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.
29 July 2025 Climate History Shapes How Fish Size Affects Ecosystems, Study Finds In warmer environments, fish, like many cold blooded creatures, don’t grow as large – but the…
21 July 2025 Study Reveals Foot Traffic as Surprising Driver of River Pollution GPS-tracked bottles show how litter moves on the human tide
20 Aug All of Us: Exhibition and book launch 20 August 2025 Join the launch of All of Us, an exhibition and book reflecting on themes of migration, belonging,…
13 Sep Veminism Symposium 13 September 2025 Explore Visual and Embodied Methodologies against Gendered Violence at our one-day symposium…