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Research

Accelerating high-impact research

Northeastern University London is an agile, interdisciplinary European research campus. Powered by a global enterprise and world-leading institutes, we’re removing barriers to ignite collaboration, innovation, and results.

London research areas

Computing,mathematics,engineering, andnatural sciences

Advancing breakthroughs that shape how AI and data science improve our world. 

  • Foundation and applied AI
  • Human-centred computing
  • Cognition and socio-technical systems
  • Quantum computing
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Social sciences

Uncovering novel insights into human behaviour in global relations, politics, and business. 

  • Security studies and cyber governance 
  • Political theory and thought 
  • International relations and regionalism 
  • Business and finance 
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Humanities

Harnessing new digital tools to deepen our understanding of philosophy, history, and the law. 

  • Epistemology, ethics and computational philosophy 
  • Political history and thought 
  • Medieval history, art history, and royalty 
  • Urban centres, community, belonging, social movements, and race 
  • Cultures of London 
Our faculty  

Institutes and centres

Well-established, multi-campus engines for bringing experts together to tackle large-scale problems from all angles. 

Network Science Institute

World-leading researchers at the institute’s European hub focus on scaling network science research globally, particularly in human health and global security. 

Network Science Institute
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Humanities Center

Northeastern University’s Humanities Center—jointly led by the campuses in Boston, London and Oakland—promotes collaborative, innovative, and publicly engaged humanities research. 

Humanities Center
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Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things

The London hub of the Institute for the Wireless Internet of Things specialises in wireless communication and network engineering. 

WIoT Institute
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London research news

Find the latest on research news and insight from our faculty. 

More research stories
  • A large group of people gathers outside at night for a demonstration. They hold a banner reading "Murdoch is Bad News." Police officers stand nearby, and another banner is partially visible. The event appears peaceful.
    Rupert Murdoch’s Wapping dispute shaped media in the UK. New research looks at what happened on the frontline 
  • A historical cipher document containing a variety of symbols and letters, along with handwritten annotations and instructions. The text includes months, numbers, and names, surrounded by detailed script and a circular stamp or seal.
    Lost letters of Mary, Queen of Scots, give up their secrets after 450 years, thanks to Northeastern historian
  • A man holding a microphone and reading from a paper stands in front of a presentation screen displaying the title "When Technology Goes Wrong: Navigating the Perils of AI in Modern Society" with an image of a robot.
    Northeastern computer scientist and new Turing fellow looks to ‘rethink’ how we teach programming in the age of AI

Funding opportunities

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    Fellowships

    We welcome enquiries from scholars interested in applying for a fellowship with us, in topics that align to our research strengths.

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    Horizon Europe

    As a U.K. university, we are fully eligible to apply to Horizon Europe, the EU’s flagship funding programme for research and innovation. 

Research impact

Our researchers are leading innovative projects that cross disciplines, break new ground, and harness the latest digital technology to advance their work.

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    Mapping Black London

    The Mapping Black London project sheds new light on the narrative that Black communities settled in London post-war. The research, led by Professor Olly Ayers in London and showcased at a major exhibition at the London Metropolitan Archives, has developed interactive maps that unearth the long-range Black presence in London. 

  • A collage of diverse cartoon people interacting with devices. Each person is styled in mid-century fashion with vibrant colors like lime green, purple, and orange. Text in various languages floats beside them, along with colorful geometric shapes.
    Colour naming across cultures

    Professor Dimitris Myonas’ research team works with the public to investigate the relationship between seeing and naming colours. The work, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, aims to develop a new colour–naming framework to facilitate colour communication within and between cultures.

  • A person holds the book "Blood, Fire & Gold" amidst lush green foliage. The cover features portraits of Elizabeth I and Catherine de Medici with the text "Two great queens. One great rivalry.
    Powerful women

    Blood, Fire and Gold provides a new way of looking at two of history’s most powerful women, and how they shaped each other as profoundly as they shaped the course of history. Drawing on their letters and brand-new research, Estelle Paranque writes an entirely new chapter in the well-worn story of the 16th century. 

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    How species communicate

    Project CETI is a nonprofit organisation applying advanced machine learning and state-of-the-art robotics to listen to and translate the communication of sperm whales in the Eastern Caribbean off the coast of the island of Dominica.

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