UCL Grand Challenges

UCL Grand Challenges tackles complex global, national and local issues through interdisciplinary research and collaboration, harnessing UCL's diverse expertise to drive meaningful change.

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Grand Challenge Themes

UCL's Strategic Plan 2022-27 positions Grand Challenges as a cross-UCL flagship programme centred around five academically led themes.

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Inequalities
Intercultural communication

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Project highlights

Love Your Planet 2025: UCL’s Call to Action for Climate Crisis

A ground breaking initiative organised by UCL Grand Challenges in collaboration with the Climate Reality Project and Climate Cafe®, UCL's Love Your Planet event aims to transform awareness into action by exploring how businesses, policymakers, academics, and activists can accelerate the green transition.

Celebrating UCL's Mental Health & Wellbeing research during Mental Health Awareness Week

During Mental Health Awareness Week 2025 (12-18 May), we led a UCL-wide campaign to showcase some of the exceptional research funded by UCL's Grand Challenge of Mental Health & Wellbeing. Explore our research stories to discover how we are driving groundbreaking discoveries and innovations.

Disruptive Voices Podcast

UCL Grand Challenges has always empowered UCL colleagues to innovate and challenge the status quo. Tune in to our podcast to hear from UCL experts as they present groundbreaking solutions and ideas for tackling local, national and global issues.

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