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1. Creative Justice - Criminal justice research

   The Creative Justice learning stream endeavours to move away from normative and traditional approaches of conceptualising justice.

2. Justice Policy and Practice - Criminal justice research

   The Injustice and Harm stream seeks to provide insight into the harms of contemporary criminal justice, political, and socio-cultural processes.

3. Injustice and Harm - Criminal justice research

   The Injustice and Harm stream seeks to provide insight into the harms of contemporary criminal justice, political, and socio-cultural processes.

4. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

   Astrophysics Research Institute (ARI) is committed to creating a friendly, safe, and welcoming environment for all, regardless of their level of experience, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, mental health status, personal appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, age, religion, nationality, or other similar characteristics.

5. Children, Young People and Families Interest Group

   The Children, Young People and Families Interest Group within the Institute for Health Research focuses on improving children's health and wellbeing. Find out more about their research work.

6. Psychology and Criminology Network

   The Psychology and Criminology Network seeks to understand and support victims and witnesses of crime, the rehabilitation of offenders, international policing practice, policy and culture and aid forensic practitioner resilience.

7. Contemporary literature

   Find out more about contemporary literature research within the Research Institue of English and Cultural History.

8. The Multisensory Mouth: An investigation into the Motivational, Cognitive and Emotional mechanisms, driving Oral behaviours

   This project focuses on the role olfactory and oral perception plays in shaping our consummatory experiences, preferences, and food seeking behaviours. Research into this area is important to health research, shaping understanding of individual differences in food selection, consumption, and other dietary behaviours.

9. Communication and blended-learning: Language and social cues in different learning contexts across educational stages

   The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the pace at which educational institutions moved towards a blended approach of online and in-person learning (Jisc, 2020). While embracing this change, the challenges it brings for learner experience, engagement and learning must be carefully considered.

10. Suicide crisis and self-harm attendance at A&E in autistic CYP

    Research suggests that autistic people are at a higher risk of suicide than non-autistic people. Figures show that up to 66% of autistic adults had thought about suicide during their lifetime (compared to 20% of non-autistic adults), and up to 35% had planned or attempted suicide.