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Our world-leading research spans the breadth of academic expertise across our 11 faculties and cross-disciplinary initiatives and partnerships.
We champion and invest in the power of knowledge and collaboration to change the world, addressing some of the major challenges of our time, such as climate change, mental health & wellbeing, data-empowered societies, inequalities, intercultural communications, and beyond.
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UCL Innovation & Enterprise
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Find out more2nd in the UK for research power
REF 2021£3.54bn active research and innovation portfolio
UCL Research and Innovation Services, 2024/25From UCL newsdesk
School smartphone bans are overly simplistic and not supported by young people
Outright smartphone bans in schools are likely to be ineffective and undermine students’ trust without addressing core issues like harmful online content, cyberbullying and addictive platform design, a new UCL report finds.
30 Jun 2026
Childbirth is not uniquely difficult to humans
The tight fit of a baby’s head through a mother’s birth canal, which causes great difficulty in childbirth, is not unique to humans, as previously understood.
29 Jun 2026
Power grid inequalities limit the emission reduction benefits of electric vehicles
The carbon-reduction benefits of electric vehicles vary across cities in China as richer cities can transfer much of their carbon emissions from power generation to less developed cities, burdening them with additional costs, a new study led by UCL
24 Jun 2026
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