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 Geography and Environmental Science 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 some of the most pressing issues and challenges facing cities today.
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.
22 December 2025 King's Research Reveals How Spatial Scale Shapes Plant Invasions Scientists reveal that the scale of analysis determines whether invasive plants succeed by…
19 December 2025 Drone sampling of whale breath reveals first evidence of potentially deadly virus in Arctic Drones have been used to successfully collect samples from the exhaled breath of whales, revealing…
20 Jan Communicating across divides: Dialogue for sustainability 20 January 2026 Join us for a community dialogue on sustainability, pondering whose responsibility is it to lead the…
5 Feb Lights, camera, climate action: Virunga 05 February 2026 Join us for a powerful and thought-provoking screening of Virunga, the BAFTA-winning and Academy…