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Research Groups/Centres

 


CENTRES


CLUSTERS


FORUMS

SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Institute of Agri-Food and Land Use

Gibson Institute

Queen's University Marine Laboratory

Quercus

 
Molecular Biosciences

Ecology, Evolution, Behaviour and Environmental Economics

 

SCHOOL OF CHEMISTRY AND CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

QUESTOR

Centre for the Theory and Application of Catalysis (CenTACat)

Innovative Molecular Materials (IMM)

Synthesis and Biological Organic Chemistr

QUESTOR Forum
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION  

Centre for Behaviour Analysis

Centre for Children's Rights

Centre for Effective Education

Centre for Shared Education

Pedagogy, Learning and Curriculum

Human Rights, Equality and Social Cohesion in Education 

 The Child

SCHOOL OF ELECTRONICS, ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

Belfast eScience Centre (BeSC)

Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology (ECIT)

Virtual Engineering Centre (VEC)

The International Centre for System-on-Chip and Advanced Microwireless Integration (SoCaM)

Digital Communications

Electrical Power and Energy Systems

High Frequency Electronic Circuits

High Performance and Distributed Computing

Intelligent Systems and Control

Knowledge and Data Engineering

Semiconductors and Nanotechnology

Speech and Vision Systems

System-on-Chip Architectures and Programmable Systems

 
SCHOOL OF ENGLISH    

The Renaissance, English Language & Medieval Studies

Poetry, Irish Writing, Creative Writing and Modern Literary Studies

 
SCHOOL OF GEOGRAPHY, ARCHAEOLOGY AND PALAEOECOLOGY

Centre for Archaeological Fieldwork (CAF)

Centre for Climate, the Environment and Chronology (CHRONO) Centre

Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis (CDDA)

Environmental Change

Past Cultural Change

Society, Space and Culture

Spatial Analysis

SCHOOL OF HISTORY AND ANTHROPOLOGY  

History

Anthropology

Institute of Cognition and Culture

Institute of Irish Studies

Irish Studies

Cognitionand Culture

Medieval Studies

SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES, LITERATURES (AND PERFORMING) ARTS    

Celtic Studies

Drama Studies

Film Studies

French Studies

Spanish and Portuguese Studies

Eighteenth Century Studies

Postcolonial Studies

Translation and Cultural Encounter

SCHOOL OF LAW  

Criminology and Criminal Justice

Governance

Human Rights

Common and Comparative Law

Governance

QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   QUMS Research

 

SCHOOL OF MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS

Astrophysics Research Centre

Atomistic Simulation Centre

Centre for Nanostructured Media

Centre for Plasma Physics

Centre for Statisticical Science and Operational Physics

Centre for Theoretical Atomic Molecular and Computational Physics

Pure Mathematics Research Centre (PMRC)

The International Centre for Experimental Physics

   
SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING   Centre of Excellence in Integrated Aircraft Technologies (CEIAT)

Polymer Processing Research Centre (PPRC)

Integrated Aerospace Technologies (IAT)

Internal Combustion Engines 

Polymers

 

Medical Polymers Research Institute (MPRI) 

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, DENTISTRY AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology

Centre for Infection and Immunity

Centre for Public Health

Centre for Vision and Vascular Science

 

 

SCHOOL OF CREATIVE ARTS   

Musicology and Composition

Sonic Arts

SARC
SCHOOL OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY  

Maternal and Child Health

Evaluation of Complex Healthcare Interventions

Northern Ireland Cerebral Palsy Register

SCHOOL OF PHARMACY McClay Research Centre for Pharmaceutical Sciences

Molecular Therapeutics

Pharmaceutical Science and Practice

 

SCHOOL OF PLANNING ARCHITECTURE AND CIVIL ENGINEERING

Centre for Built Environment Research (CBER)

Queen's University Marine Laboratory

Environmental Engineering

Institute of Spatial and Environmental Planning (ISEP)

Sustainability

SCHOOL OF POLITICS, INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AND PHILOSOPHY  

Governance & Public Policy 

International Politics and Ethnic conflict 

Contemporary Irish Political History 

Philosophy

Political Theory

 Gender Studies
SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY

Animal Behaviour Centre

Fetal Behaviour Research Centre

CALT - Centre for the Advancement of Learning and Thinking

HUMAINE Centre

Behavioural Development and Welfare

Cognition, Development and Education

Emotion, Perception and Individual Characteristics

Social Issues

 
SCHOOL OF SOCIOLOGY, SOCIAL POLICY AND SOCIAL WORK

ARK - Northern Ireland Social and Political Archive

CIBR - Centre for International Borders Research

Contemporary Social Issues and Policy

Family Policy and Child Welfare

Identities, Lifestyle and Culture

Social Divisions and Conflict

 

Research Clusters

Research at Queen's is focused through a formal framework of Research Clusters and Interdisciplinary Forums, each led by an established research leader. There are twenty research-led Schools, comprising over 75 research clusters.

Areas of research excellence at Queen's range across the whole spectrum: from Creative Writing and Poetry in the Seamus Heaney Centre to the design of new catalysts for cars; from Conflict Resolution and Peace Studies to Vascular Biology and its implications for Vision Science; from Cognition and Culture to Renewable Energy; and from Drug Design and Synthesis to Healthcare for the Mother and Child.

Queen’s impressive track record of achievement in research and education is also reflected in the development of world-class centres of research excellence across the full range of disciplines.

Explore the world-class centres of excellence here.