Information on the Pathfinder Research Projects

Phase one

UK-India Bilateral Projects

UK-Brazil Bilateral Projects

UK-India-Brazil Trilateral Projects

Phase two

Links to phase two projects will be added when they are available.

UK-China Bilateral Projects

  • Return migrants and international knowledge flows: China and the UK, Professor Xiaohui Liu (with additional funds from the NSFC)
  • CEO Effects on Firm Performance in China: The Role of Incentives, Firm Governance Arrangements and CEO Capital, Mr Alex Bryson (with additional funds from the NSFC) 
  • The Impacts of Fall in Exports on Livelihoods in China: Urban Unemployment, Rural Poverty and the Welfare of Ruralurban Migrants, Professor Lina Song
  • Social mobility and social capital in China and Britain, a comparative study, Professor Yaojun Li
  • Coping with the Urban Environment? Gender Disadvantage, Social Inequalities and Well-being of Economic Migrants in China, Dr Sabu Padmadas 
  • Understanding Inequality in Elderly Well-being in China and the UK, Dr Winnie Yip

UK-South Africa Bilateral Projects

  • The relationship between Spatial Inequality and Attitudes to Inequality in South Africa, Mr David McLennan
  • Microfoundations of Access to FinanceL Demand-side Perspectives in South Africs, Professor Thankom Arun
  • Chinese Competition and the Restructuring of South African Manufacturing, Professor Rhys Jenkins
  • Poverty and Inequalities in Child Welfare Outcomes in South Africa: An analysis of panel data, Professor Ian Timaeus
  • School progression, school choice and travel to school amongst urban South African secondary school leavers, Dr Seraphim Alvanides

UK-China-South Africa Trilateral Projects

  • Addressing the impact of internal labour migration on intergenerational support, health and income: the cases of China and South Africa, Professor Jane Falkingham