Research Features

An exploration of how reduced work time could impact the physical and mental health of workers as well as the economic and functional impact on organisations.

A look into ethical arguments in Gendered Toy Marketing (GTM) debates and efforts to address and resist GTM.

Research focuses on supporting business in the digital transition.

Research examines how healthcare practitioners experience, manage and seek support for mental wellbeing.

Research looks at solutions to addressing global financial losses arising from the current pandemic.

An examination of the legal process, its decisions and the impact on sibling relationships.

Research addresses regional inequalities in innovation opportunities for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people and disabled groups.

A look into the way that household decision-making impacts the recycling and reuse of single-use plastic bags and longer-term sustainability goals.

Research reflects on UK drug policy, its impact on marginalised communities and considers ways to empower those most affected by drug criminalisation.

Research considers the role of families during coroners inquests and how their involvement in the process can be improved upon.

Exploring networks of solidarity and belonging for refugees and asylum seekers in London.

An exploration of Ukrainian theatre as a case study for theatre’s potential as a form of political engagement and cultural diplomacy

Research focuses on artefacts from the Amazon and will digitise heritage materials and curate content to reach the region's Indigenous people.

Research looks at how the UK museum sector has changed since 1960 and what factors prompted its growth.

Exploring the limited visual representation of enslaved and freed people in Imperial Spain and the links to contemporary racism in the Hispanic world.

Analysing the links between political communication and ideology with a deeper look into its impact on conservative, right-wing groups.

Research focuses on the Shakespeare-related holdings in the Royal Collection and the stories they have to tell, primarily during the period 1714-1945.

A project to examine the cognitive effects produced by works of fiction and to identify the underlying mechanisms.

Research project looks at the vital significance of waiting that is part of healthcare.

Research considers the history of 500 years of non-conformist religious groups and how they have thrived in both secular and non-secular environments.

Research considers the community response to COVID-19 within the context of sociolinguistics- the visual display of signs in urban settings.

Research examines how violence, political and social turmoil catalysed innovation in material culture during the final century of the Qing empire.

Research looks at developing practices to respond better to a changing youth court.

'Understanding and reducing the use of imprisonment in ten countries’ is an international research and policy project being conducted under the Institute for Crime and Justice Policy Research’s World Prison Research Programme.

Researching how the human brain represents Earth gravity and adapts to non-terrestrial gravitational environments, such as weightlessness or the partial gravity on the moon or Mars.

Watch Dr Daniel Yon's video to find out about his research into how our brains perceive the external world.

An exploration into understanding the machinery that supports brain health during development and as we mature.

New insights help the development of therapeutic and vaccine strategies to treat the millions of malaria patients worldwide.

Examining the link between air pollution, noise, cognition, behaviour and academic attainment in children.

Research looks at the evolution and development of shark teeth and considers a point in time when their teeth were used as taste buds as well as for the consumption of food.

Research looks at factors which inform patient preferences for different treatment outcomes.