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Projects

Our scholars regularly collaborate on research projects, including joint research applications and important public engagement activities.

Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy

Professor Billy Melo Araujo, Dr Viviane Gravey and Dr Lisa-Claire Whitten are investigators in the ESRC-funded Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy, conducting work  on the influence of devolved administrations on UK trade policy, whose interests are heard in UK trade policy making, and whether and how policy coherence between trade policy and other policies (environment, agriculture, health etc.) is pursued.

Agricultural Pesticides Vs Food Sustainability

Dr Alessandra Guida organised an international conference on “Agricultural Pesticides Vs Food Sustainability: A Need to Produce Ground-Breaking Knowledge from an Interdisciplinary and Dialoguing Perspective” with the aim of exploring the complexity surrounding the regulation of ag-pests. The conference, which was held on 3-5 July 2024, was funded by the European Society of International Law and will lead to the publication of an edited book on the subject.

Q-IEL members Dr Alessandra Guida, Dr Regis Simo and Prof Blly Melo Araujo are  co-investigators in the UKRI funded project  "‘ReImagining Supply Chains Network Plus (RiSC+)’" which is being led by the QUB Business School. The project is intended to understand and develop resilient supply chains in the areas of fashion, critical mineral, and food supply chains.