SHERPA and its researcher members conceptualize and conduct international research projects in contexts of inequality and exclusion and comparative studies. These projects are developed in close partnership with primary care institutions, universities, research centres, NGOs and community organizations in many countries in Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America.
International projects on the well-being and protection of children
- Advancing global child development and protection: child care and supervision in Laos
- Mental health and social adjustment of children without parental care in culturally diverse populations
- Families First Positive Discipline for Everyday Parenting with Home Visiting Programme: A Cluster Randomized Control Trial
- International Survey of Children’s Wellbeing in Namibia
Transnational studies on social polarisation and violent radicalization
- Action-oriented Research to Understand Community Resilience and Radicalization to Violence across Canada
- Scholarly and media Islamophobia: Transnational study of discourses and their impact [French]
- Transnational study (pooled data) on factors of risk and protection in the radicalization of youth leading to violence. [French]