Research
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Research Spotlights
Explore our Research Spotlights to find out more about our academics, their research and what they'll be working on next.
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The impacts of UCL Social & Historical Sciences research on the wider world have been recognised in the REF2021.
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UCL Policy Lab collaborations aim to shape new debates and find new answers.
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UCL's Social Data Institute is a globally recognised leader in the development of advanced research in social data and methods.
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Projects and initiatives led by members of UCL Anthropocene highlight and address the urgent realities of the Anthropocene.
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Projects led by members of SHS Health, Mind & Society address the social, historical and cultural aspects of health.
Discover our research community
Learn more about the wide variety of specialist centres, networks, groups and clusters that complement our commitment to teaching and research excellence.
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Anthropology
Centre for Digital Anthropology
Subjectivity and Cultural Imagination (SCI)
Laboratory for the Ethnography of the UK (LabUK)
Evolutionary Anthropology (EVA)
Centre for the Anthropology of Sustainability (CAOS)
Subjectivities and Bio-socialities of Illness & Health
Material World
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Economics
James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Centre on Wealth Concentration, Inequality and the Economy
Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice
Centre for Finance
Centre for Macroeconomics
Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration
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Geography
Bloomsbury Environmental Isotope Facility
Consumer Data Research Centre
Environmental Change Research Centre
Migration Research Unit
Urban Laboratory
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History
China Centre for Health & Humanity
Centre for Transnational History
Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery
Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies
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History of Art
Centre for the Study of Contemporary Art
Material Studies Laboratory
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Institute of the Americas
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Institute of Archaeology
Centre for Applied Archaeology
Centre for Critical Heritage Studies
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Political Science
Centre on US Politics (CUSP)
Climate Politics
Comparative, Political Economy and Behaviour
Conflict and Change
The Constitution Unit
European Politics and Policy
Global Governance Institute
Human Rights
Legal and Political Theory
Public Policy, Management and Regulation
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