Forum for Social Studies explaining a grant-making programme (2017-2020) | GRNPP | SOAS University
Channel: SOAS University of London
Date: 07/01/2022

This video was produced by Forum for Social Studies, one of the GRNPP partners implementing the Deepening Democracy Programme, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Programme and Global Challenges Research Fund. 

Between 2017-2020 GRNPP awarded over £800,000 in grants to scholars, artists and activists in Myanmar, Ethiopia, Bangladesh and the UK. In their innovative and multidisciplinary projects they have been inquiring into the relationship between parliaments, politicians and people.  By combining the social sciences, arts and humanities they have revealed new perspectives and amplified the impacts of research findings in ways that are imaginative, creative and inclusive.

We encouraged applications from those who don’t normally get grants: women, early career researchers, those outside the capital, and those who identify as an ethnic minority. Through this scheme we hope to contribute to three research agendas: creating opportunities for researchers who tend to get side-lined, deepening democracy through multidisciplinary arts and scholarship, and helping make research more inclusive.

In this video FFS Former Director, Dr Meheret Ayenew, explains the approach and significance of the programme.