Global Research Institutes
Research Areas
Excellent research conducted by researchers working in a range of core disciplines is the foundation for our research success, as demonstrated through the results of REF 2014.
Pioneer Research Programmes
Through Pioneer Research Programmes, we stimulate novel interdisciplinary research collaborations to tackle challenges emerging on the global horizon
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Global Research Institutes
Our Global Research Institutes bring researchers from different disciplines together on a scale that enables them to address major societal challenges.
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The Institute for Global Food Security aims to play a major role in delivering safe, sustainable and authentic food to the world’s population, and has become globally recognised for its excellence in research.
The Institute for Global Food Security
The Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice links peace-making with social transformation, examining the need for reform of state institutions alongside cultural and social healing. It brings together researchers from fields as diverse as politics and computer engineering.
The Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice
How can we accelerate the adoption of innovation to deliver economic impact?
Momentum One Zero enables economic growth and delivers civic value in key sectors by solving business and societal problems through research and innovation in advanced digital technologies (‘Secure Connected Intelligence’) and through the power of data.
Including cancer, respiratory conditions, eye disease and diabetic vascular complications.
These priority disease areas share processes and mechanisms. The Institute focuses on common areas such as immunology, innate immune responses and aspects of infection, and works in partnership with the health sector and the pharmaceutical and biotech industries to ensure advances in therapeutics have the broadest possible impact.
The Institute for Health Sciences