Our Research

Global Challenges

Research Groups

• The impact of COVID-19 on the mental health and wellbeing of academics and students around the world
• The New African Urban University: Building partnerships to realise the promise and potential of sustainable urban transformations
• WUN Health Humanities initiative: towards the development of the patient-centred and compassionate Health Professional through education
• Addressing the impact of heatwaves and drought on food security
• Big Data
• Challenges of Access and Equity: The Higher Education Curriculum Answers Back
• Community of Learning for African PhD Fellows (COLA)
• The WUN Data Science Network (WUN-DSN)
• !Gâ re – Rangatiratanga – Dadirri : Decolonizing the 'capture of knowledge'
• Developing and Researching the Economics and Mathematics of Selection (DREAMS): Global Perspectives
• Education in a Warming World: A Collaborative Research Network on Education and Climate Change
• Feasibility Study of Recommender Systems in Academia
• Global Regionalisms, Governance and Higher Education
• Health Literacy and Health Education Mobility for Musicians: a global approach
• Ideas and Universities
• Informing health resource allocation decisions: models of interdisciplinary research emphasising local engagement and policy impact
• Innovating the mathematics curriculum in times of change: towards local and global relevance
• Labor Market Outcomes Among Highly-Skilled Immigrants and Return Migrants: The Role of Place of Education
• Laboratory Trove
• Language Assessment Research Network
• Open WUN
• Pedestrian Pathways in the Healthy City
• Researching diversity, inclusion and student success: Towards a global campus climate framework
• A study of the role of governing boards in African higher education institutions
• University Students in the Time of Corona (COVID-19)
• Web Observatory Project
• Widening Participation: 'First in the Family' Students Succeeding in Universities
• World-class Universities, Publication and Research Assessment: Rethinking the Mission of Higher Education in the Global Age
• The Worldwide Challenge of English

• A global platform to harmonize and share thigh-worn accelerometer data: Towards the next generation of sedentary behaviour, physical activity, and sleep guidelines
• Capability wellbeing and COVID-19: general population surveys in the UK, Australia and the Netherlands
• Climate-Induced Migration: Global Scope, Regional Impacts and National Policy Frameworks
• Exploring the changes in sustainable and healthy food practices in response to COVID-19
• Exploring the changing social networks of low-income migrants in post-COVID cities: Implications for community-based health infrastructure
• Gendering Public Health - Women's Leadership in the context of COVID-19
• Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Adolescents’ Sexual and Reproductive Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.
• Memorials to people who have died and to those missing during migration: a global project
• Mental Health Impact and Access to Health and Social Care Services for Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence
• Migrants’ Decision-Making in the Context of Shifting Migration Regimes: Highly Skilled Healthcare Professionals
• MommyDaddyCovid Stress Study
• Norms, standards, and enforcement of the COVID-19 International Certificate of Vaccination
• WUN Health Humanities initiative: towards the development of the patient-centred and compassionate Health Professional through education
• African Child and Youth Wellbeing in the Context of Migration and Displacement
• Air Sensors Everywhere
• Analyzing the Role of Urban Forms in Making Sustainable, Healthy Cities
• Big Data
• Collaborative Care for Dementia in Rural China Primary Care
• Communicating Good Health and Wellbeing: Promotion, Advocacy and Resilience
• DAPPER - Data Analysis with Privacy Protection for Epidemiological Research
• Data Diplomacy: Political & Social Dimensions of Data Collection & Sharing
• The WUN Data Science Network (WUN-DSN)
• Dementia Prevalence and Impact in Low Income Areas in South Africa
• Development & Evaluation of a Mesh WiFi-based In-Home Health Monitoring System for Older Adults
• Development of a Modified ddPCR Assay for Highly Accurate & Sensitive Detection of SARS-Cov-2 RNA for Screening of Infected Individuals & Environmental Monitoring
• Developing and Researching the Economics and Mathematics of Selection (DREAMS): Global Perspectives
• Early Life Opportunities for the Prevention of Non-communicable Disease in Developing Countries
• Effectiveness of health service/investment interventions aimed at reducing inequalities in health among older people in China: a longitudinal study
• Exploring the role of Helminths in the Global Allergy Epidemic
• Global Initiative Promoting Meaningful Engagement of People with Advanced Dementia Ageing in Supported Living Environments
• Global Research Network on the Economic Empowerment of Women (ReNEW)
• Health Literacy and Health Education Mobility for Musicians: a global approach
• Health Literacy Network
• Health Promoting Responses to Climate Change
• Health & Social Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Young People across the Socioeconomic Ladder: A Cross-Country Comparative Study
• Healthy Kitchens: Healthy Cities
• Hidden Voices: Exploring the health experiences of children who migrate
• HOME - Health Outcomes of Migration Events
• Immune Responses Underlying COPD Pathology
• Impacts of Future Climate and Land Use Changes on Public Health and Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia
• Informing health resource allocation decisions: models of interdisciplinary research emphasising local engagement and policy impact
• Integrating Health & Social Care Services to Tackle Asia’s Ageing Population & Rise in Chronic & Multi- Morbidity: Global Developments & Lessons
• inVIVO Planetary Health (formerly in-FLAME - International Inflammation Network)
• Isolation-Care Tele-Robotic System and its Efficient Utilization for the Prevention of Nosocomial Infection of the COVID-19
• Laboratory Trove
• Lessons for Life: Innovating and Evaluating School Age Health Education Interventions for the Prevention and Control of NCDs
• Low-Carbon Transport, Individual Wellbeing & Planetary Health in the Era of Smart Cities & New Mobilities
• The intersection between migration and health in later life in a cross-border context: a comparative study in Taiwan, England and oceanic countries
• Migration Policy, Welfare Boundary, Social Integration & Health-related Quality of Life of Children from Immigrant Families
• Mpower: Empowering mothers for health
• Negotiating Transition to a ‘Grown Up World’: the Journey to Sexual and Reproductive Health for Unaccompanied Adolescent Asylum Seekers
• New insights into the transmission of Angiostrongylus lungworms by gastropods under climate change: a comparative approach
• On the Search for Potential Trypanocidal Compounds: Synthesis and Evaluation of new Drug Candidates
• OPERA - Optimal Pregnancy Environment Risk Assessment
• Oral Health Science Network
• Pedestrian Pathways in the Healthy City
• Promoting wellbeing across borders: migration, social remittances and health
• Provision of Health Service and Community Care for the Elderly: Intergenerational Roles and Equity
• Reducing Inequality in Oral Health
• Resilience in Youth and Service Providers
• Rising Inequalities (RISIN) - Taking stock and learning from the Covid 19 Pandemic
• The Role of Big Data in Addressing the Determinants of Non-communicable Diseases in the Ageing Era
• Schools as a Setting for Reducing Risk Factors for Non-communicable Diseases
• Shaping Health Systems
• 67,000 More Helping Hands: An International Collaboration to Further Engage Pharmacists in Improving Primary Healthcare
• Strengthening Antenatal Care Resilience in the Face of Pandemics (SARA)
• Strengthening Disaster Risk Governance and Enhancing Societal Resilience associated with COVID-19
• Supporting Patients to Make Best Use of Their Medicines
• Sustainable Care: Connecting People and Systems
• Understanding Non-communicable/Communicable Disease Syndemics in Transitional Societies
• Web Observatory Project

