Research

STORM Lab strives to enable earlier diagnosis, wider screening and more effective treatment for life-threatening diseases such as cancer.

The Institute for Transport Studies is one of the UK's leading departments for transport research.

Leeds Beckett University finds solutions to complex societal issues, and this can be seen through their sector-leading work on sustainability, obesity and sports science, among other areas of expertise.

Space Hub Yorkshire is a coordinator of Space activity across the region, a catalyst for new satellite and geospatial data markets, a source of Space expertise, a facilitator of new collaborations, a driver of investments, a champion for Space start-ups and an advocate for Space research and industry opportunities.

New physical hubs in Leeds and London will support companies and start-ups commercialise products that can green global finance, including tools that measure storm and flood risk facing properties or the pollution created by companies and the liabilities that result.

Future Fashion Factory researches and develops advanced digital and textile technologies to transform the industry’s agility in the luxury fashion design process, and ability to shift to circular economies.

A summary of some of the health research excellence at Leeds

Established in 2014, with major investments from the UK Research Councils and the University of Leeds, LIDA has developed state of the art physical and IT infrastructures to raise the bar in standards of data quality, access, protection and exploitation.