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Research puts lens on a new vision for land use decision making
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/landscape-decisions
University of Leicester-led research provides a guide to better and more transparent decisions for our land, conclusions from research as part of the Landscape Decisions Programme
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Integrated Histories of the Andaman Islands
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/integrated-histories-of-the-andaman-islands
ESRC Research Grant (£110,934) October 2009 - March 2013 Professor Clare Anderson This 3-year ESRC funded research project was a UK-India collaboration with the anthropologist Prof. Vishvajit Pandya and the historian of science, Dr Madhumita Mazumdar.
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The ‘Forbidden Planet’ has been found in the Neptunian Desert
https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/may/30-new-exoplanet-neptune-forbidden-planet
New research by an international group of researchers, including Dr Matt Burleigh and Dr Emma Longstaff of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leicester, has identified a rogue planet.
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University of Leicester partners with Bluesky International to revolutionise tree mapping technology
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/april/partner-bluesky-international-revolutionise-tree-mapping-technology
A new Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) will enhance Bluesky’s National Tree Map
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Ptero Firma: footprints pinpoint when ancient flying reptiles conquered the ground
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/ptero-firma-footprints-ancient-flying-reptiles
Study led by the University of Leicester links fossilised flying reptile tracks to animals that made them, revealing a 160-million-year-old invasion as pterosaurs came down from the trees and onto the ground.
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New international initiative aims to transform care for Very Preterm Babies and their families
https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/may/preterm-babies-research-leicester
A new research project involving the University of Leicester, is bringing experts and families together to develop solutions to improve the lives of very preterm babies
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Lecturer clinches early career award for outstanding work in pharmacy
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/june/scott
Sion Scott, a lecturer in behavioural medicine and lead postgraduate tutor at the University of Leicester is the winner of the Outstanding Pharmacy Early-Career Researcher Award’ (OPERA) 2024
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Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities
https://le.ac.uk/about/making-a-difference/sdgs/reduced-inequalities
The tenth Sustainable Development Goal is to reduce inequality within and among countries.
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Applied Microeconomics
https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/research/applied-microeconomics
Lead: Professor Sergio Currarini The research interests of the Applied Microeconomics group span a wide range of areas, including labour, public, health, education, development, political economy, behavioural, and experimental.
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Generous donation to enhance pioneering kidney research at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/march/kidney-research
Pioneering research by the University of Leicester into chronic kidney disease has received another major boost thanks to a £1 million donation