Stephen Lawrence Research Centre (SLRC)
Description
The Stephen Lawrence Research Centre has a mission of becoming a hub of innovative and world-leading research. The Centre intends to create inclusive, intergenerational research communities that engage academics, students, alumni, local communities and the general public. It aspires to become a place that attracts and develops innovative thinkers who will become leaders by creating impact through their research on a local, national and global scale.
Its research target areas are: histories and cultures of Black, Asian and racially minoritised peoples in the UK; the concept and practice of institutional racism; denials of justice; the social psychology of racial violence.
Its aims include: to curate the Stephen Lawrence archive in collaboration with the University Special Collections as an educational resource for wide-ranging audiences including academic researchers, students of all ages, and the general public; to cultivate inclusive and intergenerational research communities that work collaboratively to develop interdisciplinary research related to the four research target areas; to champion the role of research in creating influence and impact on a local, national and global scale; to serve as a hub for knowledge exchange and partnership between universities and various public bodies and audiences; to harness local knowledge to understand and address social justice issues with a particular emphasis on education; to contribute to De Montfort University’s strategic plan to recruit, develop and retain a more diverse academic research staff who are empowered to become thought leaders in their respective fields.
The Centre has an extensive public engagement programme that takes its research agendas beyond the university walls.
Offers funding
No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.
Founding year
2008
Contact details
LE2 7ED
United Kingdom
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De Montfort University
The Gateway
Leicester
LE1 9BH
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2023-09-20 13:55:02