Research themes
CAHSS institutes and centres
Our world-leading research addresses a range of societal and global challenges, which cut across disciplinary boundaries.
Here we present 9 core cross-cutting themes, and identify the main research centres and institutes working in each area.
This is a dynamic list, intended to identify opportunities, and we expect it to change as our research does.
Work & Economy
Key research centres and institutes in this theme:
- Smart Data Foundry
- FinTech (EFI)
- MacCaLM
- Centre for Service Excellence
- Academy of Sport
- Centre for Strategic Leadership
- Institute for Public Sector Accounting Research
- Edinburgh Centre for Global History
Energy & Sustainability
Key research centres and institutes in this theme:
- Edinburgh Earth Initiative
- Edinburgh Climate Change Institute
- Energy@Ed
- Centre for Business, Climate Change and Sustainability
- Centre for Future Infrastructure (EFI)
Data & Digital
Key research centres and institutes in this theme:
- Edinburgh Futures Institute
- Creative Informatics (EFI)
- Design Informatics
- Credit Research Centre
- Lothian Birth Cohorts
- Academy of Sport
- Centre for Technomoral Futures
- Centre for Data, Culture and Society
- Centre for Research in Digital Education
- Administrative Data Research Centre Scotland
- Applied Quantitative Methods Network
- Advanced Quantitative Research in Education
Future Cities
Key research centres and institutes in this theme:
- Centre for Future Infrastructure (EFI)
- Edinburgh Earth Initiative
- Edinburgh Strategic Alliance
- OpenSpace
- Medellin Urban Innovation
- Physical Activity for Health Research Centre
- Academy of Sport
Governance & Democracy
Key research centres and institutes in this theme:
- Scottish Council on Global Affairs
- Centre on Constitutional Change
- Centre for Science, Knowledge and Policy
- Global Justice Academy
- Europa Institute
- Edinburgh Futures Institute
- Edinburgh Institute for International & Global Law
- Centre for Global History
Identities & Inequalities
Key research centres and institutes in this theme:
- Binks Hub
- GenderEd
- RACE.ED
- Disability Research Group
- Centre for Global History
- IASH Initiative on Decoloniality
- Centre for Research in Education Inclusion and Diversity
- Centre for Research on Families and Relationships
Cultural Heritage
Key research centres and institutes in this theme:
- Centre for Data, Culture and Society
- Tourism and Festivals (DDI)
- Creative Industries (DDI)
- Creative Informatics (EFI)
- Centre for Global History
Childhood & Youth
Key research centres and institutes in this theme:
- Binks Hub
- Global Data Institute for Child Safety
- UNICEF/UoE Data for Children Collaborative
- Childhood and Youth Studies Research Group
- Centre for Research on Families and Relationships
- Lothian Birth Cohorts
- Edinburgh Mental Health Network
- Developmental Psychology Research Group
Health & Wellbeing
Key research centres and institutes in this theme:
- Advanced Care Research Centre
- Edinburgh Mental Health Network
- Centre for Biomedicine, Self & Society
- Centre for Medical Anthropology
- Global Public Health Unit
- Lothian Birth Cohorts
- Mason Institute for Health, Life Sciences & the Law
- Physical Activity for Health Research Centre
- Academy of Sport
Our world-leading research addresses a range of societal and global challenges, which cut across disciplinary boundaries.
In the following sections we present 9 core cross-cutting themes, and identify the main research centres and institutes working in each area.
This is a dynamic list, intended to identify opportunities, and we expect it to change as our research does.