
RISE Funded Projects
RISE awarded nine interdisciplinary projects up to £50,000 each to deliver high‑impact, accelerated research and innovation pilots tackling VAWG between April and August 2026.
The projects will deliver practical insights to support policy, practice and future research investment in this priority area, focusing on emerging issues including prevention and early intervention, structural drivers of harm, safer spaces, and online and AI-enabled misogyny.

Proximal Risks: Understanding the Pathways from Socioeconomic Disadvantage to Intimate Partner Violence
This project addresses a key challenge in the study and prevention of VAWG: the limited understanding of how socioeconomic disadvantage translates into heightened risk of intimate partner violence (IPV) in everyday life.

The Development of a Digital Repeat-Victimisation and Attrition Dashboard: A Strategic Innovation for Rape and Serious Sexual Offences in Bedfordshire
This project directly addresses the growing issue of victim disengagement and repeat victimisation in the highest harm Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) cases.






