Terrorism remains one of the main security threats facing the European Union (EU) and its Member States, with a considerable impact on European societies. There is therefore a strong need for knowledge and expertise that will enable the EU and its Member States to effectively address the contemporary terrorist threat. The EU-GLOCTER (EUropean GLOCal Counter-TERrorism) Doctoral Network will produce the expertise that the EU and its Member States require to effectively address this threat. The research programme is highly innovative in its emphasis on analysing EU counter-terrorism through the lenses of 'glocalism' at different levels, ranging from the local through the EU to the global level, and in the crossing of the public-private sector boundaries. EU-GLOCTER brings seven beneficiaries with an excellent research track-record in counter-terrorism together with 18 Associated Partners from across the world in order to deliver a world-class PhD programme. The EU-GLOCTER project will train 11 doctoral candidates (DCs) using cutting-edge resources at leading research facilities, universities and think thanks throughout the EU and globally in the most important centres of power. The research programme involves world-leading social scientists (from a range of disciplines including political science, criminology, sociology, policing, and law) in combination with innovative think thanks and industry partners. The two main objectives of EU-GLOCTER are: (1) to provide world-class training to DCs in EU 'glocal' counter-terrorism - thinking globally, responding locally; and (2) to generate scientific excellence and technological innovation in the area of counter-terrorism.

Climate change can be an abstract concept to those who are not yet impacted. 'Science has to be communicated in a manner that links policy and action and must be informed by the lived-realities of communities' (Vasily, 2021). Human stories can be extremely powerful and can significantly contribute to the understanding and policy responses of local, national and regional decision-makers. This action research will connect human lived-experiences to climate change-related scientific data, and then engage policy-makers, catalysing informed responses at policy-level. The effectiveness of participatory ethnographic filmmaking as a methodology for sustainable grassroots-level community development has been proven through previous empirical action research; Film Ethnography and Critical Consciousness (Brown et al, 2023) and Community Voices . This action research will facilitate women and girls in vulnerable communities across Nepal, to use participatory film ethnography to self-document and critically reflect on their own climate change-related challenges and mitigation actions. Through sharing real-life experiences of challenges and mitigation actions, vulnerable communities will learn from each other, mutually enhancing community resilience to climate change, and effecting policy through engagement with policy-makers. A focus on women and girls will enhance their status within their communities and ensure that dialogue and mitigation actions are developed through a female lens.

This research project seeks to understand how principles of Climate Justice are incorporated into the sustainability strategies of UK universities, and how policymakers within these institutions understand and relate to principles of Climate Justice. The project will then consider if an implementation gap exists between the theoretical valuation of Climate Justice principles and their presence in strategy documents, and evaluate how this might be overcome. By doing so, the project seeks to contribute to literature in the interdisciplinary field of Climate Justice research and to provide guidance for policy and practice within universities and beyond.

The production of green methane and carboxylic acids, by converting H2 using renewable electricity with surplus CO2 from a number of processes, has the potential to integrate gas, electricity and refueling infrastructures, decarbonise energy supply, contribute towards energy security, as well as providing economic benefits through expansion of market potential. Combining H2 and CO2 has recently been achieved using a microbial process, however, productivity is limited by the rate at which gases can be solubilised into the liquid phase. This project will investigate the feasibility of using innovative oscillatory baffled reactor (OBR) technology to optimise the solubilisation of input gases, therefore optimising the rate of green gas or carboxylic acids production and improving the technical and economic viability of the biotech processes.

Water is on the frontline of the climate crisis. Floods, droughts, mismanagement, pollution, and access are salient features of this global challenge. However, climate change remains an underrepresented factor when considering conflict and crime. According to Swain (2016:1313) 'decisions about the restoration, management and protection of water resources have vital consequences for short-term stability, longer-term sustainable development and successful post-conflict peacebuilding'. When the climate-conflict nexus is considered, it is often relegated to the global South, and then to the poorest citizens and their potential for climate-related conflict and crime (Bonds, 2016). This project aims to explore a focused local case study in Afghanistan within the dynamics of the wider global context, which will offer original insight into impacts that are largely overlooked in the global North. Questions about different modes of violence will be considered in relation to both the framework of international law and the often-contested definitions of water conflict and crime. The primary aim and purpose of this research would be to explore the potential role of climate change adaptation and resilience measures as tools for dispute resolution and restorative justice in response to incidents of water conflict and crime.