Each of the Flagship Research Institutes represents a distinct area of our research excellence and will address the major societal, industrial and global challenges facing us today.
They cover Clean Energy, Culture and Society, Digital Futures, Healthy Living, Responsible Manufacturing, and Women in Sport.
The Institutes will act as significant interdisciplinary platforms through which to connect existing areas of excellence, strengthen collaboration across disciplines, deepen engagement with external partners, and build a stronger institutional identity around a set of globally significant themes.
They will also enable us to take a more focused and effective approach to attracting and supporting large-scale research funding bringing in additional income, and lead ambitious, high-impact research programmes.
The Institutes will help us to enhance our thriving research culture. Each will be led by an Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor (APVCs)/Director, appointed from our existing staff, who will work part-time in the role.
The Flagship Research Institutes’ APVCs will build on the work of the previous Associate Pro Vice-Chancellors for the three strategic themes, whose term of office finishes at the end of July.
Thank you to Professor John Downey and Dr Kathryn North (Climate Change and Net Zero), Professor Emily Keightley and Professor Rebecca Cain (Vibrant and Inclusive Communities), and Professor David Fletcher and Professor Diwei Zhou (Sport, Health and Wellbeing) for their work in laying the foundations for this important next step in our strategic research ambition.