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vibrant research environment is world-leading.</p> </div> <picture> <source media="(max-width: 1023px)" width="1024" height="600" srcset="/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/landing-page-images/ChemistryX-RayDiffraction-Mobile.jpg"> <source media="(min-width: 1024px)" width="1920" height="600" srcset="/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/landing-page-images/ChemistryX-RayDiffraction-Desktop.jpg"> <img src="/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/landing-page-images/ChemistryX-RayDiffraction-Desktop.jpg" alt="A staff member uses an X-ray diffraction machine in Chemistry." width="1920" height="600" loading="lazy" /> </picture> </div> </section>  <section class="stats bg-secondary-red hide-carousel-for-large" id="stats-panel-520811"> <section class="card-carousel foundation-carousel " aria-label="stats carousel" data-use-center-mode="false" data-foundation-carousel-id="520811" > <div class="anchor" id="d.en.520811"></div> <div 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Heather’s work focuses on understanding how both structural level factors and policy impacts on health inequalities across generations.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cell medium-4 article-card"> <div class="card-wrapper"> <div class="card-image"> <iframe title="Professor Adrian Friday" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/YJS03yfV5Ro?rel=0" width="840" height="480" loading="lazy" allowfullscreen ></iframe> </div> <div class="card-content"> <h3>Professor Adrian Friday</h3><p>60 Seconds with... Professor Adrian Friday, a Professor of Computing and Sustainability at Lancaster University. Adrian’s work focuses on understanding the carbon footprint of digital systems.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cell medium-4 article-card"> <div class="card-wrapper"> <div class="card-image"> <iframe title="Dr Catherine Oliver" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lmE6hk3DVX8?rel=0" width="840" height="480" loading="lazy" allowfullscreen ></iframe> </div> <div class="card-content"> <h3>Dr Catherine Oliver</h3><p>60 Seconds with... Dr Catherine Oliver from the Sociology department at Lancaster University. Here she explains how her work and research will help the climate emergency and positively impact society.</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="cell medium-4 article-card"> <div class="card-wrapper"> <div class="card-image"> <iframe title="Professor Jan Bebbington" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NzOxueQ1oKY?rel=0" width="840" height="480" loading="lazy" allowfullscreen ></iframe> </div> <div class="card-content"> <h3>Professor Jan Bebbington</h3><p>60 Seconds with... 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Lancaster’s researchers are taking inspiration from across the world as they unlock some of the secrets to a healthy life in old age.</p> </div> </li> <li class="feature"> <div class="image"> <img data-lazy-load src="/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/foundation/placeholders/feature-550x300.png" data-src="/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/news-features/FeatureBox-ItsavedmylifeSpotlightstory.jpg" alt="" role="presentation" /> </div> <div class="text"> <h3 class="title" data-equalizer-watch><a href="/news/spotlight/it-saved-my-life/">"It saved my life."</a></h3> <p>Lancaster University academics are helping the NHS deliver better treatments that have improved the lives of millions of people.</p> </div> </li> <li class="feature"> <div class="image"> <img data-lazy-load src="/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/foundation/placeholders/feature-550x300.png" data-src="/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/news-features/FeatureBox-Awomanworkingatasewingmachineinafactory.jpg" alt="" role="presentation" /> </div> <div class="text"> <h3 class="title" data-equalizer-watch><a href="/news/spotlight/modern-slavery/">Breaking the silence on modern slavery</a></h3> <p>Our research is documenting the lived experiences of men, women and children trapped in modern slavery in the hope that their work can make a difference.</p> </div> </li> <li class="feature"> <div class="image"> <img data-lazy-load src="/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/foundation/placeholders/feature-550x300.png" data-src="/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/lancaster-stories/FeatureBox-Fishswimoveracoralreef.jpg" alt="" role="presentation" /> </div> <div class="text"> <h3 class="title" data-equalizer-watch><a href="/news/spotlight/sea-of-change/">Sea of Change</a></h3> <p>Snorkelling with a clipboard and pencil in the Indo-Pacific region, observing hundreds of hours of fish behaviour and fighting for food justice in coastal West Africa is all in a day’s work for members of one of Lancaster University’s research groups.</p> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </section> <section class="heading bg-none text-left" data-magellan-target="d.en.520066"> <div class='anchor' id='d.en.520066'></div> <div class="grid-container"> <div class="grid-x"> <div class="cell small-12 "> <h2>Faculties and Departments</h2> <p>See the full list of Lancaster's <a href="/about-us/faculties-and-departments/">faculties, departments, institutes and research centres</a>.