Peaceful, Secure & Empowered Societies

Peaceful, Secure & Empowered Societies Updates

RECAP | Trusts and Foundations Workshop

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 14:41:00 GMT

On 11 November 2025, the ‘Peaceful, Secure, and Empowered Societies’ Interdisciplinary Research Theme (IRT) organised a workshop focused on trust and foundation grants.

RECAP | Engaging Armed Groups Keynote Talk

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 14:41:00 BST

On 1 October 2025, the ‘Peaceful, Secure, and Empowered Societies’ Interdisciplinary Research Theme (IRT) welcomed to Glasgow Dr Florian Weigand, who delivered a keynote talk on “Engaging Armed Groups.”

RECAP | Delivering Health in a Region on the Move Roundtable Event

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 16:04:00 BST

Our roundtable event, 'Delivering Health in a Region on the Move: Health Systems and Forced Migration in the Middle East' explored the complex intersection of health service delivery, displacement, and regional policy responses in one of the world’s most dynamic migration contexts, the Middle East.

RECAP | Empathy, Memory, Success: Expanding the Securitisation Research Agenda

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 16:04:00 BST

This research seminar explored how public attitudes toward migrants are shaped by security politics, emotions and memory, and how empathy and historical consciousness can help transform securitisation dynamics in divided societies.

RECAP | Youth-led Peace: Rethinking Temporalities and Intergenerationality

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 16:04:00 BST

This research seminar explored critical perspectives on youth, peace and security. Bringing together interdisciplinary insights, we reflected on how time, power, and intergenerational dynamics shape the possibilities for youth-led peace and how young people navigate and challenge dominant structures within peacebuilding and global governance.

RECAP | 'Now What' Repurposing Unsuccessful Grant Applications

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 16:04:00 GMT

The main objectives of this workshop were to: (a) share experiences and lessons learned from unsuccessful grant applications; and, (b) discuss viable strategies for repurposing unsuccessful grant applications.

RECAP | Research Networking Workshop: Digital Technologies

Wed, 26 Feb 2025 16:04:00 GMT

This research networking workshop brought together researchers from across the University whose research interests relate to digital technologies and science.

RECAP | Empowering Migration Researchers: Data, Stakeholder & Networking

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 16:04:00 GMT

This event aimed to provide a platform for researchers to map and create links with non-academic research partners in migration studies

RECAP | PSES ESRC Grant Application Workshop

Wed, 09 Oct 2024 16:04:00 BST

Peaceful, Secure & Empowered Societies IRT organised an ESRC grant workshop where researchers can learn the ins & outs of ESRC applications.

RECAP | 'Now What' Repurposing Unsuccessful Grant Applications

Wed, 05 Mar 2025 16:04:00 GMT

The main objectives of this workshop were to: (a) share experiences and lessons learned from unsuccessful grant applications; and, (b) discuss viable strategies for repurposing unsuccessful grant applications.

RECAP | Research Networking Workshop: Digital Technologies

Wed, 26 Feb 2025 16:04:00 GMT

This research networking workshop brought together researchers from across the University whose research interests relate to digital technologies and science.

RECAP | Empowering Migration Researchers: Data, Stakeholder & Networking

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 16:04:00 GMT

This event aimed to provide a platform for researchers to map and create links with non-academic research partners in migration studies

RECAP | PSES ESRC Grant Application Workshop

Wed, 09 Oct 2024 16:04:00 BST

Peaceful, Secure & Empowered Societies IRT organised an ESRC grant workshop where researchers can learn the ins & outs of ESRC applications.

RECAP | Peaceful, Secure & Empowered Societies IRT Townhall Reflections

Wed, 09 Oct 2024 16:15:00 BST

The ‘Peaceful, Secure and Empowered Societies’ (PSES) IRT was successfully launched on Wednesday 18 September, with the active and joyful participation of about 45 researchers from the College of Social Sciences (CoSS) and beyond.