Our research impact
Uniting research disciplines, the University of Southampton aims to solve pressing global challenges. Our work ranges from enhancing cancer treatments to revolutionising renewable energy and defeating COVID-19. Uncover our multidisciplinary approach to a better future.
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New method boosts COVID-19 contact-tracing in Thailand: A model for global outbreak control
A team of researchers, led by Dankmar Böhning and supported by Rattana Lerdsuwansri and Patarawan Sangnawakij from Thammasat University, has developed a powerful new method to measure the effectiveness of contact-tracing efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic in Thailand. -
Improving the diagnosis and treatment of a rare genetic disease
World-leading Southampton research into Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD) is enabling earlier
diagnosis and access to treatment of young children with the disease. -
Applicable Resurgent Asymptotics: towards a universal theory. An Isaac Newton Institute Programme
An innovative Southampton initiative, that brought together mathematicians and theoretical physicists from around the world, is helping shed light on complex challenges in mathematics and physics. -
Helping families have more trust in administrative data linkage
Discover how Southampton’s research is empowering families to trust the digital data shared about their lives. -
Turning the silver screen green
Denise Baden, Professor of Sustainable Business, is exploring how characters on screen could help us reduce our carbon footprints. -
Integrating learning about numbers into children’s everyday lives
A programme of activities created by Southampton academics is empowering families in England and Jamaica to talk about numbers early in their children’s lives. -
Redressing social injustices in the aftermath of disasters through education
Southampton research identifies how education can be used to help redress the social injustices and creating a safe and just society, in the aftermath of disasters such as the Grenfell Tower fire. -
Turning the blight of sargassum seaweed into an economic boon
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Southampton students help small businesses tackle climate change
Business School addresses SMEs’ sustainability problems while giving graduates real-world experience. -
Improving pregnancy and maternal health for young adolescents
The lives of millions of women and girls worldwide are being improved thanks to Southampton research on young adolescent pregnancy and maternal health. -
Southampton researchers develop technologies to make better artificial limbs for people in Cambodia
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How lasers could save lives by identifying harmful bacteria in minutes