Research, Knowledge Exchange and the Military Sector

Ken had the opportunity to present and be part of a panel discussion in a fascinating inter-disciplinary workshop on research, knowledge exchange and the military sector held in the Byre theatre. The workshop was an initiative of the visualising war research group and aimed at exploring the practical challenges, opportunities and ethical dilemmas that arise … Read more

Bashar Albaghli completes his PhD

Bashar came to St Andrews supported by Kuwait University, after completing a Masters in the US. The focus of Bashar’s project has been to explore the links between different understandings of religiosity, political factors, and attitudes toward other religious and political groups.  The thesis title is “Religiosity and prejudice in a Western and Islamic context”. … Read more

Grant to study Christian IDP’s in Iraq

We were excited to be collaborating with an American-based NGO, Love for the least: Middle East to cary out a research study on internally displaced Christian’s in Iraq.  There have been two waves of displacement in Iraq; from the Iraq war and then from ISIS. Many people are displaced from southern Iraq, and more recently … Read more