• Engagement and Impact

    Research at the University of Reading
Agriculture, Food & Health

Our world-leading research in Agriculture, Food & Health is addressing global challenges including climate change, resource degradation, hunger, poverty, diet and disease prevention and treatment.

Environment

We work across a broad range of disciplines to explore, understand, and address climate change, biodiversity loss, and sustainability - both natural and as shaped by humans. We work with organisations around the world to tackle environmental challenges and provide solutions that are both adoptable and adopted.
Heritage & Creativity

Our Heritage & Creativity research shines a spotlight on the past and reflects on the value of arts and humanities research to society today. Focusing on contemporary global challenges, we foster public debate on issues such as migration and diaspora, health and (dis)ability, and the role of heritage and the creative industries in promoting inclusion and diversity.

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Prosperity & Resilience

Research in our Prosperity & Resilience theme responds to pressing social and economic challenges, addressing key questions about how institutions, policies and practices can help people and society to prosper and how we can build resilience against economic, social, political or environmental shocks.
Local Community

Our community does not stop at the boundaries of our campuses, and engaging people with our research has a role to play in this.

Public engagement with research

Find out more about opportunities to get involved with public engagement with research.

Research at the University of Reading addresses some of the biggest real world problems we face in the twenty-first century – from tackling climate change and providing food security to improving human health and understanding human culture.

Innovative engagement is an integral part of our research practice and research culture. Working across a broad range of disciplines, our researchers engage and collaborate with public and professional audiences to bring about positive change locally, nationally and internationally.

We engage with schools and community groups, charities and NGOs, businesses and industry, with museums and cultural groups, and with policy makers and policy shapers to ensure our research contributes to global debates and benefits the economic and social life of Reading and beyond.

Finding peace in a fragile world

Research by the University of Reading has been instrumental in the development of a new UK policy framework for building stability in fragile and conflict-affected states. With the steady rise...Read More >

Defining the true value of bees

Bean, strawberry and apple crops all depend on bees and other pollinating insects. Reading research has identified which species do which jobs, their economic worth, and how to protect them…Read More >

Safeguarding the legacy of literature

Pioneering work from the University of Reading on literary archive management is helping to protect and promote cultural heritage around the world. Despite their richness and diversity, literary archives have…Read More >