Research spotlights

Explore our wide-ranging research and meet the experts. There are exciting projects with far-reaching impacts as well as ones to watch with exciting potential.

Real-time, property-level surface water flood forecasting

Our research has developed the world鈥檚 first property-level surface water forecasting tool to save lives and livelihoods worldwide

Low-cost landslide early warning system

Saving lives and protecting infrastructure worldwide

The power of effective communication

Deep understanding of real talk 鈥榠n the wild鈥� can engage audiences and save lives

Faster, healthier, longer

Our research informs cricket coaching 鈥� reducing injury, enhancing performance and extending playing careers

UK election and Brexit campaign analysis

Increasing the accountability of major news providers by analysing their reporting

The future鈥檚 electric

Changing the world with energy access and clean cooking

Creating more opportunities in Parasport

Shaping new events and rules - and safeguarding the health of Para-athletes

Sustainable building design practices

Designing out waste through the development of new British Standards on material efficiency

Reducing HGV blind spots

Changes to European HGV design standards enhances driver field of vision 鈥� saving lives

The power of storytelling

Using storytelling to give people access to public debates about issues that impact their lives

Challenging Cold War stereotypes

Museum exhibitions and TV documentary explore life and media under communism

Enhancing image capture and display

Advanced algorithms revolutionise digital cameras and displays to mimic human vision - achieving commercial success

Closing the loop on plastics

Recycling end-of-life plastics to create a range of useful products and packaging

Thermo Scientific Orbitrap

Enhancing the speed and sensitivity of a world-leading mass spectrometer

Getting it right

Transforming educational assessment with comparative judgement

Child nutrition

Informing feeding policies and programmes to reduce mortality and improve health in Kenya

SQUIDs

Advanced imaging technology 鈥� enhancing research, diagnosis and treatment of brain diseases

The quantitative skills deficit

Improving policy and practice in HE mathematics and statistics support to enhance learning worldwide

Revolutionising cultural heritage conservation

Modern digital techniques provide an innovative way to replicate and restore ancient artefacts

A step change in healthcare safety

Human Factors Ergonomics research is improving international healthcare safety

Safer roads

Enhancing international road safety policymaking to reduce crashes and serious injury

Keeping the peace

Sonobex 鈥� noise-cancelling structures for urban environments

Teaching children to be active

Influencing physical education policy and practice worldwide

Human thermoregulation

Protecting people: Optimising safety, effectiveness and comfort of work, clothing and built environments

Cricket safety standards

Helmets certified to standards based on our research have eliminated serious and
life-threatening facial injuries

High Speed Sintering

Improving the way goods are manufactured: the global adoption of a revolutionary 3D-printing process

Summertime overheating in the UK

Future-proofing buildings against climate change 鈥� enhancing well-being and saving lives

Shorter pitch lengths for junior cricket

Shortening cricket pitches to revitalise junior cricket throughout England and Wales

Translating engineering science into product development

Enhancing the competitiveness and sustainability of the UK automotive and motorsport sectors

The Child Feeding Guide

Online strategies and tools - improving the way we feed children and nurturing lifelong healthy eating habits

鈥淚nform, educate, entertain鈥�

Improving the accuracy and impartiality of the BBC's coverage of UK rural affairs

Facilitating grassroots activism

Improving decision making practices by promoting anarchist principles

Adapting to climate change

Adapting water and energy infrastructure to climate change

National Citizen Service

Improving the UK Government鈥檚 National Citizen Service to boost youth citizenship

RECOVER

Transforming forensic capabilities with a novel fingerprint development system

A fair deal?

Influencing water price caps using efficiency benchmarking

Reducing aviation emissions

Improved integrated compressor duct technology enhances Rolls-Royce turbofan engine performance

Smart green energy

Improving consumer protection and industry quality across the UK鈥檚 solar power sector

LUCAT

A participatory approach to the design of assistive technologies enriches lives worldwide

Turning the world upside down

Enriching staff and public understanding of Women鈥檚 History at the National Civil War Centre

PERFORMS

Improving the detection of early breast cancer by UK radiologists

The 5Cs

Supporting the psychological development of athletes in youth and Para-football

The forgotten stakeholder

Understanding and enhancing the role of parents in supporting their children鈥檚 involvement in competitive tennis

Geopolitics and security in the changing Arctic

Informing international defence and security policy in the Wider North

Bader charge analysis

Our advanced algorithms are used worldwide, underpinning computational material design

Dispensing with dewetting

Mathematical modelling of microscale and nanoscale thin films improves manufacturing processes

Eating problems in athletes

Improving sports professionals' recognition and management of disordered eating

The coach-athlete relationship

Exploring its impact on coaching, influencing sport policy and raising standards

Intelligence-led safe road systems

Advanced algorithms transform our strategic road networks 鈥� saving lives

SIMTEGR8

Enabling health and social care organisations to improve their services and efficiency

Digital Storytelling

Transforming educational practices to promote inclusivity for hard-to-reach groups

Reflective Goal Setting

Improving development and performance across organisations worldwide

Tackling emerging global health threats

Risk management support systems address the challenge of health threats worldwide

Dementia-friendly environments

Transforming the 拢83 billion NHS built estate to deliver safe and dementia-friendly care

Reading diagnostic biomarkers

Innovative real-time, in-situ analysis of volatile organic compounds is saving lives

Levelling the field?

Influencing strategies, policies and programmes to increase the representation of BAME coaches in men鈥檚 professional football in England

Lens of empowerment

The impact of a feminist arts curriculum on Indigenous women and Canadian education policy

Power to the people

Helping organisations to lobby more effectively in a context of democratic change

In-person shopping reaches a junction

Building economically sustainable high streets in the digital era

Light matters

CBDM underpins the first major change to international daylighting standards since the 1950s

Pulsed power technologies

Developing worldwide state-of-the-art innovative solutions to a range of industry challenges

The enduring value of long-term partnerships

Working with Rolls-Royce to develop advanced aviation technologies 鈥� improving engine efficiency and reducing environmental impacts

Dignity at work

Enhancing dignity, respect and wellbeing at work

Advancing our understanding of dementia

Reducing the risk factors, developing early diagnostic tools and designing dementia-friendly spaces

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