News
£1.5 million grant awarded to tackle psychosis in India
The National Institute of Health Research’s (NIHR) Global Health Research Unit has awarded the University’s Warwick Medical School £1.5 million (almost USD 2 million) to work with this highly vulnerable and disadvantaged group. The award will be used to improve their health, wellbeing and functioning.
In India psychosis is a leading cause of disability and affects between seven and eight million people. In the absence of adequate treatment and support many of them languish in long stay hospitals for years in appalling conditions or drift into homelessness and destitution. The research award aims to identify sufferers early and ensure that they regain their health and wellbeing.
Another India joins New South Asia Network
The NEW South Asia Network is a collaboration between research institutes and initiatives at the Universities of Nottingham, Edinburgh and Warwick.
The Institute of Asia and Pacific Studies (IAPS) at the University of Nottingham is led by Professor Katharine Adeney (Director) and Dr Carole Spary (Deputy Director).
The Centre for South Asian Studies at the University of Edinburgh is led by Dr Wilfried Swenden and Dr Kanchana Ruwanpura.
Another India is an initiative based at the University of Warwick and led by Dr Sarah Hodges and Professor Shirin Rai.
RCUK Call for Global Challenges Interdisciplinary Research Hubs: Internal Scoping Process – Deadline Tuesday 25th July 2017
As some of you will already be aware the second call for Global Challenges Research Funding is about to happen. The university is organising an internal scoping process. We invite you to consider whether you would like to put forward a proposal. You might like to develop ideas/networks that you have developed either arising in part out of GRP seed funding or otherwise. If so we would be happy to hear from you. Please let us know if you are thinking about this and if there are ways in which we can provide any support. There is not a lot of time – the internal deadline is 25th July 5pm.
Click here to access the scoping document.
GRP ID first postgraduate conference: Changing landscapes of gender in/equality (photos)
Thank you to all speakers and attendees of our first postgraduate conference. This thought provoking and in-depth consideration of contemporary gender and development issues brought together postgraduate students from Warwick University, SOAS, Bath University, Leeds University, Manchester University and Edinburgh University. It sparked an important debate and the issues arising will continue to be discussed. Click here to see the conference photos!
An eventful year in the life of GRP International Development
This has been a busy year for Warwick’s GRP International Development. There were many events – small and big, workshops, films – all organised around the Annual Theme - Challenging Inequalities, Transforming Gender Relations in the 21st Century.
The questions we posed are urgent: Why does gender matter in development? How does gender reproduce social inequalities that affect development? What can we do about the mis-recognition of gender relations that often leads to mal-distribution of resources to support the marginalized? What is needed to transform gender relations in the 21st Century?
Click to read the full report.