Centre for
Our academics share their knowledge and expertise with organisations and business to support them with projects or key business goals. Here are some examples:
Michal Garapich
has developed strong collaborations with two London-based charities, the 999 Club in Deptford and the Upper Room in Acton, that assist homeless and vulnerable people, ex-offenders, and undocumented migrants. His research on homelessness together with his involvement with these local charities, has had a direct impact on the immediate environment, ranging from providing student project evaluations of the charities’ day-to-day organisation to opportunities for students to engage directly with the problem of homelessness.
Mark McCormack
works with The Loop, a non-profit making Community Interest Company established in 2013 which pioneered Multi-Agency Safety Testing in the UK, providing drug safety testing, welfare and harm reduction services at nightclubs, festivals and other leisure events.
Professor Jeremie Gilbert
has been providing expert statement to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights on case concerning an indigenous community in Colombia. The case concerns the U’wa peoples who have consistently fought to protect their territory against oil and gas companies. Prof. Gilbert was called to provide an expert statement on international human rights law concerning indigenous’ rights. The Inter-American Court of Human Rights is the judicial branch of the Organisation of American States - the case will be decided later in May 2023. More information about the case is available at: https://earthrights.org/case/uwa-indigenous-people-vs-colombia/
has also been nominated as trustee for the International Lawyers Project, an organisation connecting communities, civil society groups, journalists, and reform-minded government officials with pro bono legal expertise anywhere in the world, to bring about economic justice. More info at: https://www.internationallawyersproject.org/