Research centres and groups

About the project

At Sussex, we support a diverse and multidisciplinary research environment where researchers can truly believe a challenge is only impossible until it’s done. Browse our Centres of Excellence, research centres and groups.

Impossible until it’s done

Watch how Sussex research is driving progress.

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Centres of Excellence

Our Centres of Excellence are drawing together world-leading experts and innovative approaches, creating a critical mass of knowledge, skills and training. Browse our Centres of Excellence below.

All research centres and groups

Our research centres and groups are interdisciplinary groups, working on collaborative, world-leading research in new or emerging areas of opportunity.

• Browse our research centres and groups Advanced Communications, Mobile Technology and IoT (ACMI) Analysis and Partial Differential Equations Research Group Astronomy Centre Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Research Group Bennett Institute for Innovation and Policy Acceleration Brighton and Sussex Liver Research Centre Business and Finance Research Group Centre for Advanced International Theory Centre for the Analysis of Regional Integration at Sussex (Economics) Centre for Coastal Research Centre for Cognitive Science Centre for Colonial and Postcolonial Studies Centre for Computer Graphics Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Robotics Centre for Cultures of Reproduction, Technologies and Health Centre for Dementia Studies Centre for Gender Studies Centre for Global Health Policy Centre for Global Health Research Centre for Global Political Economy Centre for Higher Education and Equity Research Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy Centre for Infection and Antimicrobial Research Centre for Innovation and Research in Childhood and Youth Centre for Innovation and Research in Wellbeing Centre for Intellectual History Centre for International Business and Development Centre for International Education Centre for Leadership, Ethics and Diversity (LEAD) Centre for Life History and Life Writing Research Centre for Modernist Studies Centre for Open Science and Research Reform Centre for Print Culture Centre for Research in Creative and Performing Arts Centre for Research on Changing Cultures and Societies Centre for Rights, Reparations, and Anti-Colonial Justice Centre for Social and Political Thought Centre for Social Work Innovation and Research Centre for the Study of Corruption Centre for the Study of Sexual Dissidence Centre for the Study of Welfare and Inclusive Growth Centre for Teaching and Learning Research Centre for World Environmental History climate@sussex Clinical Imaging Sciences Centre Communications Research Group Creative Technology Crime Research Centre Data Intensive Science Centre at the University of Sussex Developmental Genetics Research Group Developmental and Clinical Psychology Research Group Dynamics, Control and Vehicle Research Group Energy and Materials Chemistry Energy and Materials Engineering Research Centre Entrepreneurship and Innovation ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work Evolution Research Group site Experimental Particle Physics Research Group Foundations of Software Systems Future of Work Hub Gene Expression Research Group Genome Damage and Stability Centre Harvard Sussex Program Industrial Informatics and Signal Processing Research Group Infectious Disease Modelling group Insect Navigation Research Group Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects Learning, Memory and Plasticity Group Marketing, Consumption and Innovation the Materials Physics Group Mathematical Physics Group Mathematics Applied to Biology Research Group The Middle East and North Africa Centre at Sussex Nature-based Solutions for Land Degradation project (REAL NbS) Neurodegenerative Disease and Ageing Research Centre Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing Research Group Pharma Supply Chains and Healthcare Technology Probability and Statistics Research Group Quantitative International Finance Network RNA Biology Research Group Robotics and Mechatronics Systems Research Group Sensor Technology Research Centre Social Science and Ethics Research Group Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability Centre School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences Sussex Addiction Research and Intervention Centre (SARIC) Sussex Artificial Intelligence Sussex Asia Sussex Blood Cancer Research Sussex Cancer Research Centre Sussex Centre for American Studies Sussex Centre for Consciousness Science Sussex Centre for Cultural Studies Sussex Centre for Global Insecurities Research (CGI) Sussex Centre for Human Rights Research Sussex Centre for Law and Technology Sussex Centre for Migration Research Sussex Centre for Quantum Technology Sussex Centre for Research on Kindness Sussex Centre for Sensory Neuroscience and Computation Sussex Digital Humanities Lab Sussex Energy Group Sussex European Institute Sussex Drug Discovery Centre Sussex Health Outcomes Research and Education in Cancer Sussex Mental Health Research Centre Sussex Neuroscience Sussex Programme for Quantum Research Sussex Sustainability Sussex Weidenfeld Institute of Jewish Studies – Centre for German-Jewish Studies Synaesthesia Research Group The Critical Infrastructure Resilience Network (CIReN) The Reginald Phillips Research Network for Improving Education for People with Visual Impairment Theoretical Particle Physics Research Group UKPTO
