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Conflict, persecution and general insecurity are the main drivers of migration by sea to Europe, shows research into the Mediterranean migration crisis.

The ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science has helped the University of Mosul to rebuild their language studies after the destruction by Islamic State.

The Minister for Energy and Clean Growth, Claire Perry launched an initiative to create a network of new and extended city climate commissions in Edinburgh, Belfast and Leeds on 31 January. The project aims to help the UK meet the requirements of the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change and the UK Climate Change Act by building local capacities and stimulating the flow of green finance into cities across the UK.

Housing debates have almost entirely ignored residential age segregation as one of the potential consequences of the ongoing housing affordability crisis. Is age segregation something we should be worried about?

The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is announcing £27 million of funding for Impact Acceleration Accounts (IAAs) at research organisations across the UK.

Prison and probation services have traditionally focused on personal rehabilitation, but this focus cannot resolve problems that are social rather than individual. A new rehabilitation model includes three additional aspects beyond personal rehabilitation – expanding to relations in the wider society.

One method for encouraging healthy food choices is to inform people about their friends' healthy eating habits, says new research from the University of Birmingham.

International scientific collaboration with Japan, tackling infectious diseases in India and the development of clean energy technologies in Canada are just three areas where UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) will partner with world-leading collaborators to push boundaries, create new partnerships and meet 21st century challenges.

As we are becoming increasingly more digital and interconnected, organised crime is adapting by using web technology to enable criminal activities – such as laundering money, running drugs trade or trafficking, hacking networks and stealing data for sale or extortion.

Involving communities in design and implementation of post-disaster recovery is key to achieving better outcomes and longer-term recovery after natural disasters, shows research.