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Global Research Fund Projects

The Global Research Fund (GRF) supports LSE’s international research ecosystem, awarding funding to collaborative projects that bridge our faculty with global partners across diverse geographical regions and academic disciplines. As a strategic seed fund, the scheme enables researchers to initiate high-impact collaborative activities, fostering the joint research outputs and networks for securing future large-scale international grants.

The GRF is ISAP’s longest standing seed fund. It offers support to projects in all disciplines and has no restriction on area or range.

Learn about the current and past projects supported by the fund below

Current projects

  • Three people standing outdoors; one eating an ice cream, two using phones.

    The Origins of Pro-Sociality: Studying Pro-Sociality Over the Life Course

    Dr Christian Krekel, Psychological and Behavioural Science, LSE
    Professor Laura Kubzansky, Harvard University

  • Pyramid and eye symbol on a US dollar bill.

    Beliefs in Conspiracy Theories: Drivers and Implications

    Professor Sandra Sequeira, School of Public Policy, LSE
    Professor Ruben Durante, National University of Singapore

  • Abstract image of blue, teal, white, and yellow streaks radiating into a motion-blur effect.

    Reducing Bias in Hiring: International Collaboration on Interview Design and Evaluation

    Dr Nicole Abi-Esbe, Management, LSE
    Ariella Kristal, The University of California, Los Angeles

  • AI head silhouette with connected nodes

    The Energy Economics of Artificial Intelligence

    Dr Min-kyeong (Min) Cha, Geography and Environment, LSE
    Dr Yeong Jae Kim, The Korea Development Institute School of Public Policy and Management

  • Illustration of sketch-like drawings, architectural shapes in purple and orange, arranged in layered composition.

    LSE-NYU Public Seminar Series: Human Rights and Internationalism

    Dr Ayça Çubukçu, Sociology, LSE
    Professor Vasuki Nesiah, New York University

  • Electronic financial ticker board showing USD EUR and GBP with red and green LED numbers and overlaid line graphs

    Robust Delegation

    Dr Tan Gan, Management, LSE
    Dr Ju Hu, Peking University

  • Screen stock exchange

    Metric Econometrics: New Perspective on Causal Inference

    Professor Taisuke Otsu, Economics, LSE
    Daisuke Kurisu, University of Tokyo
    Yukitoshi Matsushita, Hitotsubashi University
    Takahiro Hoshino, Keio University
    Yuta Okamoto, Kazuhiko Shinoda Nagoya University
    Hans Georg Mueller, University of California-Davis

  • Geometric wooden lattice structure forming a curved canopy

    Resilience and Universality of Discrete Structures

    Professor Jozef Skokan, Mathematics, LSE
    Yoshiharu Kohayakawa, University of Sao Paulo

  • Aerial view of a large pile of mixed rubbish and waste materials beside a vibrant green area, with urban structures

    Child Poverty and Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC): Developing a Horizon Europe Funding Proposal

    Professor Kitty Stewart, Social Policy, LSE
    Dr Rense Nieuwenhuis, Swedish Institute for Social Research
    Dr Emanuela Struffolino, Università degli Studi di Milano
    Dr Anna Kurowska, University of Warsaw
    Dr Ludovica Gambaro, German Youth Institute
    Dr Alba Lanau, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
    Dr Elizabeth Gosme, COFACE Families Europe

  • Close-up side profile of a person wearing glasses, looking at a blue digital interface with data lines and charts

    Theorising Data and AI

    Dr Tomislav Karačić, Management, LSE
    Dr Cristina Alaimo, ESSEC Business School (École supérieure des sciences économiques et commerciales)

  • Abstract artwork with overlapping tri-polygonal shapes in orange, yellow, blue, and red, in a layered composition

    Between Canon and Colony: Decolonising Criminology in Unstable Times

    Dr Johann Koehler, Social Policy, LSE
    Dr Gil Rothschild Elyassi, University of Haifa

  • Street protest with pedestrians crossing an urban intersection while carrying a purple banner

    Queering Activism in Southeast Asia

    Dr Sharmila Parmanand, Gender Studies, LSE
    Professor Meredith Weiss, State University of New York
    Dr George Radics, National University of Singapore

Past projects

  • Aerial view of a multi-level highway interchange with cars and surrounding buildings in a dense urban area.