• Advanced Communications, Mobile Technology and IoT (ACMI)
• Analysis and Partial Differential Equations Research Group
• Astronomy Centre
• Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Research Group
• Bennett Institute for Innovation and Policy Acceleration
• Brighton and Sussex Liver Research Centre
• Business and Finance Research Group
• Centre for Advanced International Theory
• Centre for the Analysis of Regional Integration at Sussex (Economics)
• Centre for Coastal Research
• Centre for Cognitive Science
• Centre for Colonial and Postcolonial Studies
• Centre for Computer Graphics
• Centre for Computational Neuroscience and Robotics
• Centre for Cultures of Reproduction, Technologies and Health
• Centre for Dementia Studies
• Centre for Gender Studies
• Centre for Global Health Policy
• Centre for Global Health Research
• Centre for Global Political Economy
• Centre for Higher Education and Equity Research
• Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy
• Centre for Infection and Antimicrobial Research
• Centre for Innovation and Research in Childhood and Youth
• Centre for Innovation and Research in Wellbeing
• Centre for Intellectual History
• Centre for International Business and Development
• Centre for International Education
• Centre for Leadership, Ethics and Diversity (LEAD)
• Centre for Life History and Life Writing Research
• Centre for Modernist Studies
• Centre for Open Science and Research Reform
• Centre for Print Culture
• Centre for Research in Creative and Performing Arts
• Centre for Research on Changing Cultures and Societies
• Centre for Rights, Reparations, and Anti-Colonial Justice
• Centre for Social and Political Thought
• Centre for Social Work Innovation and Research
• Centre for the Study of Corruption
• Centre for the Study of Sexual Dissidence
• Centre for the Study of Welfare and Inclusive Growth
• Centre for Teaching and Learning Research
• Centre for World Environmental History
• climate@sussex
• Clinical Imaging Sciences Centre
• Communications Research Group
• Creative Technology
• Crime Research Centre
• Data Intensive Science Centre at the University of Sussex
• Developmental Genetics Research Group
• Developmental and Clinical Psychology Research Group
• Dynamics, Control and Vehicle Research Group
• Energy and Materials Chemistry
• Energy and Materials Engineering Research Centre
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work
• Evolution Research Group site
• Experimental Particle Physics Research Group
• Foundations of Software Systems
• Future of Work Hub
• Gene Expression Research Group
• Genome Damage and Stability Centre
• Harvard Sussex Program
• Industrial Informatics and Signal Processing Research Group
• Infectious Disease Modelling group
• Insect Navigation Research Group
• Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects
• Learning, Memory and Plasticity Group
• Marketing, Consumption and Innovation
• the Materials Physics Group
• Mathematical Physics Group
• Mathematics Applied to Biology Research Group
• The Middle East and North Africa Centre at Sussex
• Nature-based Solutions for Land Degradation project (REAL NbS)
• Neurodegenerative Disease and Ageing Research Centre
• Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing Research Group
• Pharma Supply Chains and Healthcare Technology
• Probability and Statistics Research Group
• Quantitative International Finance Network
• RNA Biology Research Group
• Robotics and Mechatronics Systems Research Group
• Sensor Technology Research Centre
• Social Science and Ethics Research Group
• Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability Centre
• School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
• Sussex Addiction Research and Intervention Centre (SARIC)
• Sussex Artificial Intelligence
• Sussex Asia
• Sussex Blood Cancer Research
• Sussex Cancer Research Centre
• Sussex Centre for American Studies
• Sussex Centre for Consciousness Science
• Sussex Centre for Cultural Studies
• Sussex Centre for Global Insecurities Research (CGI)
• Sussex Centre for Human Rights Research
• Sussex Centre for Law and Technology
• Sussex Centre for Migration Research
• Sussex Centre for Quantum Technology
• Sussex Centre for Research on Kindness
• Sussex Centre for Sensory Neuroscience and Computation
• Sussex Digital Humanities Lab
• Sussex Energy Group
• Sussex European Institute
• Sussex Drug Discovery Centre
• Sussex Health Outcomes Research and Education in Cancer
• Sussex Mental Health Research Centre
• Sussex Neuroscience
• Sussex Programme for Quantum Research
• Sussex Sustainability
• Sussex Weidenfeld Institute of Jewish Studies – Centre for German-Jewish Studies
• Synaesthesia Research Group
• The Critical Infrastructure Resilience Network (CIReN)
• The Reginald Phillips Research Network for Improving Education for People with Visual Impairment
• Theoretical Particle Physics Research Group
• UKPTO

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Undergraduate research enquiries : undergraduate-research@sussex.ac.uk

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