Violence Research Centre (VRC)

University of Cambridge – Institute of Criminology

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Interdisciplinary research on causes, patterns, consequences, and prevention of violence; strong programme evaluation and policy engagement.

https://www.vrc.crim.cam.ac.uk/aboutus

Violence Research Group (VRG)

Cardiff University

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Applied violence prevention research; originator of the Cardiff Model integrating emergency department data into multi-agency violence prevention.

https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/violence-research-group

Violence and Violence Prevention Research Group

Leiden University – Institute of Security and Global Affairs

Leiden, Netherlands

Interdisciplinary research on interpersonal, cyber, ideological, and structural violence with explicit focus on prevention strategies.

https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/governance-and-global-affairs/institute-of-security-and-global-affairs/violence-and-violence-prevention

Centre for Violence and Suicide Research (affiliated)

University of Helsinki

Helsinki, Finland

Public-health and epidemiological research on lethal violence and suicide with strong prevention orientation.

https://www.helsinki.fi/en/institute-criminology-and-legal-policy/research

UniSAFE – Gender-Based Violence in Academia

Consortium of European Universities (EU-funded)

Pan-European

Large-scale comparative research on gender-based violence in universities and research organisations; emphasis on institutional prevention.

https://unisafe-gbv.eu/

GenderSAFE – Counteracting Gender-Based Violence

Horizon Europe University Consortium

Pan-European

Continuation of UniSAFE focusing on prevention infrastructures, reporting systems, and institutional policy implementation.

https://gendersafe.eu/

European Network on Gender and Violence (ENGV)

Multi-university academic network

Europe-wide

Research network supporting collaboration on violence against women and gender-based violence.

http://engv.org/

VR-Per-GENERE – Virtual Reality Prevention of Gender Violence

University of Jyväskylä + EU partners

Jyväskylä, Finland / EU

Project developing VR-based tools for prevention and intervention in gender and intimate partner violence.

https://www.jyu.fi/en/projects/virtual-reality-prevention-of-gender-violence-in-europe-based-on-neuroscience-of-embodiment