    Closed Workshop on Research and Writing

    Professor Tim Allen, Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa, LSE
    Dr Andrea Renda, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)

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    Conversational AI and Decision Making – an Experimental Collaboration

    Dr Barbara Fassolo, Management, LSE
    Dr Anouk Bergner, University of Geneva

  • Plea roll @ National archive

    Steam Versus Stream: Conflict over Common-Pool Resources in Early British Technology Diffusion

    Dr Louis Henderson, Economic History, LSE
    Dr Moritz Kaiser, University of Tübingen
    Robert Merges, University of Chicago

    Read more about this project here.

  • Close view of two people holding hands gently, showing support, care, and connection

    LSE–UniMAC Collaboration on Community-Led Truth-Telling and Reparative Justice

    Dr Asha Herten-Crabb, International Relations, LSE
    Dr Obaapanin Adwoa Oforiwaa Adu, University of Media, Arts and Communications, Accra

  • three researchers at the University of Ghana

    Carbon Markets for Ghana’s Development – Current Challenges and Future Potentials under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement

    Dr Carolin Hulke, Geography and Environment, LSE
    Dr Michael Tuffour, University of Environment and Sustainable Development
    Dr Robert Manteaw, University of Ghana

    Read about this project here.

  • Group of people standing in a hallway next to a red wall with “Archives of Contemporary India” signage

    Developing Diplomatic Studies across the UK-India Research Landscape

    Professor Rohan Mukherjee, International Relations, LSE
    Dr Pallavi Raghavan, Ashoka University

    Read more about this project here.

  • Top-down aerial view of a dense green forest with a straight dirt road

    Collaboration with the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA) Attitude towards degrowth

    Dr Dario Krpan, Psychological and ehavioural Science, LSE
    Professor Giorgos Kallis, Autonomous University of Barcelona

  • Stone guardian lion statue in front of a historic Chinese palace building with yellow roof and red walls

    Issue of Critical Sociology: Chinese Labor Politics

    Dr Chunyun Li, Management, LSE
    Professor Mingwei Liu, Rutgers University

  • Stylized Bayesian distribution graph illustrating overlapping bell-shaped coloured probability curves

    Bayesian Analysis Publication

    Dr Giulia Livieri, Statistics, LSE
    Dr Luca Maestrini, National Australian Universty

  • Rwandan countryside with terraced green hills and farmland under dramatic sunlight in a mountainous rural landscape

    Rwandan refugees living in Uganda

    Dr Jennifer Melvin, International Development, LSE
    Dr Denis Bikesha, University of Rwanda

  • Calculator on a spread of US dollar banknotes of two denominations representing finance, budgeting, and cost analysis

    Interdisciplinary Analysis of Independent Fiscal Institutions and Debt Management Offices

    Stefano Merlo, LSE
    Dr Cristina Fasone, LUISS University, Rome

  • Group of 7 academics standing in front of the large globe sculpture on the LSE campus

    Pharmaceutical Policies and Health Systems

    Dr Huseyin Naci, Health Policy, LSE
    Dr Christine Leopold, Utrecht University
    Dr Anita Wagner, Harvard University
    Professor Steven Woloshin, Dartmouth Institute of Health Policy and Clinical Practice

    Read more about this project here.

  • Aerial view of a busy container port filled with shipping containers beside multi-lane highway infrastructure

    Assessing the Environmental Impact of Trade Wars

    Dr Aurélien Saussay, Gratham Research Institute, LSE
    Dr Muhammad Yildirim, Harvard University

  • Group of academics posing together indoors in an office or classroom setting at the partner university in Mexico

    Linkage and HIV/AIDS Medicines in Mexico

    Professor Ken Shadlen, International Development, LSE
    Professor Abril Campos, Tecnológico de Monterrey

    Learn more about this project here.

