Protracted Crisis Research Centre
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UWS Protracted Crisis Research Centre (PCRC) brings together an interdisciplinary group of researchers from across the University to focus research on fragile lives. We engage with the long term problems brought about by large scale global challenges - of displacement, ecological breakdown, conflict, poverty, poor health, gender based violence and lack of access to food, shelter and economic opportunities.
According to the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the UN:
Protracted crises are one of the most challenging contexts in which to fight hunger, malnutrition and poverty. They are driven by a combination of recurring causes – human-made factors, natural hazards (often occurring simultaneously), lengthy food crises, breakdown of livelihoods and food systems, and insufficient governance and institutional capacity to deal with the resulting crisis. Almost half a billion people in over 20 countries and territories are currently affected by protracted crises.These crises are multidimensional and complex, and require long term relationships and interdisciplinary thinking to begin to tackle them.
Working internationally with a network of partner organisations in Africa, South Asia and Latin America, we bring expertise from key partners in the Global South into dialogue with academics across the four UWS Schools, to
- Develop practical solutions
- Improve policy and practice
- Research sustainable approaches to protracted crisis that change lives for the better
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Offers funding
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Founding year
2019
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High Street
High Street
Paisley
Renfrewshire
PA1 2BE
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Last modified:
2025-10-15 15:04:18