Research centres and groups

We cover a diverse range of themes, providing both depth and range in research excellence

University research centres

Working in tandem with our school-based university research groups, our research centres build on LSBU’s outstanding areas of institutional strength to support a greater concentration of interdisciplinary research and innovation. More specifically, these centres combine focussed thematic research and innovation with the intellectual contributions of staff – from science and technology, arts, social sciences and humanities – that is needed to tackle some of today’s most complex societal challenges.

Our university research centres will:

Demonstrate outstanding leadership in research and innovation
Stimulate distinctive research, innovation and enterprise that benefits our local and global community
Drive interdisciplinary collaboration across LSBU bringing together staff with diverse interests to address LSBU mission-led themes
Build a self-sustaining and enriching environment with sufficient critical mass, capacity and capability for world-leading research, innovation and enterprise
Champion a supportive peer environment for the development of all LSBU staff and PGRs
Accelerate national and international collaborations, and stakeholder relationships, for impactful research, innovation and enterprise outcomes
Act as beacons of research, innovation and enterprise within and beyond LSBU

School-based research groups

Benefitting from the interdisciplinary structure and support of our research centres, LSBU's school-based research groups form a unique community of subject-focussed research, innovation and entrepreneurial interest, where in-depth and internationally renowned expertise is nurtured; a true home and developing ground for subject excellence real world impact.

Each group provides a supportive environment for staff at every level of their career to develop; thanks to an invigorating atmosphere of intellectual challenge, informal mentoring, as well as subject-related training and development for postgraduate researchers and early career researchers.