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Research areas
https://le.ac.uk/enterprise/expertise/social-science/research-areas
Our world-leading social science research includes work on health, policing, intelligence and security, urban and rural transformation and more.
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Worlds biggest study of genetics of lung health and disease allows scientists to predict chance of developing COPD
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/february/world2019s-biggest-study-of-genetics-of-lung-health-and-disease-allows-scientists-to-predict-chance-of-developing-copd
The world’s biggest study into an individual’s genetic make-up and the risk of developing lung disease could allow scientists to more accurately ‘predict’ - based on genes and smoking - your chance of developing COPD, a deadly disease which is the third commonest cause of...
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Sensational discovery of previously unseen Adrian Mole diary
https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/march/sensational-discovery-of-previously-unseen-adrian-mole-diary
Teenage intellectual Mole achieved fame in the 1980s for his astute, observational journal cataloguing middle class domestic life in a Leicester household. He has been cited by some critics as “a modern day Pepys.
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Professor Kamlesh Khunti receives Lifetime Achievement Award
https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/november/kamlesh-khunti-award
A distinguished Leicester academic who has earned himself a global reputation has been presented a top accolade for his remarkable career achievements.
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Bright Path Futures
https://le.ac.uk/cite/sanctuary-seekers-unit/initiatives/bright-path
Access Bright Path Futures resources to welcome and support Afghan refugees in the UK, Amiko cards to promote well-being and videos to learn English
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Research Observatories
https://le.ac.uk/research/institutes/digital-culture/research-observatory
Digital Culture Research Observatories is a Global Network for Advancing Innovation, Cultural and Creative Industries Research
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Autonomy, Capacity and Consent
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2026/lw7291
Module code: LW7291 Autonomy has become intrinsic to medical law, as patients' rights are increasingly prioritised by judges.
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Autonomy, Capacity and Consent
https://le.ac.uk/modules/2025/lw7291
Module code: LW7291 Autonomy has become intrinsic to medical law, as patients' rights are increasingly prioritised by judges.
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Long Eaton, Derbyshire
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/themes/dialect/derbyshire/longeaton
Listen to speakers from Long Eaton, Derbyshire from a range of backgrounds as part of the dialect project between researchers from Nottingham Trent University and the University of Leicester.
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Swadlincote, Derbyshire
https://le.ac.uk/emoha/themes/dialect/derbyshire/swadlincote
Listen to speakers from Swadlincote, Derbyshire from a range of backgrounds as part of the dialect project between researchers from Nottingham Trent University and the University of Leicester.