Research within our School is carried out across our three research institutes. We are also involved with many interdisciplinary research collaborations, both within the University and beyond. Our research environment allows us to tackle challenging research questions as we seek to understand the interconnected processes that shape our planet and society.We consistently attract world-class researchers and an exceptional level of funding from government, business, and industry. Our research is also strengthened through collaboration with a wide range of centres and networks locally and around the world. We enable people from different institutes within our School, other departments within the University as well as external partners and organisations to work together on problems that often require a multi-disciplinary approach and play a key role in developing new collaborative and interdisciplinary projects. Research institutes Each of our three Research Institutes manages a portfolio of funding and specialist facilities while creating and nurturing a community of research staff and students. They provide a forum for the development of ideas and collaboration, as well as an environment for training, development and mentoring of research students and early career researchers. View our research institutes Research groups Our research groups give space for researchers of similar interests to collaborate and work together. Due to the interdisciplinary nature of our research, academic staff may belong to one or more groups across the institutes. Each research group belongs to one of our three Research Institutes that can be found above. View our research groups Centres Our centres enables people from different institutes within the School, the wider University as well as external partners and organisations to work together to address local and global challenges which require input from a variety of disciplines. View our school centres Partnerships and professional bodiesOur research is strengthened through our wide range of external partnerships, both local and global. We also have researchers that hold postitions in national and international advisory boards and professional bodies. External partnerships and networks Our work involves projects and networks ranging from collaborations within the University, to across the world. Advisory boards and professional bodies Our academics serve on a range of research, government and industry advisory boards and hold senior leadership roles with professional bodies. This article was published on 2025-07-15
