Current projects and publications
We are currently working with researchers from across UCL's Faculty of Engineering Sciences and beyond. A list of our current projects and publications is below.
Explore our current projects and publications

UCL Dawes Centre for Future Crime
Research lead: Professor Shane Johnson
Department: Security and Crime Sciences (Faculty of Engineering Sciences)
- AI-enabled future crime [.doc]
- How secure is customer IoT [.doc]
- Challenges of preventing counterfeit goods [.doc]
- Cryptocurrencies and future crime [.doc]
- Synthethic biology and future crime [.doc]
- Older people as victims of onle financial crime [.doc]
- Strengthening procurement frameworks and resilience for connected places [.doc]

UCL Plastic Waste Innovation Hub
Research Lead: Professor Mark Miodownik
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Future Targeted Healthcare Manufacturing Hub

Future Targeted Healthcare Manufacturing Hub
Research lead: Professor Nigel Titchener-Hooker
Department: Biochemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering Sciences)

Wellcome EPSRC Centre for Interventional Surgical Sciences (WEISS)
Wellcome EPSRC Centre for Interventional Surgical Sciences (WEISS)

Global Disability Innovation Hub
Research Lead: Professor Catherine Holloway
Department: Computer Science

UCL Institute of Healthcare Engineering
Research Lead: Professor Rebecca Shipley
Department: Across FES

International Public Policy Observatory (IPPO)
Research lead: Professor Joanna Chataway
Department: STEaPP

Interdisciplinary Circular Economy Centre for Mineral-based Construction Materials
Research Lead: Professor Julia Stegemann
Department: Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering
- Circular Economy Bill (Scotland)
- Circular Economy Strategy for Northern Ireland ICEC-MCM Consultation Response
- Defra Digital Waste Tracking Consultation
- EAC Response
- Emmisions in the UK Reporting Landsape
- Final ICEC-MCM Environmental Targets Submission
- Government Support for Biomass
- Qualitative UK Roadmap for a UK CE for Construction Minerals
- Towards a Market for Low Emissions Products
- WPP Consultation ICEC-MCM Submission

Research Institute in Sociotechnical Cyber Security (RISCS)
Research lead: Professor Madeline Carr
Department: Computer Science

VaxHub Global and VaxHub Sustainable
Research lead: Prof Martina Micheletti
Department: Biochemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering Sciences)
- Written submission to UK Parliament call for evidence, part of the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee inquiry into engineering biology
- Written submission to the UK Industrial Strategy Consultation

Modelling for 21st Century Decision Making
Research lead: Dr Erica Thompson

Seaconomy: Integrated Manufacturing and Biorefinery Research for Building the UK's Seaweed Bioecono…
Research lead: Dr Emily Kostas
Completed Projects
Research lead: Prof Martina Micheletti
Department: Biochemical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering Sciences)
Policy Briefs
- Manufacturing Biological Medicines
- Developing new vaccines for pandemics
- Manufacturing new vaccines for pandemics
Workshop Reports
Research leads: Anca Tacu, Policy Adviser at the Policy Impact Unit and Dr Luís Miguel Lacersa, Policy Adviser at the Policy Impact Unit
Position Paper
Research lead: Meha Shukla
Department: Security and Crime Sciences
Policy reports
Research lead: Dr Jean-Baptiste Pingualt
Department: Psychology and Language Sciences
Workshop Report
Research leads: Professor Tony Kenyon and Dr Adnan Mehonic
Department: Electronic and Electrical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering Sciences)
Policy Briefs
Workshop Report
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