Contested Development research group Questioning contested and uneven processes of development, in both urban and rural settings.
Earth Observation & Wildfire research group Using satellite data and remote sensing to analyse wildfires and their impact on the planet.
Physical & Environmental Geography research group Studying hydrological, geomorphological, atmospheric and ecological processes.
Political Ecology, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Services research group Working on the social (re)production of nature, environmental conservation and resource management.
Risk, Hazard & Society research group Incorporating social and environmental science to understand risk and its perception.
Urban Futures research group Examining urban planning, governance, citizenship and everyday life in the future.
Geocomputation and data science The Geocomputation and Data Science Research Hub provides expertise in solving contemporary global…
Earth Observation & Environmental Sensing Hub Providing expertise on environmental properties, processes and cycles.
Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society Offering a step-change in the scientific understanding of what drives wildfires around the world.
Centre for Integrated Research in Risk & Resilience Shaping a critical perspective on resilience and its application as a concept.
Visual Embodied Methodologies Creating spaces of knowledge-exchange and research on visual, embodied and art-based methodologies.
21 July 2025 Study Reveals Foot Traffic as Surprising Driver of River Pollution GPS-tracked bottles show how litter moves on the human tide
18 July 2025 Reintroducing wild boar could reduce soil carbon storage Resurgent in Scotland, boar may not be a silver bullet for restoring natural habitats.
13 Sep Veminism Symposium 13 September 2025 Explore Visual and Embodied Methodologies against Gendered Violence at our one-day symposium…
13 Oct NCRM training: Visual and Embodied Methodologies for Social Science - online 13 October 2025 This online course will introduce participants to visual and embodied methodologies (VEM) and how…