Supports research from diverse humanities and social science perspectives to address how relationships between people, place and the past shape our experience of what it is to be human in the present.

Expanding conceptions and interrogations of ‘development’, ‘governance’ and ‘peace’ in new ways by bringing these areas of inquiry into interdisciplinary conversations.

Critically addresses the opportunities and challenges of the movement of peoples, ideas, information and capital in a global and digital world.

Brings the tools, methods and approaches of the humanities and social sciences to bear on environmental, technological and political changes that raise new questions about human and non-human life.