• (Re)negotiating power to enhance resilience to climate change
• A Cross-National Study of Urban Solid Waste Management: Learnings and Way Forward
• Climate-Induced Migration: Global Scope, Regional Impacts and National Policy Frameworks
• Exploring the changes in sustainable and healthy food practices in response to COVID-19
• Smallholder Dairy Cooperatives in Addressing Sustainable Development Goals in ODA Countries
• Addressing the impact of heatwaves and drought on food security
• Adopting REDD+ for Conservation, Sustainable Community Livelihood and Climate Change Mitigation
• Ancient Soils and Modern Land Use - A Challenge for Critical Zone Science
• Big Data
• Building Sustainable Mountain Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa: Assessing the Linkages Between Communities, Ecosystem Services, Environment and Health
• Changing Coasts, Climate Change and Other Drivers
• Climate Change: Understanding Systemic Shocks in Integrated Infrastructures
• Climate Resilient African Landscapes
• Critical Zones Observatories
• CROP-FS - Climate-Resilient Open Partnership for Food Security
• The WUN Data Science Network (WUN-DSN)
• Developing Compatible Energy and Climate Strategies
• Education in a Warming World: A Collaborative Research Network on Education and Climate Change
• Enhancing Food Security Through Urban Agriculture
• Environmental and social consequences of decommissioning offshore infrastructure
• Establishing the Low Carbon Energy Transition in a Changing Climate Network
• Global Farm Platforms for Optimisation of Grazing Livestock Production Systems
• Global Patterns of Climate Adaption in Kelps
• Health Promoting Responses to Climate Change
• Healthy Polis - Developing Urban Lifecourse Approaches in response to Climate Change
• Himalayan Climate Change: Debris Covered Glacier Response, Water Availability, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Response
• Impact of Climate Change on the Socio-Ecology of Animals: Effects on Epidemic Disease Spread and Species Invasion
• Impact of Ocean Warming and Acidification on Marine Fish Production
• Impacts of Future Climate and Land Use Changes on Public Health and Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia
• Impacts of Grain Legume Research & Development in Developing Countries
• Indian Ocean Archaeology Network
• Legal Cultures and New Regional Policies towards Forced Migrants
• Legumes: The Hub of Diversification & Adaptation to Climate Change in Agriculture
• Low-Carbon Transport, Individual Wellbeing & Planetary Health in the Era of Smart Cities & New Mobilities
• Modelling Microplastic Waste Transport in Rivers and the Coastal Oceans
• Non-market valuation of loss and damage under climate change
• Ocean Eddies in a Changing Climate: Understanding the Impact on Coastal Climates and Worldwide Fisheries Production
• Pedestrian Pathways in the Healthy City
• Resilient Pasts and Sustainable Futures? Designing Socially Significant Scenarios
• Spatial Framework for Assessing Environmental Livelihood Security
• Stomata: Sensors of Climate Change
• Strengthening Disaster Risk Governance and Enhancing Societal Resilience associated with COVID-19
• Sustainability and Electricity Access in Developing Countries
• The trans-nationalisation of indigenous movements: The role of digital technologies
• Transcultural Understanding of Designing with Climate Change: A Joint Design Research Studio Approach
• Web Observatory Project
• Wind or Solar? The Political Economy of Fuel Competition between Renewables
• WUN-BRIC - WUN to Building Resilience In Construction

