Research Strategy

John Joughin

Our ambition and aspiration at UEL is to be the leading modern, post-92 university for research. In many respects, we are already on that journey and I am confident of our direction in the future.

At UEL research activity underpins everything that we do – it is what defines us as a University. UEL’s commitment to supporting our research community drives innovation and creativity and, in turn, creates an environment where there is freedom for ideas and intellectual thinking to develop across disciplines. In order to reflect that diversity and the interdisciplinary nature of our research activity, we have identified six new pan-institutional research themes:

Creative, Digital and Information Technology
Politics, Culture and Society
Children, Education and Lifelong Learning
Sport, Health and Wellbeing
Sustainability
Social Equality and Justice, Human Rights and Security

These themes indicate the breadth and range of what we do here at UEL. The themes are fundamental to our academic core and highlight our existing research strengths and areas of excellence across our seven academic Schools. They also represent the key thematic areas that will be crucial in consolidating our future research standing, as well as facilitating our ability to attract significant external funding.

We will continue to invest in strengthening our research infrastructure and we retain an unswerving commitment to developing and disseminating internationally reputed and world leading research. The case studies included in this booklet constitute a representative sample of our current research strengths – many of them show us working in partnership with the community, with the public sector and with industry.

Professor John Joughin
Deputy Vice Chancellor