Global Research Network on Parliaments and People (GRNPP)

Description

The Global Research Network on Parliaments and People (GRNPP) was launched in 2017.

GRNPP was originally established as part of the ‘Deepening Democracy’ project (2017-2021), which was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Global Challenges Research Fund, to create interdisciplinary research opportunities and support research capacity development in Ethiopia and Myanmar.

The Global Research Network remains focused on researching the relationship between parliaments and people but has since widened its scope and activities. With a major European Research Council Advanced Grant (2019-2024) scholars and film-makers undertook comparative research on parliaments or councils in six countries, innovating new forms of collaborative and visual ethnography. GRNPP held a major exhibition of creative outputs in early 2024 in the Brunei Gallery which can now be found online at https://exhibition.grnpp.org/virtual-exhibition/

GRNPP also engages in advocacy to mobilise global voices in academic, creative industry and policy-making environments. With support from the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the Mursi community in Ethiopia, the South Omo Theatre Company, Addis Ababa University and GRNPP have been in partnership since 2023 to facilitate Mursi-led research, film-making and advocacy to create alliances with their neighbours as well as their own and other governments.

Mursi community members created an NGO, Omo Pastoralist Empowerment and Nurture (OPEN), in 2025, and the exhibition Learning from South Omo was shown in Addis Ababa and at the SOAS Gallery in 2025.

Currently active

Yes

Offers funding

No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.

Founding year

2017

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University affiliation(s)

School of Oriental and African Studies
London

Partner Universities

University of Leeds

Additional Partnerships

Addis Ababa University; Mekelle University; South Omo Theatre Company, Ethiopia; Enlightened Myanmar Research Foundation, Myanmar; Setaweet, Ethiopia