Research at Glasgow Caledonian University
Research at Glasgow Caledonian is at the heart of our mission to promote the common good. The University has a long tradition of conducting research that is economically and socially relevant, applying new knowledge to problems of global significance in areas such as health, the environment and economic development.
Fundamental to our research is our belief in the importance of internationally recognised excellence as the basis both for our teaching and for partnerships with end-users in the UK and internationally. Glasgow Caledonian is proud therefore that, in the RAE 2008, more than three quarters of the research we submitted was judged to be of international quality.
Our strategic commitment since 2001 to focus on research areas that have a particular application to current needs has been especially successful in two fields:
Rehabilitative Health Sciences
Rehabilitative Health Sciences has been highlighted as the top research group in the whole UK, ahead of long-established strong departments elsewhere and with 60% of its work judged to be internationally excellent or world leading.
Built and Natural Environment
Built and Natural Environment has been placed as the top department for research in Scotland and in the top quartile in the UK, with 60% of its research internationally excellent or world-leading.
These outstanding performances are backed by international research profiles, including world class outputs, across a wide spectrum of subjects ranging from Education, History, Public Policy and Media and Communications to Biomedical Sciences, Vision Sciences and High Voltage Engineering.
Research Institutes
As part of our drive to build on our strengths and meet the research challenges of the coming decades the university has established two cross-disciplinary Research Institutes:
The Institutes will bring together the research excellence of individuals and groups across the university to consolidate our success in attracting major grants, further develop collaborations with partners outside Scotland, and work with end-users in the public and private sectors. The Institutes will work in areas of increasing importance such as ageing and the management of long-term health conditions, inequalities in health, poverty, addictions, violence and public risk.
Professor Sue Scott, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research)