  • Tense office meeting with three colleagues in disagreement seated at a desk in an office environment

    Allocating responsibility in cases of intentional or accidental miscommunication and misunderstanding

    Dr Harry Walker Anthropology, LSE
    Professor Christophe Heintz, Central European University

  • Professionals seated at a conference table reviewing printed financial charts using a calculator during a meeting.

    Book project on budgetary decisions

    Dr Joachim Wehner, Government, LSE
    Dr Pablo de Renzio, Fundação Getulio Vargas

  • Qingfei Yin and faculty in China

    A Global History of China’s Ocean Shipping during the Cold War

    Dr Qingfei Yin, International History, LSE
    Mark Hoskin, The Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895) Museum and Research Institute

    Read more about this project here.

  • Faculty team standing outside LSE building

    Connecting Climate, Health and Global Action

    Lei Bian, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, LSE
    Professor Jintao Xu, Peking University

  • Visitors gather in a large public square framed by a historic colonnade and city views

    Public Sphere in an Age of Conflict and Systemic Crises

    Professor Bart Cammaerts, Media and Communications, LSE
    Professor Risto Kunelius, University of Helsinki
    Professor Hannu Nimienen, Helsinki Institute of Social Sciences and Humanities
    Professor Slavko Splichal, University of Ljubljana

  • Two elderly people walking side by side

    Healthy Ageing and Caregiving

    Professor Joan Costa-Font, Health Policy, LSE
    Professor Norma Coe, University of Pennsylvania

  • Aerial view of a winding river flowing through lush green landscape.

    Workshop on environmental science-policy connections

    Professor Tim Forsyth, International Development, LSE
    Professor Silke Beck, Technical University of Munich

  • Researchers standing outside the Institute for Digital Health building

    Workshop on surgical priority setting in Zambia

    Dr Rocco Friebel, Health Policy, LSE
    Professor Emmanuel Makasa, University of Zambia
    Dr Martilord Ifeanyichi, University of Zambia

    Read more about this project here.

  • Researchers around a table meeting at LSE working on South Africa project

    Workshop on South African History

    Professor Leigh Gardner, Economic History, LSE
    Professor Pieter Fourie, Stellenbosch University

    Read more about the event here.

  • Activism workshop session with participants collaborating around a table

    Activism, Policy and Transformation

    Dr Armine Ishkanian, Department of Social Policy, LSE
    Dr Sofia Donoso, Universidad de Chile, Santiago
    Mohamed El Agati, Arab Forum for Alternative Studies
    Arpy Manusyan, Socioscope Research NGOD
    Shauna Mottiar, University of KwaZuluNatal

    Read more about this project here.

  • Two presenters beside a projected slide, addressing an audience during a workshop

    Workshop on the use of Genealogical Sources in Economic History

    Professor Neil Cummings, Economic History, LSE
    Dr Melanie Xue, Economic History, LSE
    Professor Gregory Clark, Southern Denmark University

    Read more about the event here.

  • Researcher standing and presenting at a discussion session

    LSE Africa Summit

    Dr Joanna Lewis, Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa, LSE
    Dr Regina Mwatha, Kenyatta University

  • Judge’s gavel resting on a wooden sound block

    Judges and Legislators’ Experiences and Decision Making

    Dr Aneesh Raghunandan, Accounting, LSE
    Dr Trung Nguyen, Harvard University

  • Cell Close up Microscopic Image

    Workshop on Cancer Research

    Dr Elizabeth Storer, Firoz Lalji Institute for Africa, LSE
    Dr Nixon Niyonzima, Uganda Cancer Institute (UCI)

    Read more about this project here.

  • Workshop with representatives and academics collaborating around a table working on gender equality issues

    Care Innovations in Africa

    Dr Gloria Novovic, Government, LSE
    Professor Lynn Ossome, Makerere University

    Learn more about this project here.

  • Historic naval battle scene depicting traditional wooden sailing ships engaged in battle at sea.

