Research
We specialise in applied research and we have a number of internationally recognised researchers leading a dynamic research culture.
Our research specialisms include:
Biomolecular and Biomedical Research Centre (BioReC)
BioReC was created in 2004 to provide a strategic focus for the development of our wide-ranging multidisciplinary expertise in biomedical sciences and nutrition as applied to specific problems relevant to quality of life, especially health-related issues. BioReC provides a forum for extending research across academic disciplines and helps to stimulate new research ideas and collaborations.
BioReC contains groups that cover the following areas:
- Microbiology and Immunology
- Health and Age-related Diseases
- Chemistry and Forensics
- Food and Nutritional Sciences
Sustainable Futures
Research within Geography and Environmental Management takes palce within a framework with a central concern for Sustainable Futures. Work within the disciplines is concerned with the community, social and environmental resilience, gender, ethnicity, security and physical and mental health. Many staff specialise in risk and disaster management, disaster resilience and economic development, both within Britain and on a global scale, supporting the work of our Disaster and Development Centre (DDC).
- Community and Social Resilience
- Risk and Disaster Management
- Landscape and the Dynamics of Change
- Earth systems and Environmental Change
Our Staff
