Our internationally renowned research institutes make a real difference to people’s lives through improvements to health and well-being, infrastructure, creativity, economic growth, business and civil society.
 
    
    
    Digital Future Institute
    
    
    We deliver pioneering research in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data science, digital and creative technologies, ethical and responsible research, media and culture, sonic creativity and innovation.
    
     
    
    
    
    Institute for Sustainable Futures
    
    
    We bring together expertise from a broad range of disciplines designed to address key aspects of sustainability and effective communicationstrategies.
    
     
    
    
    Institute of Arts, Design and Performance
    
    
    We bring together research and innovation across architecture, art and design, fashion and textiles, dance, drama and performance studies, creative writing, photographic history, cinema and television history, and music technology and sonic arts.
    
     
    
    
    Institute of Global Challenges and Cultures
    
    
    The IGCC engages in research, impact, innovation, and knowledge exchange projects in History, English Literature and Language, Creative Writing, Media, Politics and International Relations and Material, Textual and Visual Cultures.
    
     
    
    
    
Stephen Lawrence Research Centre
    
    
The Stephen Lawrence Research Centre (SLRC) drives forward conversations that shape and influence how we think about race and social justice.