    The Qing Empire Revisited: A Maritime Approach

    Dr Ronald Po, International History, LSE
    Dr. Cheng-Heng Lu, National Chiao Tung University

  • Landscape Forest

    Subjective Well-being and the Economic Cycle

    Dr Amaia Palencia-Esteban, International Inequalities Institute, LSE
    Professor Elena Bárcena Martín, University of Málaga

  • Four researchers at an indoor exhibition booth in a bright event space

    Improving Food security and child health in Burkina Faso in a Climate Changed World

    Professor Elizabeth Robinson, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, LSE
    Dr Dasgupta Shouro, Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici

    Read more about this project here.

  • Bookshelf filled with tightly packed books of various sizes and colours, arranged upright and stacked horizontally

    Reading-Through: towards a Methodology for Political Sciences Otherwise

    Dr Olivia Rutazibwa, Sociology, LSE
    Professor Jungmin Seo, Yonsei University
    Seoyoung Choi, Yonsei University

  • Bright pastel houses, balconies and large windows, set behind vivid pink flowering shrubs and greenery

    Financialization of Housing in Miami and London

    Kath Scanlon, LSE London, The Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE
    Kath Scanlon, LSE London, The Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, LSE
    Dr Mark Thibodeau, Florida International University

  • Modern city skyline with tall skyscrapers overlooking a busy multi-lane urban road

    China and the Global South: Development, Agency and Geopolitics

    Professor Chris Alden, International Relations, LSE
    Dr Ana Cristina Alves, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University

  • A group of nine people standing together in front of tiered red seating in a lecture theatre

    Colloquium in Combinatorics

    Professor Julia Böttcher, Mathematics, LSE
    Professor Yoshiharu Kohayakawa, University of São Paulo

  • Audience attending a formal seminar or lecture in a conference room setting

    Hospital Frailty Risk Score in China

    Professor Andrew Street, Health Policy, LSE
    Dr Qiu Yue, Tsinghua University
    Professor Yijia Jing, Fudan University

  • Mathematical graph illustrating a function with multiple curves and labelled intervals

    Computational vs. Statistical Analysis of Kernel Stein Discrepancy

    Professor Zoltan Szabo, Statistics, LSE
    Professor Bharath K. Sriperumbudur, Pennsylvania State University
    Florian Kalinke, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

  • Three researchers beside a presentation board with diagrams during a workshop or project discussion

    Collaborating on AI and Human Behaviour

    Professor Michael Muthukrishna, Psychological and Behavioural Science, LSE
    Dr Iyad Rahwan, Max Planck Center for Humans and Machines

    Read more about this project here.

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    The Politics of Critical Raw Materials Governance in the Global South: Comparative Analysis of Chile, Zambia and Indonesia/Linda-Emilia to confirm whether we list this one

    Dr. Yuezhou Yang, School of Public Policy, LSE
    Dr. Yunxiong Li, Institute for Global Public Policy (IGPP), LSE-Fudan Research Centre for Global Public Policy, Fudan University

  • abstract geometric bricks

    Histories of the Smart Border

    Dr Phillipp Seuferling, Media and Communications, LSE
    Dr Michelle Pfeifer, Dresden University of Technology

  • palestine flag

    Exploring the social psychology of Palestinian perspectives

    Dr Cathy Nicholson, Psychological Behaviour and Science, LSE
    Dr Mai Albzour, Birzeit University

  • forest scene mountain view

    Workshop on environmental science-policy connections

    Professor Tim Forsyth, International Development, LSE
    Professor Silke Beck, Technical University of Munich

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    Research Collaboration

    Dr Lauren Sukin, International Relations, LSE
    Dr Stephen Herzog, ETH Zurich University
    Dr David Allison, Harvard University

  • Graphic with stock market numbers and the text "error on execution"

    Research Visit

    Dr Aneesh Raghunandan, Accounting, LSE
    Dr Trung Nguyen, Harvard University

  • Disto logo, orange background with black nodes linked together by lines

    From Digital Skills to Tangible Outcomes (DiSTO) project

    Professor Ellen Helsper, Media and Communications, LSE
    Professor K S Arul Selvan, Indira Gandhi National Open University
    Professor Arindam Banerjee, Policy and Development Advisory Group, India