Global Challenges Research

Addressing Global Challenges with locally owned solutions is a key priority for Brunel University London. Research informed by the needs of society, delivered through research programmes co-created with the intended beneficiaries and stakeholders, is at the heart of our approach. Our Global Challenges research objective is to create new knowledge and drive innovation to develop more equitable access to sustainable development.

Affordable, reliable and sustainable energy

Clean air, water and sanitation

Secure and Resilient Food Systems

Sustainable health and wellbeing

Global Challenges Research Networks

We tackle Global Challenges through world leading inter-disciplinary research and international partnerships. To further develop and focus our expertise in these fields, Brunel has developed two Global Challenge networks. The Plastics in Society Research and Innovation Hub works with collaborators in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Africa and Thailand to create methodologies, technologies and sustainable solutions to address the growing plastic pollution catastrophe in the Indian Ocean region – now a global crisis. The Sustainable Protected Horticulture Network works with collaborators in India, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda to develop sustainable technologies through the various links across all parts of the food chain to improve agricultural productivity and food waste.

Plastics in Society Research and Innovation Hub

Sustainable Protected Horticulture Network

Website coming soon

Global Lives

Entrepreneurship and Sustainability

Circular Food Forum

Centre for Sustainable Energy Use in Food Chains

Due to new farm management practices and support from the university we could increase our yield and better manage our resources. Lean helps us to see the whole process clearly and act efficiently.

Kajoogo Yoweri,Farmer, Uganda

Case study

Strengthened farming production systems reap better harvests in Uganda

Global Challenges Brochure

Read more about our Global Challenges research

Funding

Brunel holds one of the largest portfolios of Newton Fund grants in the UK underpinning our research in Global Challenges. We also collaborate on many other international projects funded by UK Research Councils, Innovate UK, UKAID (DFID), British Council, the EU, the UN Systems and others.

Ranking

Brunel University London is ranked 40th most impactful university in the world (Times Higher Education, 2019).

Work with our experts

Final year student talking to industry representative at the software Innovation event

Research degrees at Brunel

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Fully-funded studentships

Our funded studentships become available at different times of the year. Please keep checking our page regularly to see the latest funded opportunities. We also advertise all our funded studentships as soon as they become available on the @BrunelResearch twitter account.

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