</p> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="features bg-none"> <div class="anchor" id="d.en.520083"></div>  <div class="grid-container"> <ul class="feature-row features-4 "> <li class="feature"> <div class="text"> <h2 class="title"> <a href="/arts-and-social-sciences/research/" class="feature-link"> Arts and Social Sciences </a> </h2> </div> <div class="image"> <img data-lazy-load src="/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/foundation/placeholders/feature-550x300.png" data-src="/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/study/undergraduate/FeatureBox-LICA.jpg" alt="" role="presentation" > </div> </li> <li class="feature"> <div class="text"> <h2 class="title"> <a href="/health-and-medicine/research/" class="feature-link"> Health and Medicine </a> </h2> </div> <div class="image"> <img data-lazy-load src="/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/foundation/placeholders/feature-550x300.png" data-src="/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/study/undergraduate/FeatureBox-HealthandMedicine.jpg" alt="" role="presentation" > </div> </li> <li class="feature"> <div class="text"> <h2 class="title"> <a href="/lums/research/" class="feature-link"> Management School </a> </h2> </div> <div class="image"> <img data-lazy-load src="/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/foundation/placeholders/feature-550x300.png" data-src="/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/study/undergraduate/FeatureBox-ManagementSchool.jpg" alt="" role="presentation" > </div> </li> <li class="feature"> <div class="text"> <h2 class="title"> <a href="/sci-tech/research/" class="feature-link"> Science and Technology </a> </h2> </div> <div class="image"> <img data-lazy-load src="/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/foundation/placeholders/feature-550x300.png" data-src="/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/study/undergraduate/FeatureBox-PhysicsIsolab2.jpg" alt="" role="presentation" > </div> </li> </ul> </div> </section> <section class="inline-content bg-none" data-magellan-target="d.en.540865"> <div class="anchor" id="d.en.540865"></div> <div class="grid-container"> <div class="grid-x grid-margin-x"> <div class="cell small-12 medium-8 text"> <h2>‘This is Lancaster’ - a podcast series.</h2> <p>Here at Lancaster University, we bring people together to deliver solutions to complex problems, both in our region and around the world.</p> <p>At the heart of Lancaster's research endeavour, our experts are working in partnership with others to make a difference. In this series of interviews, Lancaster University researchers share the stories, setbacks and discoveries behind the headlines and provide an in-depth look at some of the truly life-changing work taking place in our University.</p> <a href="/research/this-is-lancaster-podcast/" class="button">This is Lancaster Podcast</a> </div> <div class="cell small-12 medium-4 image"> <figure> <img data-lazy-load src="/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/foundation/placeholders/feature-550x300.png" data-src="/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/foundation/panel/Muhammad-Munir-panel.jpg" alt="A researcher in a lab holding and pointing toward a petri dish containing samples." /> <figcaption>Professor Muhammad Munir</figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="bg-image right bg-primary-red"> <div id="d.en.567205"></div> <div class="panel-container"> <div class="headline-panel dark"> <h2>Interdisciplinary research</h2> <p>A major strength of Lancaster University is its thriving ecosystem of interdisciplinary research. This collaborative approach is fostered by bringing together experts from different disciplines to address regional, national and global challenges.</p> <a class="button" href="/research/interdisciplinary-research/">Interdisciplinary research</a> </div> </div> <div class="image"> <img src="/media/lancaster-university/content-assets/images/research/landing-page/Spotlight-AcademicdiscussioninLUMS.jpg" loading="lazy" alt="An academic gestures whilst discussing their subject in the Management School" /> </div> </section> <section class="heading bg-none text-left" data-magellan-target="d.en.317311"> <div class='anchor' id='d.en.317311'></div> <div class="grid-container"> <div class="grid-x"> <div class="cell small-12 "> <h2>Support for Researchers</h2> <p>Providing support and development opportunities for researchers is a key part of Lancaster's research strategy:</p> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="text-columns bg-none"> <div class="anchor" id="d.en.317312"></div> <div class="layout-container"> <div class="column "> <h3>Research services</h3> <p><strong>Lancaster’s Research Services team provides support for all aspects of externally-funded research activities.</strong></p> <p>Our experts help academic staff to:</p> <ul class="bullet"> <li>Identify funding opportunities</li> <li>Develop applications</li> <li>Cost proposals</li> <li>Deal with post-award administration</li> </ul> <p>The team also provides University-wide support for research governance and ethics, REF, research contracts and research information and systems.</p> <p><a href="/research/research-services/">Research Services</a></p> </div> <div class="column "> <h3>Researcher development</h3> <p><strong>The development of our researchers is central to the success of Lancaster's 2020 strategy.</strong></p> <p>As part of our People Strategy, we are fully committed to the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers and have an action plan in place to support its implementation.</p> <p>Lancaster's demonstrated commitment to the Concordat has received European recognition in the form of the HR Excellence in Research award. First awarded to the institution in 2011. The award was retained in 2013, 2016 and 2023.</p> <p>Researcher Development</p> </div> <div class="column "> <h3>Engagement support</h3> <p><strong>Lancaster's Engagement Learning and Development Portal has been developed to help encourage engagement activity.</strong></p> <p>Aimed at researchers and other staff with a responsibility in this area, the portal has toolkits, digital guides, videos and case studies on topics including:</p> <ul class="bullet"> <li>How to run events</li> <li>Working with the media, businesses, the public and communities</li> <li>Communicating research findings</li> <li>Influencing and negotiating</li> <li>Engaging with policymakers</li> <li>How engagement can help further your career</li> </ul> <p><a href="/engagement/">Engagement Learning and Development Portal</a></p> </div> </div> </section> <section class="heading bg-grey text-left" data-magellan-target="d.en.317309"> <div class='anchor' id='d.en.317309'></div> <div class="grid-container"> <div 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