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Protesting for climate change

Informing media coverage and policy debate on climate change

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 17:18:00 BST

Approximately 15% of greenhouse gas emissions come from livestock. However, public awareness of livestock's role in causing climate change remains low. UofG research has driven media coverage and promoted a ‘meat tax’ as a viable policy option for the first time.

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Hand reaching for help

Improving experiences of justice for victim-survivors of rape and sexual assault

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 17:34:00 BST

One in 10 women and one in 50 men in Scotland has experienced rape. However, there are enduring concerns about the criminal justice response. UofG research has informed the development of a new national advocacy model to support victim-survivors throughout the criminal justice process.

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Supporting Justice for Scottish Miners

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 17:28:00 BST

UofG research helped to change the Scottish Government’s approach to justice in relation to the miners’ 1984-85 strike, benefiting over 500 ex-miners in Scotland convicted of public order offences.

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hands with sunlight beam

Rethinking punishment and reintegration

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 17:37:00 BST

More than 3.5 million people are subject to imprisonment and/or penal supervision across Europe. UofG research explains how and why people cease and refrain from offending through a process known as ‘desistance’, which supports reintegration into society after punishment.

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Meeting for business discussion

Mitigating the impact of local government cuts on poorer households

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 17:43:00 BST

Between 2010–2018, local government budgets were cut in real terms by 29% in England and 8.5% in Scotland. UofG-led research has helped to mitigate the consequences of these cuts for services relied upon by poorer households.

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Gender equality logo

Preventing gender-based violence in Central America

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 17:40:00 BST

El Salvador has extreme rates of non-lethal violence, in particular gender-based violence. UofG research has underpinned the Oxfam-funded Program to Prevent Gender Violence, which has helped change attitudes towards gender-based violence.

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Person walking past job centre

Providing evidence to support welfare reform

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 17:45:00 BST

UofG research finds that Universal Credit has harmful effects, which undermine its policy objectives. These findings informed the UK Government’s decision to remove call charges for the national telephone helpline in 2017.

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EU flags

Brokering the post-Cotonou Agreement

Wed, 02 Jun 2021 17:50:00 BST

The Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Organisation of 79 states in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific covers a wide array of policies. UofG research informed and supported a political deal on the renewal of the Agreement in 2020.

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Monumen of Niyazov and Arch of Independence in sunset. Ashkhabad. Turkmenistan.

Breaking the deadlock in EU-Turkmenistan relations

Thu, 26 Aug 2021 13:02:00 BST

Professor Luca Anceschi’s research has played a pivotal role in breaking a PCA ratification deadlock between the EU and Turkmenistan

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Map with pins in it

Place-Based Research Programme

Wed, 02 Feb 2022 09:00:00 GMT

Place is an important focus for current and future government research and development strategy. Place is also a research topic at the heart of many arts and humanities disciplines, from archaeology and architecture to history and literature.

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