IERG’s PERICLES research project has been funded in the latest round of H2020. The project will last 36 months. IERG staff involved in the project are Tom Sorell (PI) and Kat Hadjimatheou (postdoc RF), and the project is worth €190,000. The overall aim of PERICLES is to develop a comprehensive approach to preventing and countering violent radicalisation. Transitional processes of radicalization are a focus of the research, which will consider violent left-wing and right-wing as well as religious ideologies. PERICLES will particularly emphasise violent propaganda delivered digitally. Partners include TNO, Trinity College Dublin, Thales and the Netherlands Police.

Tom Sorell has been awarded follow-on funding for Impact and Engagement from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) as Co-Investigator on a 'Responsible Lending' project that responds to findings from the 2012-2016 AHRC project, FinCris. 'Responsible Lending' will focus on access to affordable credit for low and moderate income communities. It will engage with UK Credit Unions and trade associations to develop innovative and creative strategies for implementing responsible lending practices and products. The project will begin in 2017, and will be led by Professor Karen Rowlingson, University of Birmingham.

Keith Hyams has been awarded a grant from the RCUK Global Challenges Research Fund (AHRC-ESRC-NERC) for a project on 'Why We Disagree About Resilience'. The project will involve working on urban resilience with partners across several disciplines in Cape Town, Nairobi and Manilla. The funding will further strengthen IERG's work on Ethics in International Development.