UN SDG 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.

Promoting Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions

The University of Lincoln has a strong research output around peace, justice, and strong institutions. There are wide ranging areas of interest in this topic across the University, including corruption control in Asia, blockchain reporting for sustainability, robotics, COVID-19 outcomes and management, serial killer behaviour, and earth system law.

Research Spotlight

Mobile Arts for Peace

The Mobile Arts for Peace Project, led by the University's Professor Ananda Breed, is a four-year international, multidisciplinary project which provides a comparative approach on the use of interdisciplinary arts-based practices for peacebuilding in Kyrgyzstan, Rwanda, Indonesia and Nepal.

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Shaping Policy

The Lincoln Policy Hub is an active research group within the University, and showcases the many ways in which the University of Lincoln is contributing to policy and public debate within and beyond the UK. Although the work of the group is wide ranging, notable research they have conducted has been into crime and gambling related harms.

SDG Outputs

SciVal reports that University of Lincoln authors produced 35 papers relevant to SDG 16 in 2022 and 36 in 2023.

Saha, S and Sen, K. (2023) Do economic and political crises lead to corruption? The role of institutions. Economic Modelling 124

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264999323001190

Kotzé L, J. et al (2022) Earth system law: Exploring new frontiers in legal science. Earth System Governance 11

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589811621000306

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BA (Hons) Sociology

Students on this course are able to explore issues such as organised crime, policing crime, and crimes of the powerful.

BA (Hons) Criminology

Students studying criminology at Lincoln can investigate areas such as social justice, social engagement, and counter-terrorism.

Lincoln Parliamentary Research Centre

The aim of this research centre (ParliLinc) is to establish Lincoln as a recognised centre of excellence for research and teaching in parliamentary and legislative studies.