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The XCEPT Research Fund (XRF) is inviting applications for a 12-month project that will produce innovative, empirically grounded research examining the relationship between climate change, informal trade networks, and instability in conflict-affected borderlands, with a focus on the role of informal cross-border trade in the causal pathways linking climate stress to instability and conflict.
Building on the understanding that climate stress in conflict-affected borderlands - and the resulting increase in informal cross-border trade - can both amplify the agency of local communities as well as fuel instability, this Call for Concept Notes seeks to fund research that examines whether - and under what conditions - such trade networks support climate change adaptation and/or influence conflict. Concept notes should consider the following interlinked research questions:
1. How do communities in conflict-affected borderlands draw on informal, cross-border trade networks to adapt to climate extremes?
2. How are existing trade networks utilised or new ones formed?
How effective are such networks as a form of climate change adaptation and resilience-building?
3. Under what conditions do such informal, cross-border trade networks fuel instability and conflict, and what are the implications for local communities and climate adaptation?
Funding support up to £120,000 is available per award, depending on the scope of the research and methods employed.
Applications are welcome from organisations only.
Interested applicants can read more about this opportunity here:
The deadline for submission is Tuesday 16 September 2025 at 10:00 BST
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