Mariam Daher
12 January 2022 Lebanon's severe economic crisis and political instability has had a devastating impact on people's livelihoo...Elisabetta Pietrostefani, Joana Dabaj, Yara Sleiman, Mayssa Jallad, Sara Maassarani and Efrosini Charalambous
The case of Mar Mikhael neighbourhood On the 4th of August 2020, a large am...Howayda Al-Harithy, Abir Eltayeb, and Ali Khodr
07 July 2021 Lebanon has witnessed multiple waves of displaced people throughout its recent history, inc...RELIEF PROCOL Lebanon Public Services Arts Infrastructure
Data from the RELIEF Centre and CatalyticAction project Assessing Vulnerabilities in Post-Blast Beirut is now featured in the ...RELIEF Mass Displacement Middle East
Dr Samar Maqusi , Kae Ohene-Yeboah, Mariam Daher
In the era of Covid-19, the call to imagine feels more important than ever.‘To imagine’ means to picture something yo...Balsam Gharib
27 October 2023 On 27 September 2023, PROCOL Lebanon organised a half-day workshop that brought together prominent stakeholders ...RELIEF Mass Displacement Middle East
This project worked with Bar Elias local researchers who were recruited and trained in social science research by CatalyticAction with UC...RELIEF Mass Displacement Middle East
This project worked with Bar Elias local researchers who were recruited and trained in social science research by CatalyticA...RELIEF Mass Displacement Middle East
This project worked with Bar Elias local researchers who were recruited and trained in social science research by CatalyticA...Professor Henrietta L. Moore and Dr Ala'a Shehabi
On 4 August 2020, a massive explosion at Beirut’s port killed at least 200 people and caused up to $15bn in damage to buildings and infra...RELIEF Mass Displacement Middle East
This project worked with Bar Elias local researchers who were recruited and trained in social science research by CatalyticA...Balsam Gharib
08 November 2022 Lebanon has entered yet another political impasse following the end of President Aoun’s term on October...Rahaf Zaher
6 December 2022 Since November 2019, local banks in Lebanon have been imposing a Capital Control scheme, unratif...RELIEF PROCOL Lebanon Energy Food Mass Displacement Public Services Infrastructure Middle East
The RELIEF Centre and Catalytic Action have been working together to Assess Vulnerabilities in Post-Blast ...Rahaf Zaher
27 June 2023 ...Dr Ala’a Shehabi
The RELIEF Centre is launching a citizens' assembly on Energy on 23rd October 2020The recent devastating explosio...Sam Tamayo
27 November 2023 Over the years, Lebanon has gone through massive difficulties across different areas from ...Balsam Gharib
15 December 2022 The banking sector in Lebanon has shifted from being perceived as the bastion of the country’s ...RELIEF Mass Displacement Middle East
Dr Maha Shuayb
RACISM, XENOPHOBIA, AND CORRUPTION RENDERED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF SYRIAN CHILDREN “A LOST GENERATION”.The World Refugee Day t...Joana Dabaj
28 February 2024 We are very honoured that the work of Catalytic Act...Dr Ala'a Shehabi
Over the past two weeks, members of a Citizens Assembly in Lebanon have concluded work deliberating energy justice, and making key decisi...Balsam Gharib
09 May 2023 Lebanese parliamentarians are yet to agree on a solid socioeconomic recovery plan capable of s...RELIEF Mass Displacement Prosperity Index Arts Middle East
Performances from the RELIEF Centre 2021 conference Working Through Crisis: Innovations, Possibilities and Limitations of Researc...Dr Hanna Baumann
It is not every day that academics plant trees, paint pavements, or install park benches. But that is exactly what I, and other resea...Fast Forward 2030 RELIEF Middle East
27 April 2021 Fast Forward 2030 Lebanon have launched a podcast all about Lebanon and the sustainable development goals. ...Professor Henrietta L. Moore
Recent research shows that Lebanon could witness an increase of 1.2 to 3.2 degrees in temperatures in areas that are already very arid an...RELIEF Mass Displacement Middle East
The RELIEF Centre in partnership with Catalytic Action present life stories from Bar Elias...RELIEF Mass Displacement Middle East
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE The historical placement of research questions is key for the people whose lives and livelihoods are at st...Fast Forward 2030 Climate Emergency
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This working paper reviews the literature on infrastructural vulnerabilities in the Lebanese context of mass displacement to answer the f...Rahaf Zaher
23 January 2024 On 22nd November 2023, Lebanon celebrated its 80th anniversary of independence from the...RELIEF Mass Displacement Middle East
Samar Maqusi
Reflections from Burj el Barajneh camp and Beirut cityIt has been a year since I last visited Lebanon to conduct my field resear...Eva Lamorgese
21 March 2023. Lebanon's severe economic crisis and political instability is having a devastating impact on people's livelihoods. The cri...Mayssa Jallad
29 August 2023 What research methods do we need to address today’s pressing public health c...Hannah Sender
