International Interdisciplinary Research Projects awards 2026

Dr Raihana Ferdous

Co-Investigators: Dr Lucy Elizabeth Clarke, Nottingham Trent University, Professor Mazeda Hossain, Nottingham Trent University, Professor Zoe Strathan, Glasgow University, Dr Aganyira Kellen, Makerere University, Dr Nasreen Akhter, Chittagong University

KF26\100260

Women’s Narratives of Heat and Climate Resilience in Informal Settlements in Bangladesh and Uganda

Nottingham Trent University

£282,611

Dr Brian Garvey

Co-Investigators: Dr Steve Owens, University of Strathclyde, Dr Ana Alfinito Universidade Federal do Pará, Professor Mauricio Torres, Universidade Federal do Pará.

KF26\100690

Porous boundaries of forest system transgovernance: territory and tribulation in the Amazon

University of Strathclyde

£294,834

Dr Sam Halvorsen

Co-Investigators: Dr Helen Pineo, University of Washington, Dr Elis Borde, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Dr Sahra Gibbon, University College London

KF26\100737

Climate Stress, Housing Precarity, and Health Inequities: Reterritorialisation Practices and Resistance to Unhoming

Queen Mary University of London

£293,781

Professor Gina Heathcote

Co-Investigators: Mr Lloyd Pigram (Nulungu Research Institute)

KF26\100257

Ocean Harmonies for Global Governance: Indigenous Marine Expertise and the Protection of the Ocean

Newcastle University

£299,715.87

Professor Daniel Laqua

Co-Investigators: Dr Anne Lif Lund Jacobsen, Danish Artic Institute, Dr Barbara Kirsi Silva, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Dr Doubravka Olšáková, Charles University, Dr Gordon Barrett, Northumbria University, Dr Simón Ballesteros, University of Chicago

KF26\100757

Historicising Earth System Governance: International Organisations, the Environment and the Geopolitics of Expertise, 1950s–90s

Northumbria University

£299,929.97

Professor Philip Leonard

Co-Investigators: Dr Xio-Shan Yap, University of Utrecht, Dr Ian Whittaker, Nottingham Trent University

KF26\100373

Terrestrializing Outer Space: An Interdisciplinary Investigation of Cultural, Environmental, and Social Futures Beyond Earth

Nottingham Trent University

£295,077

Dr Maria Manoli

Co-Investigators: Dr Wanshu Cong, Australian National University, Professor Upsana Dasgupta, OP Jindal Global University, Professor Lukas Vanhonnaeker, University of Montreal, Professor Georgios D. Kyriakopoulos , National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Dr Stefania Soldini, University of Liverpool

KF26\100828

Governing AI in the Final Frontier

University of Aberdeen

£299,999.65

Professor Stewart Mottram

Co-Investigators: Dr Chaturangi Wickramarante, International Water Management Institute, Professor Briony McDonagh, University of Hull, Dr Arjuna Thantilage, University of Kelaniya

KF26\100702

Rewriting Colombo’s Wetlands: Harnessing stories, histories, and heritage for inclusive wetland management in Sri Lanka

University of Hull

£299,972.66

Dr Truly Santika

Co-Investigators: Professor Muhammad Alif Sahide, University of Hasanuddin, Professor Yusthinus Thobias Male, University of Pattimura

KF26\100721

Multiscalar resource governance in the age of decarbonization: Linking global imperatives to local realities

University of Greenwich

£299,830

Dr Hita Unnikrishnan

Co-Investigators: Dr Lavanya Suresh, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Dr Manik Gupta, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Dr Deepshikha Batheja, One Health Trust

KF26\100877

Building Resilience through Equitable Action on Temperature, Heat, and indoor Emissions (BREATHE)

University of Warwick

£299,271.35

Dr David Wilson

Co-Investigators: Professor Bryson Nkhoma, Mzuzu University, Dr Elias Chirwa, Mzuzu University, Dr Wellman Kondowe, Muzu University, Professor Tracey Morse, University of Strathclyde, Dr Charles Knapp, University of Strathclyde

KF26\100825

Colonial Currents, Contemporary Countercurrents: Historical Legacies and Collaborative Futures in Lake Malawi/Niassa/Nyasa's Transnational Fisheries

University of Strathclyde

£299,141

Please note: Awards are arranged alphabetically by surname of the grant recipient. The institution is that given at the time of application.