Research

The University is committed to addressing today’s global challenges and is funding six new Beacons of Excellence to champion our field-leading response to these key challenges.

• Rights Lab - a community with a shared vision of ending slavery in our lifetime
• Future Food - addressing the challenge of feeding an ever growing world population
• Propulsion Futures - identifying new ways of moving people and goods while reducing our reliance on fossil fuels
• Green Chemicals - securing the sustainable bioeconomy of the future
• Smart Industrial Systems - technology research that will enhance the way we live, work, play and travel
• Precision Imaging - transforming healthcare with pioneering imaging

Other research areas driving innovation within the fields of environment and sustainability include:

• Creative Energy Homes
• Energy Technologies Research Institute
• Centre for the Environment
• International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility 
• Modelling an Uncertain World