RESEARCH THEMES

Our Research Focus

We investigate critical social, economic, and institutional challenges shaped by conflict, with a focus on recovery, resilience, and sustainable development.

The opening of a British Embassy Office in Lviv marks a meaningful moment in UK-Ukraine diplomatic relations – and one that carries particular significance for thiscentre.This week, British Ambassador to Ukraine Neil Crompton officially inaugurated thenew office alongside regional and local leaders. The decision …

On International Women’s Day, it is worth setting aside the ceremonial and looking atthe data. The numbers describing women’s participation in the world’s armed forcesin 2025 tell a story that no speech can fully capture – one of structural change,societal transformation, and, in the …

Why UK farming matters more than everRussia’s full‑scale invasion of Ukraine has turned agriculture from a “quiet” sectorinto a core component of the UK’s national security and economic resilience.Disruptions to global trade in grain, fertilisers and energy have exposed thevulnerabilities of a country that …

Ukrainian schools in the United Kingdom are far more than extra language classes.They have become spaces where communities are formed, cultural memory ispreserved, and a new generation of Ukrainians is supported as they grow upbetween two countries and two education systems. The story of …