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March 2019

Teaching for peace

Alison Baily, British Council Security and Stability expert, summarises new research exploring the role of education in conflict and recovery.

  • Education
  • Schools and teachers
  • Peace and security
  • Research report
March 2019

Cities of Literature

Research report: this study examines the contribution that literature can make in large scale cultural interventions and urban policy more broadly.

  • Arts and culture
  • Literature
  • Cultural relations
  • Research report
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March 2019

The art of peace

Research report: exploring the role that culture can play in building sustainable peace in communities recovering from conflict.

  • Arts and culture
  • Peace and security
  • Middle East and Africa
  • Research report
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March 2019

Next Generation Sri Lanka

This report explores the attitudes, aspirations and needs of young people across Sri Lanka.

  • Youth voices
  • South Asia and Asia Pacific
  • Research report
  • Research series
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February 2019

Development aid and national interests

A new report calls for closer alignment of the UK’s aid spending with its foreign policy goals.

  • International development
  • Soft power
  • Trust and dialogue
  • United Kingdom
  • Insight article

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