25 April 2024 Post-natal depression affects around 20% of women in low- and middle-income countries – nearly twice as many as wom...Tony McKenzie
Reflections on the IGP - British Academy workshop on Citizen Social ScienceOn December 2, 20...Ghina Mohsen
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic. “This is not just a public health crisis, it is a crisis t...Hannah Sender
PhD student, Hannah Sender, reflects on her fieldwork on adolescent mental health in Bar Elias, Lebanon....RELIEF Mass Displacement Middle East
Dr Ala'a Shehabi
A pilot of the first Citizens’ Assembly launched with its first session on Friday 23 October 2020 under challenging conditions. Th...Professor Henrietta L. Moore
22 June 2023 A 21st century economy needs to produce and to assure supply of the essential goods on which we all depend: soil, wa...Dr Eileen Kennedy
MOOCs are usually defined as Massive Open Online Courses. At the RELIEF Centre we are shifti...Charlie Stott
Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 will require a concerted effort from everybody on the planet but while governm...RELIEF Mass Displacement Middle East
Dr Hanna Baumann & Hannah Sender
In Lebanon, which has experienced a series of political crises in recent years, refugees and citizens alike have been negatively affected...Financing Prosperity Mass Displacement Middle East
James Shraiky & Dr Christopher Harker
How do people impacted by migration and displacement finance their lives and how do technologies shape such practices? We know that there...KNOW London Prosperity Board PROCOL Kenya PROCOL UK RELIEF Prosperity Index Africa America Asia Europe Pacific
Sarah Nisi
Nineteen Londoners collect research data for the Institute for Global Prosperity (IGP) from hundreds of households in their neighbour...Monica Basbous, Nadine Bekdache and Camillo Boano
This blog post was originally written for the UCL Bartlett Development Planning Unit website and can b...RELIEF Mass Displacement Middle East
Earlier this year, the RELIEF Centre collaborated with the Migration Leadership team and the Arab Council for Social Sciences to convene ...Hannah Sender
PhD student, Hannah Sender, reflects on Professor Saskia Sassen's public lecture, 'A Third Emergent Migrant Subject Unrecognised in ...Yara Younes
While the COVID-19 pandemic proceeds, strict measures have to be taken by authorities to control the spread of the virus and protect grou...Hannah Sender & Joana Dabaj
Lockdown is beginning to lift in Lebanon, but COVID-19 cases continue to rise and to exacerbate the terrible economic conditions that thr...Patrick Vickers
When Professor Henrietta Moore...RELIEF Mass Displacement Africa America Asia Europe Pacific
Dr Nikolay Mintchev
Migration and displacement are taking place on an unprecedented scale. The movement of people throughout the world is diversifying the de...Dr Nikolay Mintchev
…things aren’t what they used to be before; there is no sense of community anymore; people only care about personal gain, not ab...Nikolett Puskas
On the night of 10th March, I arrived back in Beirut from Egypt on literally one of the last planes allowed into the country. I ...Professor Henrietta L. Moore
New polling finds the vast majority of Britons want to prioritise quality of life over economic growth, but what exactly is it that const...PROCOL Kenya Prosperity Index Africa
“Sustainable prosperity is a global challenge: the world needs a...Sam Tamayo and RP Duterte
18 December 2023 Earlier this year, we talked about starting a podcast based on our experiences as students under the MSc Prosper...Balsam Gharib
29 April 2024 The staggering imbalance in global and national wealth distribution has caused significant human and environmental ...Dr Saffron Woodcraft
25 January 2022 “To me, the word prosperity means harmony” ...RELIEF Prosperity Index Middle East
Soheila Shourbaji
Maps, Anxieties and Reconceptions: An Ethnography of Citizen Social Science in Hamra’s Prosperity Index Projec...Dr Saffron Woodcraft
12 April 2022A narrow definition of prosperity as material wealth measured by economic growth and rising GDP has dominat...Mirong Chen
Promoting Global Prosperity through Citizen Social Science (Translation in English) ...London Prosperity Board Social Prosperity Prosperity Index
Dr Matthew Davies
Over the last year the climate crisis has inspired considerable public protest including civil disruption by Extinction Rebellion and the...Tim Ndezi, Festo Makoba and Dr Saffron Woodcraft
How research methods and ethics produce pathways to prosperityWhat does it mean to be prosperous and live wel...Social Prosperity Food Public Services Work
Over the past 30 decades, prosperity – understood as material wealth, social wellbeing, equality, justice, inclusion and environmental su...London Prosperity Board Prosperity Index Public Services Work
Maria Paz Levy
Maria Paz Levy, volunteer at the IGP, reports from the launch of the IGP's first Prosperity Index f...Professor Henrietta L. Moore
The independent review on ...