About
Edinburgh Napier University is a research-intensive modern university based in Edinburgh, Scotland (UK). Ranked #1 modern university in Scotland (THE 2025) and top Scottish modern university for research power and impact (REF 2021). Nearly 20,000 students from over 145 countries. Strong interdisciplinary research across the social sciences, with established expertise in forced migration, human rights, democratic governance, disability, and gender and sexuality. The university hosts the Migration & Mobilities Research Network and has a track record of international research partnerships and policy-facing research with civil society, government, and international organisations.
Destination: Innovative Research on Democracy and Governance
HORIZON-CL2-2026-01-DEMOCRACY-01: Tackling gender-based violence against politically active women and LGBTIQ people HORIZON-CL2-2026-01-DEMOCRACY-07: Supporting post-conflict democracy and reconstructionHORIZON-CL2-2027-01-DEMOCRACY-01: Advisory support and network for countering and preventing radicalisation, extremism, hate speech and polarisationHORIZON-CL2-2027-01-DEMOCRACY-02: Women’s, LGBTIQ and minority rights in a context of autocracy, conflict and geopolitical shiftsHORIZON-CL2-2027-01-DEMOCRACY-05: Development aid and democratic governanceHORIZON-CL2-2027-01-DEMOCRACY-08: Global Human Rights and EU values
Destination: Innovative Research on Social and Economic Transformations
HORIZON-CL2-2026-01-TRANSFO-08: Strengthened implementation of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum and a focus on inclusion, integration, and healthHORIZON-CL2-2027-01-TRANSFO-07: Persons with disabilities: opportunities for labour inclusion and social protection through the life course