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Safe and Inclusive Communities

Safe and Inclusive Communities supports, develops, and promotes research, innovation and impact across a range of areas, including the promotion of minority rights, challenging discrimination and inequalities in relation to health, education and employment (amongst other areas), and understanding and combatting extremism, radicalisation and sexual violence.
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New reports examine safety of young people online and actors on-set

Professor Tanya Horeck of ARU is the lead author of two new reports exploring young people's experiences of technology-facilitated, gender-based violence during COVID-19, and the role of the intimacy coordinator in TV production.

Read the full report on technology-facilitated gender-based violence (PDF) Read the full report on new depictions of sex and consent in UK television culture (PDF)

Research institutes, centres and groups

International Policing and Public Protection Research Institute
Veterans and Families Institute for Military Social Research
More Safe and Inclusive Communities research institutes, centres and groups

Projects

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Research project

In Fair Health?

In Fair Health? will determine the health status, needs and trends among Showmen, and identify and propose solutions to the barriers to healthcare faced by the community.

Read more about our work identifying and addressing the health needs of Showmen
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Research project

Improving healthcare service provision for LGBTQ+ patients

This project investigates LGBTQ+ patients' experiences of homophobia, biphobia, and transphobia, and healthcare professionals' knowledge and awareness of LGBTQ+ healthcare issues, in order to improve the provision of health services for the LGBTQ+ community.

Read more about our work improving the provision of health services for the LGBTQ+ community
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Research project

Exploring patterns of online recruitment among non-violent extremists in the UK (2016- 2021)

This project aims to examine common non-violent extremist recruitment strategies and ideological appeals online, in order to inform policy and practice and develop new risk assessment tools.

Read more about our work investigating how non-violent extremists are recruited online
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Research project

Understanding the shift from vocal extremists to terror offenders in the UK

This project aims to identify the factors that catalyse or inhibit extremists becoming offenders, to improve risk forecasting, identify new risk factors, and facilitate future research.

Read more about our work investigating how vocal non-offenders become violent offenders
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Research and innovation highlights

Research to improve the monitoring of convicted sexual and violent offenders in the community

Dr Natalie Mann explains the very personal motivation behind PIER’s latest research into the monitoring of sexual and violent offenders across England and Wales.

Read more about our work improving the monitoring of convicted sexual and violent offenders
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REF 2021 case study

Enabling non-academics to carry out creative-historical research into migration histories

Dr Jeannette Baxter's research at ARU led her to develop a surrealist creative-historical research methodology for non-academic audiences.

Explore Dr Jeannette Baxter's work
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REF 2021 case study

Developing an evidentiary framework for genocidal intent

ARU research on atrocities allegedly committed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) against the Yazidis has helped institutions to recognise genocide.

Explore Dr Aldo Zammit Borda and Dr Alexander R J Murray's work
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REF 2021 case study

Making higher education inclusive for staff and students with caring responsibilities

ARU research on the challenges affecting higher education (HE) staff and students with caring responsibilities has led institutions to change their policies and practices.

Explore Prof Marie-Pierre Moreau's work
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REF 2021 case study

Improved workplace outcomes for sexual-orientation and gender-identity minorities

ARU research on the experiences of sexual-orientation and gender-identity minorities in the workplace has helped employers become more inclusive.

Explore Prof Nick Drydakis' work
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REF 2021 case study

Enhancing policy, practice and organisational attitudes for LGBTQIA+ inclusivity

ARU research on marginalised identities has helped various UK employers improve their equality and inclusivity policies, practices, and cultures.

Explore Prof Patricia MacCormack's work
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REF 2021 case study

Transforming the career prospects of LGBTQ+ teachers

ARU research on the challenges faced by LGBTQ+ teachers has helped increase the number of LGBT teachers in UK school leadership roles.

Explore Prof Catherine Lee's work
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REF 2021 case study

Enhancing integration for pupils with English as an additional language

Research co-led by ARU and Cambridge University on the integration of pupils with English as an additional language (EAL) has led to improved educational strategies and outcomes.

Explore Dr Claudia Schneider's work
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REF 2021 case study

War babies of Black GIs and British women

ARU research on the difficulties faced by Britain's 'brown babies' has helped create a supportive community and engendered public awareness of their experiences.

Explore Prof Lucy Bland's work
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REF 2021 case study

Enhancing policies and practice in secondary school sex education to improve internet safety for teenagers 

ARU research has produced better understanding of how to tackle the problem of image-based sexual abuse.

Explore Dr Tanya Horeck's work
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REF 2021 case study

Drug-facilitated sexual assault in Nepal: Enhancing forensic capacity and raising public awareness

ARU research into methods for detecting drug-facilitated sexual assault (DFSA) has helped improve knowledge and investigation of this offence in Nepal.

Explore Dr Lata Gautam and her collaborators' work
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REF 2021 case study

Improved registered sex offender management in England and Wales

ARU research into the effectiveness of current registered sex offender (RSO) community management led to key changes to policy and practice.

Explore Prof Samantha Lundrigan and Dr Natalie Mann's work
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REF 2021 case study

Helping military families thrive

Research by ARU's Veterans and Families Institute (VFI) has led to support for veterans, their families and military spouses to deal with limb loss and find employment.

Explore the VFI's work

Our team

Jeanette Baxter

Jeannette Baxter

Professor

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Matt Fossey

Matt Fossey

Professor of Public Services Research / Director, Veterans and Families Institute

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Prof Margaret Greenfields, Professor of Social Policy

Margaret Greenfields

Professor of Social Policy

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Samantha Lundrigan

Samantha Lundrigan

Director, International Policing and Public Protection Research Institute

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Marie-Pierre Moreau

Professor of Education

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Elisa Orofino

Elisa Orofino

Academic Lead for Extremism and Counter-Terrorism

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Anna Pareskevopoulou

Anna Paraskevopoulou

Associate Professor

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Shingirayi Kandi

Shingirayi Kandi

PhD Researcher

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Grace Famoriyo

Grace Gladys Famoriyo JP

Lecturer and Course Director

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Adriana Sandu

PhD Programme Director & Senior Lecturer in Social Work

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Anna-Markovska

Anna Markovska

Deputy Director, IPPPRI; Associate Professor

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Sharon Morein-Zamir

Professor

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News

4 December 2024

New toolkit launched for Black and racially minoritised-led social enterprises

ARU, along with Oxford Community Action and the University of Greenwich, has created a toolkit outlining key principles for establishing and managing social enterprises led by Black and racially minoritised groups.

Download a copy of the toolkit
4 December 2024

Events explore ways for researchers to approach sensitive topics

In October 2024, the Safe and Inclusive Communities leadership team led two events designed to foster impactful discussions on sensitive topics – engaging the postgraduate community at ARU, and beyond.

Read more about the events
5 August 2024

Report finds complexities in relationship between Roma families and children's services

A lack of trust based on historic discrimination has damaged the relationship between Roma families and children’s services in England, according to a new research report by researchers from ARU, Lancaster University and the charity Law for Life.

Find out more and read the full report on Roma families' views of children's services
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