Research projects

Canvas brings together communities, researchers, policy makers and artists to explore links between climate and health, creating connections that shape a fairer future rooted in everyday life.

The Rural Housing Innovation Network brings together Housing Associations building affordable rural housing, professionals promoting their work, and academics interested in affordable rural housing.

FORTUNA explores a historic perfume game to uncover how scent shaped its use, significance, and the wider study of olfactory heritage

This work stream will develop detailed analysis of the evolution of the UK electricity system, annually to 2030 and in 2035, focused on implications for wholesale and balancing markets and costs.

The EXCIDIS project preserves the cultural legacy of satellites, protecting humanity’s first orbital artefacts and ensuring space heritage shapes a sustainable, shared future in orbit.

A global creative challenge inviting storytellers to bring future scenarios to life, showing how the choices we make today will shape the world of 2050.

The 'Materials Matter' project examines how the choices we make about building materials can unlock healthier, more sustainable outcomes across the built environment.

This project explores how industry, policymakers and researchers understand the Government’s proposed Reformed National Pricing model following the Review of Electricity Market Arrangements decision

IIPP's work on school meals is led by Prof. Mariana Mazzucato

The ARCADE project will provide urgently needed evidence and practical solutions to protect older and vulnerable residents from overheating in their homes.

Research by Jan Kattein exploring how architecture can be re-fashioned as a force for good, integrating social and environmental regenerative practice.

Examine the evolving role of the natural environment in planning theory, policy and practice.

Exploring temporal and adaptable place-making in times of crisis, uncertainties and disruptions.

A research project examining the historical evolution of high streets to understand their embedded potential as central places for health and wellbeing beyond shopping.

This multi-year research project evaluates low-cost, building-scale heat adaptation measures for vulnerable populations in urban and rural Pakistan through randomised controlled trials.