Addressing the multi-scalar dimensions of sectoral water conflicts: Lessons from South Asia (WATCON) 2025-2030 Addressing water conflicts through the lens of water security.
Chinese Perspectives on AI in Global Context: Towards a New Ethical Eco-System A multi-year and interdisciplinary project where diverse scholars and practitioners, from AI engineers to Sci-fiction novelists, from philosophers to Sinologists aim to discuss Chinese perspectives on AI in a global dialogue and explore its implications for humanity and its future.
An inclusive Bodhisattva path: The Taiwanese Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation and their global trans-faith humanitarianism This project unveils the reinvention of religion and Buddhism that frame the “Tzu Chi model” of humanitarian action, and reflects on its potential in informing charity work worldwide.
Climate risk and sustainable finance development in Thailand This project aims at supporting the Bank of Thailand in climate-related issues and transition risk in particular.
Border crossings: Exploring history and community through virtual reality at the 75th anniversary of the Partition Border Crossings examines how public narratives and memories of the 1947 partition are changing in Britain and how technology, specifically Virtual Reality (VR), can facilitate dialogue across generations and communities.
Restitution of looted Cambodian antiquities This project expands Professor Ashley Thompson’s ongoing contribution to restitution work and aims to ensure its positive long-term impact in and beyond Cambodia.
The Korean art collecting activities of British diplomats, businessmen and missionaries, 1880-1930 – A provenance research project based on UK collections This 12-month provenance research project was funded by the Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation (a South Korean government-funded institute overseen by Cultural Administration Heritage and the Ministry of Culture).
'Youth in crisis'? The effects of post-independence violent conflict and displacement on Murle socio-political institutions in Pibor, South Sudan Diana’s British Academy-funded research project (2020-2025) examines visual, musical and performative culture as the lens through which to better understand changes in Murle social institutions.
Leverhulme Research Leadership Award: Mapping Sumatra’s manuscript cultures This project’s interdisciplinary team investigates manuscript libraries from the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the first landing point, geographically and historically, of Islam in South East Asia, to better understand the intellectual and writing traditions of the region.