School ofAnthropology and Conservation (SAC)Partner: The United Nations EnvironmentProgramme World Conservation Monitoring CentreAmount: £402,722

Saudi Arabia

UK-Gulf Institutional Links (2017)Developing new ceria based materials to addresschallenges in energy and the environment

Investigator: Dr Anna Corrias – School of PhysicalSciences (SPS)Partner: Professor Andrea Falqui – King AbdullahUniversity of Science and Technology, SaudiaArabiaAmount: £104,925

Malaysia

Researcher Links – Workshops (2016)Enhancing Environmental Resilience in ExpandingOil Palm Landscapes: Setting Research Prioritiesand Fostering Networking Among Researchers andStakeholders in Malaysia

Investigator: Dr Matt Struebig – School ofAnthropology and Conservation (SAC)Partner: Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia,Amount: £36,750

Institutional Links (2015)Enhancing Environmental Resilience in ExpandingOil Palm Landscapes via Improved Design ofRiparian Reserves, Malaysia

Investigator: Dr Matt Struebig – School ofAnthropology and Conservation (SAC)Partner: Dr Charles Vairappan – Universiti MalaysiaSabah, MalaysiaAmount: £84,601

China

Newton International Fellowships (2014)Characterisation of Fluidisation Processes throughAdvanced Monitoring and Computational Modelling

Host: Professor Yong Yan – School of Engineeringand Digital Arts (EDA)Fellow: Dr Jingyuan Sun – Zhejiang University, ChinaAmount: £66,000

Researcher Links – Workshop (2019) Promoting Social Embeddedness of NewBiotechnologies: Co-Developing Public Engagementin and with China

Investigator: Dr Joy Zhang (SPSSR)Partner: Chinese Academy of SciencesAmount: £24,000

Newton International Fellowship (2019)On use of machine learning for future mobileNetworks

Host: Professor Jiangzhou Wang (EDA)Fellow: Dr Yijin Pan – Southeast University, ChinaAmount: £99,000

Newton Mobility Grants (2018)Data Compressed Ultrafast Single-Pixel OpticalImaging Using Variable Dielectric Liquid Lens

Investigator: Dr Chao Wang (EDA)Partner: Tianjin University, ChinaAmount: £9,400

Egypt

AHRC Newton Preserving Egypt’s CulturalHeritage (2015)Egypt’s Living Heritage: Community Engagement inRe-Creating the Past.

Investigator: Professor Caroline Rooney – School ofEnglishAmount: £31,273

South Africa

British Academy Newton AdvancedFellowships (2017)South Africa and Labour Migration and LabourRelations in South and Southern Africa, c.1900-2000

Host: Dr Andrew Cohen – School of HistoryFellow: Dr Rory Pilossof – Centre for Africa Studies,University of the Free StateAmount: £94,000

Newton Advanced Fellowship (2018)Epistemic Injustice, Reasons and Agency

Host: Dr Lubomira Radoilska (SECL)Fellow: Professor Veli Mitova, University ofJohannesburg, South AfricaAmount: £50,982

Newton Advanced Fellowship (2018)Properties of semi-classical orthogonal polynomials

Host: Professor Peter Clarkson (MSAS)Fellow: Professor Kerstin Jordaan – University ofSouth AfricaAmount: £77,800

Newton International Fellowships (2017)South Africa and inferring protein function usingnovel features and advanced machine learning.

Host: Dr Mark Wass – School of BiosciencesFellow: Dr Mohd Shahbaaz – Department ofChemistry, Durban University of TechnologyAmount: £96,000

GCRF Networking Grants (2017)Home/City/World: Housing, Inclusion andSustainability in the 21st Century

Investigator: Professor Helen Carr – Kent LawSchool (KLS)Partners: Professor Danie Brand – University ofPretoria, South AfricaAmount: £24,938

Ukraine

MRC/DfID/Wellcome Global Health Systems(2015)Feasibility Study: Effectiveness of Public HealthSystem (Programmes/Policies) in Combating SeverePopulation Health Crisis in Ukraine

Investigators: Professor Stephen Peckham and DrOlena Nizalova – Centre for Health Services Studies(CHSS)Partners: Dr Ganna Vakhitova – Kyiv EconomicsInstitute, UkraineAmount: £100,590

Turkey

Newton Advanced Fellowships (2016)Reuniting Cyprus: The British-Cypriot Diasporas asPeace Agents

Host: Dr Neophytos Loizides – School of Politicsand International Relations (PolIR)Fellow: Dr Kuscu Bonnenfant – Middle EastTechnical University, TurkeyAmount: £97,698

ADDITIONAL GCRF ANDNEWTON AWARDS AT KENT

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Newton Advanced Fellowships (2014)Perception of and Attitude towards the SyrianRefugees in Turkey

Host: Professor Dominic Abrams – School ofPsychologyFellow: Dr Banu Kavakli Birdal, IstambulKemerburgaz University, TurkeyAmount: £36,980

Newton International Fellowships (2017)Turkey and Offering and Demanding CollectiveApologies: A UK versus Turkey Comparison

