Why Bristol?
- 3rd for legal research
- Acclaimed publishing
- 14th for social policy
Our world-leading hub for gambling harms research
Our hub brings together the expertise of academics from across 27 disciplines and 9 countries. Working with people with lived experience and partner organisations, we deliver cutting-edge gambling research that supports awareness, prevention and treatment of gambling harms.
Combatting health emergencies in conflict zones
Researchers from the Veterinary School are pioneering new interdisciplinary approaches to one of global health’s most urgent challenges, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). By establishing the world’s first AMR Conflict and Security Community, they’re building vital connections across health, defence, and policy sectors.

Social research in action
In Conversation
Kenya’s female freedom fighters were the silent heroes of the anti-colonial movement. The oral histories of women Britain forcibly resettled in the 1950s offer important insights into life in the resettlement villages - and how these unarmed women sustained the freedom fighters during this fraught period of Kenya’s history.
Reducing food waste
Bristol researcher, Lucy McCarthy, together with Anne Touboulic (Nottingham University) are set to launch an online hub for buying and selling farm produce. The Circular Agriculture Hub confronts the UK’s shocking record on food waste and food poverty, and aims to provide desperately needed income for smaller-scale farmers.
Social research Institutes
Making change possible
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