The Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences (RISES) are a world-leading research institute, highly ranked in REF 2014. Our research staff have been awarded the Research Team of the Year 2015 by Educate North. Find out more about our expertise, people who work here, publications, learning programmes and our services.
The Centre for the Port and Maritime History focuses on port cities and examines their relationship to maritime ventures and enterprise. Research examines: urban history, British merchant marine advertising, Liverpool and the British Empire in the eighteenth and twentieth centuries.
The Marketing, Consumption, Social Engagement and Entrepreneurship Research Group looks into marketing in technology and digital business, consumerism, social engagement and sustainability, entrepreneurship, civic leadership, and business decision making in SMEs. Find out more about our work, our research team, and who we collaborate with.
Meet the members of the Research Centre in Evolutionary Anthropology and Palaeoecology: read their profiles, browse through their publications, find out their interests and expertise and get in touch with them.
Some of the members within the Research Centre in Evolutionary Anthropology and Palaeoecology present their research findings on television programmes, including National Geographic, and at various conferences. Watch videos about human evolution, conservation strategies, animal behaviour and forensic practices.
Read case studies to find out about the type of research the Research Centre in Evolutionary Anthropology and Palaeoecology is involved in.
We have over 50 full time staff members, a growing number of research students and visiting staff - all of whom create a diverse team with wide ranging experience. Meet some of the staff from the Public Health Institute.
Find out about the range of first-rate facilities used by the staff and students of the Built Environment and Sustainable Technologies Research Institute (BEST) including labs for radio frequency and microwave sensors, highways research, industrial chemistry, soil mechanics, hydraulics, surveying, light structures and materials, structural testing, and concrete.
Take a look at the Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Sciences recent research publications. We publish in high impact sport science related journals.
We provide a research training environment with opportunities for students and staff to develop their academic, theoretical, technical and research methods skills. Find out more about the Research Institute for Sport and Exercise Science's postgraduate study, seminar programme, CPD, and conferences.