Our research is powered by people - bold thinkers and innovators working together to tackle global challenges. Across every discipline, our academics are driving discovery and practical change: improving health outcomes, accelerating clean technologies, advancing digital futures, and promoting inclusive growth.
Digital Futures
Our researchers are using digital innovation to create meaningful change, from advancing healthcare and transforming business to tackling social inequality and driving sustainable growth. Explore how their ideas, discoveries, and collaborations are shaping a fairer, smarter, and more connected future.
Professor Abdul Sadka
The digital institute taking an interdisciplinary approach to innovation.
Health Tech
Our HealthTech researchers are making a real-world impact – improving patient outcomes, enabling earlier interventions, and transforming how healthcare is delivered; from pioneering a world-first precision formulation process for inhaled and vaccine medicines to advancing membrane science that could unlock new treatments for brain injury and disease. Each breakthrough is powered by collaboration and curiosity. Meet the people behind the discoveries.
Professor James Wolffsohn
An enhanced vision: putting patients at the heart of optometry practice.
Inclusive Growth
From inclusive entrepreneurship to regional regeneration, our research reveals what makes economies work for everyone. Whether amplifying voices in marginalised communities to co-create cultural and activism tools that strengthen civic participation, applying forensic linguistics to improve access to justice, or guiding government and industry partnerships to boost international trade, our researchers are driving meaningful change. Powered by curiosity and inclusion, their work delivers evidence, insight and innovation that help people, businesses and places to thrive.
Professor Monder Ram
Breaking down barriers: turbocharging the growth of ethnic minority businesses.
Dr Nicci McLeod
Delivering justice through forensic linguistics: analysing speech and text.
Professor Andy Lymer
Building brighter financial futures for all by helping people manage their money.
Cleantech
Our Cleantech experts are developing technologies and systems that reduce emissions, recover resources, and enable cleaner growth across industry and society. By bringing together science, engineering, and enterprise, we turn environmental challenges into opportunities for transformation - delivering solutions that power a greener future.
Professor Jude Onwudili
Driving the transition to cleaner fuels and sustainable chemicals.
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