Research centres

• Leader:
• Professor Steven Griggs

Bringing together internationally-recognised academics with a commitment to applied impactful research that engages with policy and practice. Analysing inequalities, employment and welfare; innovation and leadership; and regional economic development, regeneration and foundational economies.

• More about the Centre for Business, Innovation and the Regions

• Leaders:
• Professor Carola Boehm
• Dr Neil Brownsword
• Professor Ian Brown
• Dr Jackie Reynolds

Researchers, innovators, artists and creative thinkers passionate about co-creating with their surrounding communities and sectors.

• More about The C3 Centre: Creative Industries and Creative Communities

• Leader:
• Dr Claire Gwinnett

The Centre leads on ground-breaking research, innovations and enterprise initiatives that are committed to human rights, global security and justice for all.

• More about the Centre for Crime, Justice and Security

• Leader:
• Professor Caroline Sturdy Colls

We offer world-class services in research, consultancy and community archaeology – all supported by cutting-edge equipment and facilities – and we are committed to education and dissemination of our research beyond academia.

• More about the Centre of Archaeology

• Leader:
• Professor Caroline Sturdy Colls

We offer world-class services in research, consultancy and community archaeology – all supported by cutting-edge equipment and facilities – and we are committed to education and dissemination of our research beyond academia.

• More about the Centre of Archaeology

• Leaders:
• Professor Carola Boehm
• Dr Neil Brownsword
• Professor Ian Brown
• Dr Jackie Reynolds

Researchers, innovators, artists and creative thinkers passionate about co-creating with their surrounding communities and sectors.

• More about The C3 Centre: Creative Industries and Creative Communities

• Leader:
• Professor Nachiappan Chockalingam

Our aim is to improve health, quality of life and healthcare provision by solving complex biomechanical issues through highly innovative and integrated approaches. Our vision is to advance the understanding of musculoskeletal biomechanics through research and scholarship.

• More about the Centre for Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Technologies (CBRT)

• Leader:
• Professor Steven Griggs

Bringing together internationally-recognised academics with a commitment to applied impactful research that engages with policy and practice. Analysing inequalities, employment and welfare; innovation and leadership; and regional economic development, regeneration and foundational economies.

• More about the Centre for Business, Innovation and the Regions

• Leader:
• Professor Elhadj Benkhelifa

SSAICS is a multidisciplinary research centre with a specific focus on smart systems, artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity and their applications.

• More about the Centre for Smart Systems, AI and Cybersecurity (SSAICS)

• Leader:
• Professor Torfeh Sadat-Shafai

Our vision is to carry out world-leading theoretical and applied research and knowledge exchange to address complex real-world engineering challenges to improve peoples’ lives and the environment they live in, improving life satisfaction, productivity, and sustainability.

• More about Staffordshire Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Engineering

• Leader:
• Professor Nachiappan Chockalingam

Our aim is to improve health, quality of life and healthcare provision by solving complex biomechanical issues through highly innovative and integrated approaches. Our vision is to advance the understanding of musculoskeletal biomechanics through research and scholarship.

• More about the Centre for Biomechanics and Rehabilitation Technologies (CBRT)

• Leader:
• Professor Steven Griggs

Bringing together internationally-recognised academics with a commitment to applied impactful research that engages with policy and practice. Analysing inequalities, employment and welfare; innovation and leadership; and regional economic development, regeneration and foundational economies.

• More about the Centre for Business, Innovation and the Regions

• Leader:
• Professor Christopher Gidlow

We are an inter-disciplinary, university-wide centre focused on the science and application of health and health equity research. Our purpose is to undertake translational, applied research to improve the health and wellbeing of our local population and help reduce social and health inequalities.

• More about the Centre for Health and Development (CHAD)

• Leader:
• Mr Matthew Slater

The Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology Research Group (SEPP-RG) conducts world leading research and enterprise activities to enhance the psychological health and performance of individuals, teams, and organisations.

• More about Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology Research Group (SEPP-RG)

• Leader:
• Professor Richard Cooke

We pride ourselves on the applied nature of our research work. We are a vibrant community of psychologists with a clear focus on ensuring that our work has meaning for the academic community as well as for those whom we research, practitioners, patients, policy makers and the wider public.

• More about Staffordshire Centre for Psychological Research