How can nonviolent grassroots networks – including the network to stop street harassment – transform insecurity?
This is a research question that a team at the University of Bristol will answer over the next 18 months thanks to the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) grant they were recently awarded. The team is led by Dr Eric Herring, Research Director of SPAIS (School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies).
Here’s a brief summary of the project:
“The project will explore how three existing networks — a neighborhood watch to prevent suicide bomb attacks in Somalia; projects to record every casualty of armed conflict in many countries in the global South; and projects to stop the street harassment of women in the global North and South — relate to the state, global governance and all actors that use and threaten violence. It will also explore these ideas in relation to grassroots security actors which are seeking to network with each other across issue areas.”
Visit the project’s website to learn more.
I’ve chatted twice with Eric and his colleague Karen Desborough and I’m excited to report that I am now a “Research Collaborator” for the street harassment-specific part of the project. So stay tuned for more information about the project and how it will help strengthen our network and efforts to stop street harassment!
