Research Impact
Delivering impactful research, designed to help meet global challenges.
We strive to tackle global issues, such as food insecurity and environmental challenges, via a vibrant and integrated research and impact environment, conducting globally competitive and sustainable research. Key examples of our impact include the Elliott Review (for UK Government) on food safety after the horsemeat scandal; determining the impact of intensive animal farming on climate change and land use; changes to animal-welfare legislation.
Our research clearly maps on to many UN Sustainable Development Goals, including Zero Hunger; Good Health; Clean Water; Climate Action. In the 2024 Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, we were placed No 19 for Life Below Water (out of 628 institutions) and No 9 for Life On Land (out of 741 institutions). The UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) designated us as an IAEA Collaborating Centre in 2021, recognising our global reach in food safety, authenticity and traceability.
See below for our recent research outputs and some ongoing examples of our impact:
Our latest research outputs are available below. For a more comprehensive list please see the University's Research Portal.
Latest Publications
Higher adherence to the EAT-Lancet reference diet is inversely associated with mortality in a UK population of cancer survivors
- Nena Karavasiloglou
- Alysha Thompson
- Giulia Pestoni
- Flurina Suter
- Keren Papier
- Aedin Cassidy
- Tilman Kuhn
- Sabine Rohrmann
Effect of age and sex on the urinary elimination of a single dose of mixed flavonoids: results from a single-arm intervention in healthy UK adults
- Colin Kay
- Noemi Tejera
- Amy Jennings
- Sumanto Halder
- Damon Bevan
- Lisa C. Crossman
- Sherly Li
- Aedin Cassidy
- Anne Marie Minihane
Investigating the impact of particle size on the volatile and non-volatile metabolite variations of ginger powder
- Qing Han
- Yunhe Hong
- Nick Birse
- Brian Quinn
- Philip McCarron
- Christopher T. Elliott
- Kasper A. Hettinga
- Sara W. Erasmus
Warm or bright – Temperature and light microhabitat use in insect pollinators
- Océane Bartholomée
- Vun Wen Jie
- Paul Caplat
- Henrik G. Smith
- Emily Baird
Risk of hypothyroidism in meat-eaters, fish-eaters, and vegetarians: a population-based prospective study
- Catharina J Candussi
- William Bell
- Alysha Thompson
- Sven Knüppel
- Martina Gaggl
- Martin Světnička
- Jan Gojda
- Aedin Cassidy
- Cornelia Weikert
- Reynalda Córdova
- Tilman Kuhn
Applying the behaviour change technique taxonomy to explore farm advisors’ perceptions of behaviour change support on-farm
- Laura Gribben
- Alison Burrell
- Moira Dean
- Áine Regan
Concrete design and biotic colonization at the interface with the human user
- Anne Marie Mahon
- Christine A. Maggs
- P. A. M. Basheer
- Mark P. Johnson
Nanoplastics elicit stage-specific physiological, biochemical, and gut microbiome responses in a freshwater mussel
- Yangli Chi
- Hui Zhang
- Jian Gao
- Liang Wan
- Yiying Jiao
- Heyun Wang
- Mingjun Liao
- Ross Cuthbert
A research toolbox for regional data collection to support the conservation of large batoids: a case study on the critically endangered flapper skate (Dipturus intermedius)
- Sophie Loca
- Amy Garbett
- Jonathan Houghton
- James Thorburn
- Oliver Ó Cadhla
- Maurice Clarke
- Gary Hannon
- Liz Pothanikat
- Paul A. Mayo
- Ruairí Gallagher
- Mark D. J. Hoppner
- Patrick Collins
Associations between flavonoid-rich food and flavonoid intakes and incident unhealthy aging outcomes in older United States males and females
- Nicola P. Bondonno
- Yan Lydia Liu
- Francine Grodstein
- Eric B Rimm
- Aedin Cassidy
Once bitten, twice shy? Direct and indirect effects of weather shocks on fertilizer and improved seeds use
- Kelvin Mulungu
- Dale T. Manning
- Martina Bozzola
A comparative study of the physiochemical and compositional properties of Edilbay sheep milk
- Ravshanbek S. Alibekov
- Aibala R. Taspoltayeva
- Klara A. Urazbayeva
- Gulnara D. Shambulova
- Mike Hardy