Research and Innovation at Queen Mary
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There’s nowhere quite like Queen Mary. History, strategy and culture set us apart, creating a distinctive and powerful environment for research and innovation excellence.
[## Explore our research
Dive into our groundbreaking research and meet the people that make it all happen.](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/research/explore-our-research/)
[## Explore Queen Mary
Take an online tour of our faculties and specialist research institutes, and discover our state-of-the-art facilities.](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/research/explore-our-research/explore-queen-mary/)
[## Collaborate with us
We work with businesses, the public sector and charities around the world to shape policy, drive innovation, and create tangible impact.](https://www.qmul.ac.uk/research/collaborate-with-us/)
31stin the world
for quality of research (THE World University Ranking 2026)
7thin the UK
for quality of research (THE World University Rankings 2026)
92%
of research assessed as internationally excellent or world-leading (REF 2021)
Research Highways
Our mission-driven research priorities tackle the world’s most urgent challenges. Queen Mary is pioneering new ways of doing research across disciplines and working with our partners to ensure our innovation lands where it is needed most.
Performance, communication, creative industries
Delivering economic, social and environmental change by transforming how we connect and create.
Sustainability, environment, energy
Powering the world’s transition to a sustainable, low-carbon, climate-resilient future.
Digital, information, data
Shaping a healthier, more prosperous and equitable future for our digital society.
Accelerating innovation and invention
Generating high-quality jobs and sustainable growth across London, the UK and the world.
Lifelong health and wellbeing
Improving the health and wellbeing of people across the globe.
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Featured research and innovation from around Queen Mary
Sensing the forest: exploring climate change through sound, AI and art
School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
Dr Anna Xambo
Senior Lecturer in Sound and Music Computing
Tackling the challenge of generalisable hate speech detection
School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
Dr Arkaitz Zubiaga
Senior Lecturer in Computer Science
Houseplant study forges fresh connections between people and nature
School of Politics and International Relations
Giulia Carabelli
Senior Lecturer in Sociology (Social Theory)
35+ year programme defines acid rain’s effects on freshwater wildlife
School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
J Iwan Jones
Head of the River Communities Group