Host: Professor Ayse K Üskül – School ofPsychologyFellow: Dr Veysel Elgin, Abant Izzet BaysalUniversityAmount: £66,000

Newton Advanced Fellowships (2017)Overcoming Barriers and Developing Best Practicefor Supporting Entrepreneurship and Trade inUniversities and Innovation Intermediaries: Lessonsfor Turkey and the UK

Host: Professor Jeremy Howells – Kent BusinessSchool (KBS)Fellow: Dr Serdal Temel, Ege University, TurkeyAmount: £73,000

Vietnam

Newton Mobility Grants (2016)The Global Financial Crisis and Spillovers of USMonetary Policy: Lessons from Vietnam

Investigator: Dr Roman Matousek – Kent BusinessSchool (KBS)Partner: Dr Chau Le – Banking University HCMC,VietnamAmount: £7,860

Mexico

Newton Mobility Grants (2017)Global Security Assemblages and International Law:A Socio-Legal Study of Emergency in Motion

Investigator: Dr Gavin Sullivan – Kent BusinessSchool (KBS)Partner: Dr Alejandro Rodiles Bretónm – ITAMUniversity MexicoAmount: £9,236

Brazil

Newton Research Mobility CONFAP-UK (2014)Analysing the Brazilian media coverage of London2012 Paralympic Games. Production anddissemination of a media guide on how to report ondisability and sport designed for Brazilian newsmakers

Investigator: Dr Sakis Pappous – Centre for Sportsand Exercise SciencesPartner: Dr Doralice Lange de Souza –Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil

Newton Research Collaboration (2015)Security Policy Enforcement in Federated OpenSource Clouds

Investigator: Professor David Chadwick – School ofComputingPartner: Dr Carlos Ferraz – Universidade Federal dePernambuco, BrazilAmount: £12,000

Newton Research Collaboration (2015)RFID moisture sensor network for landslidemonitoring

Investigators: Professor Nathan Gomes, ProfessorJohn Batchelor, and Dr Christos Efstratiou – Schoolof Engineering and Digital Arts (EDA)Partners: Dr Luis Carlos Vieira – UniversidadeTecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR), BrazilAmount: £18,000

Newton Advanced Fellowships (2017)The Logic and Perception of Persuasion in Stoicism

Host: Dr Kelli Rudolph (SECL)Fellow: Dr Aldo Dinucci, Federal University ofSergipe, BrazilAmount: £74,000

Newton Advanced Fellowships (2017)How to strengthen leadership and the workforcethrough the re-design and implementation of a payperformance programme in PHC Brazil

Host: Professor Stephen Peckham – Centre forHealth Services Studies (CHSS)Fellow: Dr Fabiana da Cunha Saddi – FederalUniversity of Goias, Brazil

India

Newton-Bhabha PhD Placement (2015)Study of structural and relaxation dynamics of someion conducting materials

Supervisor: Dr Gavin Mountjoy – School of PhysicalSciences (SPS)Student: Mr Tanmoy Paul – IndiaAmount: £5,900

BBSRC: Global Challenges Research Fund(2019)Enhancing cobalamin (vitamin B12) bioavailability inculturally appropriate foods in India

Investigator: Professor Martin Warren (Biosciences)Partners: Durham University, University ofCambridge, ICT in Mumbai, KEM hospital in PuneAmount: £971,789

Indonesia

NERC- Newton Wallacea programme (2018)Biodiversity, environmental change and land-usepolicy in Sulawesi and Maluku

Investigator: Dr Matt Struebig (SAC)Partner: Adi Widyanto, Agus Budi Utom – BurungIndonesiaAmount: £394,899

Thailand

Newton Advanced Fellowship (2018)Establishment of RNAi-based algal technology forsustainable disease control in shrimp cultivation

Host: Professor Colin Robinson (Biosciences)Fellow: Vanvimon Saksmerprome, BIOTEC ThailandAmount: £74,000

MORE INFORMATIONFor more information about the GCRF and Newton Fund, please visit:

www.ukri.org/research/global-challenges-research-fund/

www.newtonfund.ac.uk


WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:APPLYING FOR GCRF FUNDING

GCRF is not straightforward, andyou need to be aware of what’sinvolved before applying. AndrewMassoura, Research Grants andContracts Manager at Kent, talksto Phil Ward about what to look outfor before preparing a bid.

ODA complianceThis is the key to the whole fund. Without beingcompliant with official development assistance(ODA) rules, your project will not even beconsidered.

ODA needs to run through your project like thewords run through a stick of Brighton rock.Wherever a reviewer chooses to bite, it should beclear immediately how your project is compliant.

ODA compliance means that the funding has to beused to support the growth and welfare of some ofthe least developed countries in the world. Theresearch doesn’t necessarily have to take place inthese countries, but it has to be for their long-termand sustainable benefit.

Therefore any GCRF application must make clearhow the proposed project will ensure this. You mustbe specific, and think about the following.

Which countries are involved and are they on theDAC list?

• What is the challenge for the local populations?• How will your research address this challenge,and what impact will it have on the economicdevelopment and welfare of the localpopulations?

