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Our research has local, national and global impact. Our collaborative approach creates world-leading research of the highest quality that creates tangible results.

But don't simply take our word for it – explore some of our research features here, and get a snapshot of the broad scope of work we're producing.

Democratic citizenship

What does social media mean for our politics?

Dr James Dennis

Save our NHS sign, London

Why EU investment doesn’t always add up to a vote for the European Union

A group of masted EU flags blowing in the wind

How Game Theory could help keep expensive civil cases out of court

Dr Ansgar Wohlschlegel

Hands of people in a meeting on a table, touching phones, paper and a gavel

How social marketing is helping battle India's breast cancer crisis

Judith Fletcher-Brown

Indian woman

How better public services could mean better jobs and better pay

Professor Dan Finn

A person searching for jobs on laptop

Future and emerging technologies

How Smart Diagnosis is making nuclear power safer

Professor Victor Becerra

Two factory flues emitting vapours

Using patient data and handheld software to help save more lives

Professor Jim Briggs

heart rate monitor with coloured lines

A new way of understanding the Universe

Dr Laura Nuttall

Observatory at night gazing into the milky way galaxy

Health and wellbeing

Are we close to the greatest discovery since penicillin?

Professor Anastasia Callaghan

antibiotics

How an innovative new therapy could revolutionise Facial Palsy treatment

An elderly person examining their face in a handheld mirror

Zebrafish could help more smokers quit and save thousands of lives

Dr Matt Parker

Schools of various fish underwater

Prosthesis for children that can be lengthened within the body as they grow

Professor Gordon Blunn

Child on a swing

Float to live: preventing drowning in even the most extreme environments

Professor Mike Tipton

Choppy waters with floating life ring buoy

Security and risk

Why Fukushima happened – and how it could have been stopped

Professor Ashrab Labib

Ruins from an earthquake

Kickstarting a new era of transparency in global food production

Professor Lisa Jack

A hand touching an apple amongst a variety of others in a market stall

Using psychological science to enhance the collection of evidence & intelligence

Professor Lorraine Hope

A police officer in a reflective jacket standing near two people

Using algorithms to make wind farms more efficient

Professor Dylan Jones

A wind turbine against a grey sky

Using virtual reality and ex-offenders to help prevent burglaries

Dr Claire Nee

Yellow crime scene tape

Empowering women in South East Asia to stand up to violence

Dr Tamsin Bradley

Person with long blonde hair standing near a blossom tree

New communication techniques are preserving evidence in witness memory

Professor Becky Milne

Two police officer in long-sleeved reflective jackets

Developing mathematical models to provide solutions to global problems

Professor Dylan Jones

Wind farm

Sustainability and the environment

The plastic-eating enzyme that could help overcome plastic pollution

Professor John McGeehan

plastic pollution on a beach

Studying gravestones to help preserve the UK's most iconic buildings

Dr Robert Inkpen

A bottom-up shot of St Paul's Cathedral

Keeping water clean and safe in the face of rising pollutants

Professor Gary Fones

Looking out to the ocean

Future sustainability: using natural fibres to build composite materials

Professor Hom Dhakal

Composite materials and natural fibre

How the 'sustainable blue economy' is shaping the future of marine resources

Professor Steve Fletcher

plastic pollution on a beach

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