RISE awards 拢450,000 to innovative projects addressing violence against women and girls
- Online abuse, unsafe public spaces and early warning signs of violence are among the issues tackled by nine new RISE-funded projects.
- Researchers are working alongside police forces, charities and practitioners to pilot rapid, real-world solutions to violence against women and girls (VAWG).
- Findings will inform policy, policing and prevention efforts aligned with the UK Government鈥檚 Safer Streets Mission and VAWG Strategy.
Nine interdisciplinary research and innovation projects have been awarded up to 拢50,000 each through , an accelerated programme tackling violence against women and girls (VAWG) led by researchers at the University of 黑料网吃瓜爆料.
Delivered between April and August 2026, the projects bring together VAWG researchers with partners such as police forces, local authorities and specialist charities.
Together, they will pilot evidence-based approaches focused on early intervention, structural drivers of harm, safer streets and parks, disability鈥憇pecific prevention, improving responses to repeat victimisation and mapping online misogyny ecosystems.
鈥淰iolence against women and girls is a complex challenge that demands collaborative, nuanced and evidence鈥慸riven responses,鈥� said Professor Mark Elliot, SPRITE+ Director and RISE Co-Investigator.
The projects we鈥檝e funded bring together VAWG researchers with practice partners to tackle both long-standing and emerging VAWG issues. We look forward to working with each team and supporting them to make a tangible difference.
Funded teams will soon take part in a cross-sector event in June 2026 which will lay the foundations for sustained collaboration and future funding, as well as a showcase event in September to share overall findings and lessons learned.
List of successful projects
- Safer Spaces, Stronger Voices: Co鈥慍reating and Evaluating a Learning Disability鈥慡pecific VAWG Prevention Intervention
- Proximal Risks: Understanding the Pathways from Socioeconomic Disadvantage to Intimate Partner Violence
- Safer Parks: Improving Access for Women and Girls 鈥� Training for Professionals
- Producing policy鈥慶ritical knowledge about the harms to women and girls caused by com鈥憂etworks: Accelerating beyond steps to strides in raising safeguarding awareness, risk prevention and reducing future victimisation
- Adolescent TFVAWG: A Practice Framework for Early Detection and Response
- HARMONY: Hidden Abuse Research and Mapping of Online Misogyny Ecosystem
- BRAVO: Boys (as) Responsible Allies against Violence Online: The Future Digital Leaders Programme
- SaferStreetsAI: AI鈥慽nformed pedestrian routing based on perceived safety
- The Development of a Digital Repeat鈥慥ictimisation and Attrition Dashboard: A Strategic Innovation for Rape and Serious Sexual Offences in Bedfordshire
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About RISE
Violence against women and girls (VAWG) remains a widespread and underreported threat affecting safety at home, in public spaces and online. To tackle this crisis, the UK Government鈥檚 has the unprecedented aim of halving VAWG in the next 10 years.
is an accelerated interdisciplinary programme led by and VAWG experts at the University of 黑料网吃瓜爆料 to help deliver this aim. RISE's diverse projects and stakeholder engagement will pilot innovative approaches, strengthen working relationships and lay the groundwork for future research and funding opportunities.
RISE is funded via the and benefits from the support of the (NSEC) and the .
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