• What is your route to impact, and how willsolutions be realised?

Just saying that you’re ODA compliant is notenough, either: you must have supporting evidencethat demonstrates that you are.

In addition, all work funded by the GCRF isexpected to address the UN SustainableDevelopment Goals (SDGs). You should be aware ofthe SDGs that are relevant to your project, but don’tmake tenuous claims to involve more than arerelevant. Also, be specific about how you will meetthe time-limited target of each of the relevant SDGs.

GCRF assessment criteriaWhile ODA compliance is the linchpin for a GCRFproposal, there are four further GCRF criteria forassessing an application.

• Research excellence: excellence is essential, butdoes not have to be constrained by traditionalmethodologies. You should demonstrate that youare bringing together the necessary mix of skills,knowledge and expertise to solve the problem.Where possible, you should also include partnersfrom low and middle-income countries, andideally partners who may not traditionally workwith each other.

• Problem and solution focused: Contextualise theproblem, specifically for the countries you areworking with, and demonstrate how you haveworked with partners on the ground tounderstand the detail and the scale of it. For thesolution, you must make clear that it’s co-createdand not imposed by you. Once again, localengagement is paramount. If there is preliminarydata to show viability, use it. If you’re targeting arelatively wealthy country on the DAC list, youshould make clear how your work will benefit avulnerable section of the population.

• Partnership and capacity building. There shouldbe a collaborative feel throughout your proposal,and you should avoid any top-down language or,worse, imperialistic overtones. Be specific aboutthe role and contribution of partners and explainhow the partnership was formed and how it willcontinue. In building capacity, show how bothresearch and administration will be shared andhighlight plans to develop technical and skills(including soft skills), encompassing possibletraining of colleagues from other countries in UKfacilities.

• Likelihood of impact: Think about who needs toknow about your findings, and how you will makethem accessible. Once again, partnerships areimportant in facilitating this. Going forward, howwill the project be sustainable beyond the lifetimeof the grant, and how will you continue to monitorand evaluate the work towards its effectiveimpact? Finally be aware that impact can takemany forms, including developmental, policy,capacity-building, and practice level.

Due diligenceYou should broadly be aware that you need to beassured on three areas of oversight.

• Governance and control.What systems are inplace to control and deal with risks such asbribery, corruption and fraud? Are thereappropriate ethical oversight and assuranceprocedures?

• Ability to deliver. Have projects of a similar sizeand nature been successfully completed before?Is there a robust framework of management,training, monitoring, openness and datamanagement?

• Financial stability. Is there a team to manage thefinances and are the systems in place to monitorand audit the award? Does it offer value formoney? Operationally, is there the necessarybanking infrastructure to handle the budget?

Costing proposalsAlthough the UK research-costing process andparameters are familiar to UK researchers, those oftheir partners may not be. It’s important, then, tounderstand how your partners’ costs have beencalculated and how they can be evidenced.

When it comes to reimbursing them, it can vary. UKpartners’ costs are usually paid at 80 per cent of fulleconomic costs. Overseas partners costs aretypically 100 per cent, and sometimes an additionaloverhead of 20-30 per cent can be included.

Always check what costs can be included, as someschemes allow students and equipment whereasothers don’t. You should always includeadministration costs and allow for a lot of travel. Theprojects funded by the GCRF are usually complexand always global.

Starting proceduresOf course, submitting an application is only thebeginning. Be prepared for when you receivenotification of the award. There is sometimes lessflexibility than you may be used to, and start datestend to be fixed. Therefore there may be a shortturnaround for the recruitment of staff and tocomplete due diligence processes. In addition acollaboration agreement is usually required rightfrom the start.

Project managementAs with the rest of the GCRF programme, projectmanagement tends to be more complex than forstandard grants. Be prepared for stage gate reviewsand additional project requirements. You shouldhave in place a risk register, a financial managementplan, a work plan for each work stream, a plan forgovernance and project management, and amonitoring and evaluation plan.

GCRF was never going to be simple. With unusualstructures and very specific expectations, there’s thepotential for a huge administrative headache. Itneedn’t be so. If you go into it with your eyes openand prepared for the demands of a developmentproject, it shouldn’t be too onerous. The fund onlybegan to operate in 2015, so it’s still relatively young.Give it another five years and we’ll all wonder whatthe problem was.

A version of this article first appeared in FundingInsight in October 2018 and is reproduced with kindpermission of Research Professional. For morearticles like this, visit www.researchprofessional.com

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

17 Goals to Transform Our World

The Sustainable Development Goals are a call for action by all countries – poor, rich and middle-income – to promote prosperity whileprotecting the planet. They recognize that ending poverty must go hand-in-hand with strategies that build economic growth and address arange of social needs including education, health, social protection, and job opportunities, while tackling climate change and environmental

protection.

About the Sustainable Development Goals

The Sustainable Development Goals are the blueprint to achieve a better and more sustainable future for all. They address the globalchallenges we face, including those related to poverty, inequality, climate, environmental degradation, prosperity, and peace and justice.

The Goals interconnect and in order to leave no one behind, it ís important that we achieve each Goal and target by 2030

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