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.
Computing, mathematics, engineering, and natural 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
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
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
PhD Research
NU London offers PhD studentships in the humanities, social sciences, and digital and computer sciences within a globally connected, interdisciplinary research community.
- Interdisciplinary research at the forefront of the humanities, social sciences, and digital and computer sciences
- Access to faculty seminars, conferences, and structured researcher development
- Internship and fellowship opportunities to engage beyond the university
- Based in London, with connection to Northeastern’s global campus network
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.
Intelligent Networked Systems Institute
Northeastern University’s Intelligent Networked Systems Institute’s (INSI) London hub is a transatlantic research centre focused on next-generation connectivity and intelligent computing and learning systems.
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.
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.
London research news
Find the latest on research news and insight from our faculty.
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Rupert Murdoch’s Wapping dispute shaped media in the UK. New research looks at what happened on the frontline
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Lost letters of Mary, Queen of Scots, give up their secrets after 450 years, thanks to Northeastern historian
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Northeastern computer scientist and new Turing fellow looks to ‘rethink’ how we teach programming in the age of AI
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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.
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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.
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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.
Research governance and resources
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