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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How teaching children about epigenetics could save the NHS - and the planet
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Southampton’s academics team up with local creative writing organisation to prompt new relationships between the University and local communities
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Plutonium research marks humankind’s permanent impact on our planet
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How do we feel about where we live? Artists and academics find ways to use emotional data
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Disorder is Good – Taming disorder in self-assembled materials with topology
Instead of fighting disorder, we should identify structures that are ordered enough to perform the required function.
We have combined cutting edge experiments with breakthrough methods from topological data analysis to quantify emerging structure in apparently disordered nano-assemblies and classify their response to light. We aim to design a new generation of controllable nanosystems at a fraction of the cost of the current methods.
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Tackling housing debt and eviction
At a time where the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis are continuing to have an impact, Southampton research is ensuring that the voices of those at threat of losing their homes are heard. -
Career development in Universities: academic career trajectories
Professor Yehuda Baruch, a global leader in career studies, brings a system perspective to exploring careers in various contexts. His recent study examined careers of university leaders, building on and expanding his Career Ecosystem Theory. -
Highlighting the links between hearing loss and brain health
Dr Kate Hough encouraged local communities to look after their hearing. -
Homelessness in the countryside: a hidden crisis
Southampton research is helping uncover a hidden homelessness crisis in rural England. -
Music and AI combine for quirky performance
Can artificial intelligence (AI) write a love letter? Southampton researchers in Music, English and Computer Science have shown that, with some help from humans, it can! -
Enriching public understanding and interest in the Law
Interdisciplinary approaches to law, through humanities and the arts. -
Improving the asylum system by making it more trauma-sensitive for vulnerable people
Navigating the UK asylum system can negatively impact the mental health of young people seeking asylum. However, unaccompanied minors rarely have their voice heard.