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EUTOPIA, a next-generation teaching and research community of six European universities, which was successful in its selection to be part of the Erasmus+ ‘European Universities’ Programme this year, officially begins its project today, 1st December 2019.

Interdisciplinary Qualitative Research in Global Development: A Concise Guide contains a wealth of practical examples and resources to help students and practitioners think through what good research looks like, and highlights some of the practical and ethical challenges which can face teams drawn from different academic disciplines working on international development issues.

In conflict zones around the world, women’s health and wellbeing will decline further, unless caregivers are given better state social protection, according to collaborative intercontinental research by the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ (UK) and Monash University (Australia).

The presence of UN peacekeeping missions can inadvertently make criminal violence worse by providing the security necessary for organised crime to flourish, and creating a ‘peacekeeping economy’ which criminals can exploit, finds a new study by Dr Jessica di Salvatore of the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½.

One of Hong Kong’s top entrepreneurs, Professor Roy Chung, has received an Honorary Doctorate from the ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ UK – his alma mater, and an institution with which he has forged many significant links throughout his career.

Professor Chunli Bai commented: "Those challenges cannot be addressed by a single scientist, by a single institution, we need international collaboration."