The memorandum of understanding with Economic and Social Research Council - ESRC, the British organization for funding research on economic and social issues, aims at promoting collaborative research in areas of mutual interest, creating opportunities for scientific cooperation between PhD students and their advisors.
Digital transformation of government - understood as government digitalization to improve service delivery, organizational efficiency and civic engagement - is a core objective for governments. Government IT spending is forecast to total US$590bn globally in 2023 and studies find that effective digital transformation is a predictor of greater government effectiveness, firm productivity an…
People who have been exposed to childhood trauma are at an increased risk of developing cardiometabolic diseases (CMD) in adulthood. The development of these diseases is closely related to lifestyle, with certain 'health risk behaviors' playing a significant role in their onset, such as smoking, an inadequate diet, insufficient sleep, and lack of exercise. The mechanisms by which childhoo…
The purpose of this project is to explore how Multinational Enterprises from advanced markets can contribute to the achievement of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals by addressing the needs of underserved populations in emerging markets, while also providing expectations of long-term economic return to their shareholders. We aim to uncover the mechanisms and actions employe…
This projects main aim is to examine young people's (aged 10-24) understandings, experiences and participation in the 'food-water-energy' nexus in Brazil. It focuses on this age group as older children and young adults are generally the main targets for EfS, and as they are likely to have greater capacities for engagement with and reflection on the nexus than younger children. In achievin…
The provisioning of food, water and energy services in urban areas involves infrastructures and resource flows which are heavily dependent on each other and on the natural environment. We conceptualize this interdependence as the urban Nexus. The project investigates how the social and ecological trade-offs associated with the Nexus interact with existing relations of power in maintaining…
The "Resolution" project will explore the impact of transportation on social segregation in São Paulo and London, comparable world cities in terms of their population, area and density at both municipal and metropolitan levels. In large cities, social groups classified by income, class, and ethnicity manifest extreme differences in where they locate and how accessible they are to a variet…
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The purpose of this project is to explore how Multinational Enterprises from advanced markets cancontribute to the achievement of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals by addressing theneeds of underserved populations in emerging markets, while also providing expectations of long-termeconomic return to their shareholders. We aim to uncover the mechanisms and actions employed b…
The purpose of this project is to explore how Multinational Enterprises from advanced markets can contribute to the achievement of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals by addressing the needs of underserved populations in emerging markets, while also providing expectations of long-term economic return to their shareholders. We aim to uncover the mechanisms and actions employe…
Recent research about the foodwaterenergy nexus has tended to focus on flows (e.g. of food between producers and consumers) and ways of governing the nexus. However, there is a real need to understand how people understand, experience, learn about and participate in the foodwaternexus in their everyday lives. It is only by doing so that we can address crucial questions in terms of equalit…
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