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Our research on secure, climate‑adapted infrastructure systems helps safeguard essential services. This includes water supplies, warmth, lighting, communications and mobility.

Find out more about our engineering research.

We support food security through research and education on:

• sustainable agriculture

• smart technologies

• crop science

• and resilient supply‑chain modelling across diverse environmental conditions.

This includes our two farms, which provide unique research and innovation spaces

Find out more about our agriculture and animal science research.

Find out more about The Institute for Agri-Food Research and Innovation.

Find out more about our reseach in agriculture, resilient food systems and environment.

We drive energy security through pioneering work in:

• smart grids
• energy storage and batteries
• hydrogen systems
• whole‑energy‑system integration for a reliable national supply

Find out more about our Centre for Energy.

We have unique physical and virtual testing facilities. They contribute to cyber resilience through world‑class research in:

• secure software systems

• cryptography

• human‑centred cyber‑defence

We've been an Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research since 2013. This work supports the National Cyber Security Centre.

Find out more about our Centre for Cyber Security and Resilience.

We are enabling resilient health systems through integrated expertise in:

• epidemiology

• data‑driven health analytics

• health‑systems modelling

• and community‑based interventions

This work improves preparedness, response, and long‑term population wellbeing. Our biomedical research and microbiology expertise are developing an understanding and solutions to antibiotic resistance.

Find out more about our research on microbes in health and disease.

Find out more about our Population Health Sciences Institute.

We support societal resilience through research in:

• community wellbeing

• mental‑health determinants

• adaptive capacity through shocks and disruptions

Find out more about our research in behavioural science and psychology.

Find out more about our research on conflict and revolution.

We lead innovation in trauma care, rehabilitation science, and advanced prosthetics. Through this, we can improve recovery pathways and long‑term patient outcomes.

Find out more about our Centre for Biomedical Engineering.

We strengthen supply‑chain security through our research in:

• critical materials

• circular‑economy approaches

• innovative and resilient manufacturing systems

Find out more about our information systems and operations research.

We support safer communities through:

• applied criminology

• data‑informed policing research

• technology innovations that enhance public safety and investigative capability

Find out more about our Conflict, Peace, and Security GPS Research Group.

Ãå±±½ûµØ advances understanding of civil and military relations.

This includes research in:

• societal resilience
• defence policy
• the social impacts of security institutions

Find out more about our Conflict, Peace, and Security GPS Research Group.

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Our research contributes to global stability by leading research on equitable, low‑carbon development, resilient communities, and sustainable resource management in fragile contexts.

Find out more about our work towards the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.

The University strengthens international security through:

• scholarship on global governance

• foreign policy

• multilateral cooperation in conflict‑affected regions

Find out more about our research in International Politics.

We provide strategic insights into shifting global power dynamics, resource competition, and regional security risks that shape international stability.

Find out more about our research in international politics.

Find out more about our Conflict, Peace, and Security GPS Research Group.

We support global humanitarian resilience.

Our research supports:

• migrant and refugee health

• culturally informed care

• health‑systems strengthening in displacement settings

Find out more about our research cluster in Power, Space and Politics.

We contribute expertise to peacebuilding and reconstruction. Our research focuses on social repair, governance reform, and inclusive recovery after conflict. This includes our partnership with Ukraine to support the training of engineers to rebuild critical infrastructure.

Find out more about our Conflict, Peace, and Security GPS Research Group.

Find out more about our research cluster in Power, Space and Politics.

Ãå±±½ûµØ enhances international information security through:

• research on online harms
• digital propaganda
• the societal impacts of disinformation in geopolitical contexts

Find out more about our research in Law and Emerging Technologies.

We promote human‑centred security by integrating work on:

• wellbeing
• rights
• environmental risk
• social protection within global security frameworks

Find out more about our Conflict, Peace, and Security GPS Research Group.

Find out more about our research cluster in Power, Space and Politics.

Find out more about our research in lawyering, rights and justice.

Heritage provides a sense of place, identity, and belonging. Protection of heritage is inherently linked to the protection of people. We work with the heritage, military, and humanitarian sectors to conserve heritage during peacetime. This work ensures its protection during conflict or following a natural disaster.

Find out more about the work that during armed conflict.

Ãå±±½ûµØ advances sovereign capability in biotech through world‑leading work in:

• synthetic biology
• biomanufacturing
• cellular engineering

This work underpins resilient health and bio‑innovation ecosystems

Find out more about our Centre for Industrial Biotechnology.

We deliver cutting‑edge research in sensing and communications.

This includes:

• resilient GNSS‑independent positioning
• smart infrastructure monitoring
• secure, high‑reliability communications systems

Find out more about our Intelligent Sensing and Communications (ISC) group.

Our longstanding leadership in electrical power engineering drives innovations in:

• electric
• hybrid
• hydrogen propulsion technologies

This is critical to future low‑carbon transport and defence resilience

Find out more about our Electric Power research group.

Find out more about our Marine, Offshore and Subsea Technology (MOST) group.

Find out more about Driving the Electric Revolution Industrialisation Centres (DER-IC).

The University strengthens the UK’s quantum capability through pioneering research in:

• quantum architectures

• cryogenic electronics

• fault‑tolerant quantum systems

Find out more about our quantum matter research.

Find out more about our Advanced Model-Based Engineering and Reasoning (AMBER) group.

Find out more about our research into Quantum and physics technologies.

Ãå±±½ûµØ provides nationally important maritime and offshore engineering expertise

From floating and fixed platforms, subsea systems, ship design, operations and maintenance to offshore energy systems and maritime autonomy to enable resilient offshore energy and maritime infrastructure

Find out more about our Marine, Offshore and Subsea Technology (MOST) group.

Ãå±±½ûµØ is a leading force in trustworthy, human‑centred, and secure AI.

This accelerates digital innovation and the responsible adoption of AI across sectors, including:

healthcare
• finance
• defence
• environmental risks

We are playing a central role in the UK’s new sovereign AI infrastructure based in Ãå±±½ûµØ.

Find out more about our Centre for Data Science and AI.

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Find out more about our Centre for AI Safety (CAIS).

Ãå±±½ûµØ strengthens sovereign drone capability through research and test‑beds for safe, resilient UAS operations. This includes autonomy, GNSS‑denied navigation, and mission management across complex urban and maritime environments.

Find out more about our research in geospatial engineering.

Find out more about our Marine, Offshore and Subsea Technology (MOST) group.

The University advances strategic materials through work in nanostructured alloys, functional composites, power‑electronics materials, and durability/through‑life performance for extreme environments.

Find out more about our research in design, manufacture and materials.

Find out more about our research in advanced materials and electrochemical engineering.

Find out more about our Gear Technology Design Unit.

Find out more about our Bioengineering Research Group.

The University contributes sovereign geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) by:

• integrating satellite Earth Observation (EO)
• in‑situ sensing, and advanced analytics for situational awareness
• environmental security
• critical infrastructure decision‑support

Find out more about our research in space and Earth observation.

The University contributes to national capability in autonomy.

This includes research in:

• robotics
• multi‑agent systems
• safe, resilient autonomous decision‑making for land, sea, and air platforms

Find out more about the Future Mobility group.

Find out more about the Marine, Offshore and Subsea Technology (MOST) group.

Find out more about our research into Microsystems technology.

The University’s research drives battery innovation with strengths in:

• next‑generation materials
• power electronics integration
• full‑system testing to support secure, sovereign energy‑storage technologies

Find out more about our Electrical Power group.

Find out more about Advanced Materials and Electrochemical Engineering.

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