• (Re)negotiating power to enhance resilience to climate change
• A Cross-National Study of Urban Solid Waste Management: Learnings and Way Forward
• An Intersectional Exploration of Religion and Gender-Based Violence: A Case Study of Accra in Global Context
• Climate-Induced Migration: Global Scope, Regional Impacts and National Policy Frameworks
• Exploring the changes in sustainable and healthy food practices in response to COVID-19
• Exploring the changing social networks of low-income migrants in post-COVID cities: Implications for community-based health infrastructure
• Gendering Public Health - Women's Leadership in the context of COVID-19
• Memorials to people who have died and to those missing during migration: a global project
• Mental Health Impact and Access to Health and Social Care Services for Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence
• Migrants’ Decision-Making in the Context of Shifting Migration Regimes: Highly Skilled Healthcare Professionals
• Understanding Evidence pathways and government decision-making in response to Covid-19: a multi-country comparative analysis
• WUN Health Humanities initiative: towards the development of the patient-centred and compassionate Health Professional through education
• Addressing Multiple Forms of Migrant Precarity – Beyond “Management ” of Migration to an Integrated Rights-Based Approach
• African Child and Youth Wellbeing in the Context of Migration and Displacement
• Big Data
• CARMEN (Co-operative for Advancement of Research through Medieval European Network)
• China’s Growth Transition: Challenges and Global Adjustments
• COVID-19 and Migration Systems in Transition
• Data Diplomacy: Political & Social Dimensions of Data Collection & Sharing
• The WUN Data Science Network (WUN-DSN)
• !Gâ re – Rangatiratanga – Dadirri : Decolonizing the 'capture of knowledge'
• Environmental and social consequences of decommissioning offshore infrastructure
• Establishing the Low Carbon Energy Transition in a Changing Climate Network
• Gendering Migration: Women and Girls Experiences of Gender-based discrimination, abuse and violence across migratory stages
• Global Initiative Promoting Meaningful Engagement of People with Advanced Dementia Ageing in Supported Living Environments
• Global Regionalisms, Governance and Higher Education
• Global Research Network on the Economic Empowerment of Women (ReNEW)
• Global Social Initiative on Ageing
• Health Literacy and Health Education Mobility for Musicians: a global approach
• Hidden Voices: Exploring the health experiences of children who migrate
• Impacts of Future Climate and Land Use Changes on Public Health and Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia
• In-Herit: The Role of Heritage in Ontological Security during Migration and Displacement
• Indian Ocean Archaeology Network
• Indigenous Research Network
• Intercultural Communication in Interaction: multimodal approaches
• Labor Market Outcomes Among Highly-Skilled Immigrants and Return Migrants: The Role of Place of Education
• Language Assessment Research Network
• Legal Cultures and New Regional Policies towards Forced Migrants
• Marriage Migrants ​in Asia
• The intersection between migration and health in later life in a cross-border context: a comparative study in Taiwan, England and oceanic countries
• Migration, Development and Global Transformations (MDGT)
• Migration Policy, Welfare Boundary, Social Integration & Health-related Quality of Life of Children from Immigrant Families
• Migration with and without Children: Causes and Economic, Social, and Psychological Consequences
• Multilingualism and Mobility in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
• Negotiating Transition to a ‘Grown Up World’: the Journey to Sexual and Reproductive Health for Unaccompanied Adolescent Asylum Seekers
• Networking Young Citizens
• Non-market valuation of loss and damage under climate change
• Older Workers and Caregiving
• Open WUN
• Pedestrian Pathways in the Healthy City
• Resilience in Youth and Service Providers
• Resilient Peace: Exploring resilient peacebuilding actors, cultures and policy transfer in West Africa
• Rising Inequalities (RISIN) - Taking stock and learning from the Covid 19 Pandemic
• Structural Reinforcement of Inequality
• Sustainable Care: Connecting People and Systems
• The trans-nationalisation of indigenous movements: The role of digital technologies
• Transcultural Understanding of Designing with Climate Change: A Joint Design Research Studio Approach
• Transformative Justice Network
• Understanding Globalisation - Margins and Peripheries
• Web Observatory Project
• Women’s Mobility: Negotiating Work & Family Spheres in Asia

• Exploring the changing social networks of low-income migrants in post-COVID cities: Implications for community-based health infrastructure
• Gendering Public Health - Women's Leadership in the context of COVID-19
• Characterising the Transient Radio Sky with SKA Precursors
• Economics
• Spintronics Consortium

• Global Africa Group
• Global China Group