International Research

Researchers across the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences are engaged in research around the world. These research projects range from evolution to finance, modern slavery to dementia care.

The Faculty is also a significant supporter of the Visiting International Fellows programme. This annual activity brings together an international cohort of scholars all working within the Heritage area of research to share their work with wider audiences.

Below, you can explore a selection of the Faculty's international research and its global impact.

Africa

Climate and Human Evolution & Dispersal

Dr Matthew Grove explores how climate change has affected our development as a species.

An alternative approach to tackling human trafficking and modern slavery

Over 40 million people are currently suffering from slavery-like practices. University colleagues explore innovative approaches to eradicating these activities.

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Technology transfer for food security in an international context

How can the coordination on interdependent activities can be achieved in technology transfer programmes consisting of multiple stakeholders?

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The racial underpinnings of the US penitentiary system

The modern the mass imprisonment of African American men stems from a policy that is much older, this report reveals.

Before Tuskegee: racism, power and the culture of American slavery

Uncovering sites of racialised medical exploitation and addressing its legacies.

Global Literatures

Focussing on literature that responds to geographical contexts beyond Britain, including American modernism, postmodernism and more.

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Cinema, Music, Memory

Improving the wellbeing of older people in the UK and Brazil, including those living with early stage dementia.

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Co-curation and reminiscence as pathways to wellbeing: a pilot research project with Chilean exiles who moved to Liverpool during the Pinochet dictatorship.

Brazil's role in regional Currency internationalisation

Helping shape policy at the South American trade bloc Mercosur, through collaboration with the Brazilian Central Bank

Cold War Toys: Material Cultures of Childhood in Argentina

Providing provides a cultural, political and affective history of Argentine toys during the Cold War.

K-Pop on the Global Platform

K-Pop and its reception in Europe are explored by Haekyung Um (IPM) in collaboration with Sang-Yeon Sung (University of Vienna) and Michael Fuhr (Hanover University)

Promoting 'informed choice' in India's Menstrual Hygiene Management policy

Dr Garikipati's research informs a multi-pronged strategy with institutional stakeholders to promote 'informed choice' and sustainability in India's menstrual hygiene landscape.

The Legacies of Empire

Changing public and practitioners' understandings of globalization, culture and identity.

Yemen in Conflict

Exploring ways of protecting and preserving popular literature in Yemen, in collaboration with the Liverpool Arab Arts Festival and colleagues at the University of Leeds.

Digital Panopticon

An an open-access resource of people who passed through the Old Bailey between 1750 and 1925. The project is a collaboration between the universities of Liverpool, Sheffield, Oxford, Sussex and Tasmania

Agreement: A Peoples Process

A physical and digital exhibition hosted by the Institute of Irish Studies to mark the 20th anniversary of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement.

Lives on Hold: Our Stories Told

A collaborative research project exploring the legal and social impacts of COVID-19 on young unaccompanied asylum-seekers in England.

The Romani Holocaust - Lessons and Legacies

New materials to help engage young people with the lives of Sinti and Roma.

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The Lived Experiences of People Bereaved by COVID-19

This report, led by the Management School's Professor Lynn Sudbury-Riley and Dr Benito Giordano, investigates the lived experiences of families bereaved by COVID-19.