In October 2023, the ISRF launched its tenth Flexible Grants for Small Groups competition. Having received a number of strong proposals, a pool of independent external assessors supported the funding of 19 projects.
Victoria Stadheim, Helena Pérez Niño, Sara Stevano & Sophie Van Huellen
The proposed research uses a critical political economy and combines insights from economics, history,...
Alexander Dukalskis, Christian Gläßel & Adam Scharpf
This project investigates authoritarian regimes hiring of public relations and lobbying firms (PRLF) in...
Joseba Azkarraga Etxagibel, Ana Cabana Iglesia & Rita Calvário
This project seeks to illuminate the often-overlooked rural women’s experiences and leadership in agrarian...
Sandra M. Rios Oyola, Camilo Tamayo Gomez & Matt Snell
RVRGN-II aims to strengthen communication and collaboration among an interdisciplinary team of scholars and...
Amber Murrey & Patricia Daley
Our collaborative seeks to transcend the conventional separation of Black Geographies from African...
Kesewa John, Holly Cooper & Tionne Parris
A Society of Black British historians, run for and by us, is a learned society for scholars of Black...
Giulia Selmi & Giulia Garofalo
This project is concerned with the changing nature of commercial sex in Europe, competing policy approaches...
Roberto Roccu
Public and scholarly attitudes on the prospects of democratisation in the Arab region often swing wildly...
Camille Terrier, Fanny Landaud & Rustamdjan Hakimov
The social networks in which we participate are strongly segregated by ethnicity, income, gender, age,...
Andriani Fili
The lack of transparency surrounding immigration detention centres has fostered conditions that silence and...
Kevin Mazur, Jeroen Gunning & Dima Smaira
This project proposes that the city, rather than the state, should be the starting point for understanding...
Ariane Agunsoye, Kate Padgett Walsh & Hayley James
To provide novel insights into intersectionality within everyday finance, the project seeks to bring...
Negar Elodie Behzadi & Lucia Direnberger
The Soviet modernization project in Central Asia sought to liberate women from Muslim traditions by...
Elena Butti & Carles Feixa Pàmpols
Systematic lethal violence against young people is widespread around the world, yet it is largely...
Tena Prelec & Oksana Huss
The political and security dimensions of transnational corruption are receiving growing attention in...
Matteo Bassoli & Clément Luccioni
In the wake of Europe's recent refugee influx, notably post-2015 and during the Ukrainian crisis of 2022, a...
Catherine Eschle & Maria-Adriana Deiana
This project seeks to revive and extend feminist approaches to the everyday politics of military and...
Craig Reeves
Markets increasingly govern social life, encroaching on almost every aspect of the coordination and...
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