Research and innovation

We conduct world-leading research into human languages, cultures, and societies past and present. Our work is driven by the understanding of language as a route to historical, sociological, political and literary insights, to further the understanding of diverse fields, eg economies, the environment, multilingualism, dialects, gender, religion, conflict, migration and aesthetics.

The School conducts individual, collaborative, and interdisciplinary research, and supervises postgraduate researchers working on a wide range of topics. Together we apply our research findings to social, pedagogical, and commercial innovations, for example sourcing community solutions to the inappropriate use of antibiotics in Nepal, quantifying the bilingual language experience, and developing innovative computational linguistic technologies for language service providers. Our size and diversity allow us to engage in large scale research projects, at local, national and international levels.

Explore the breadth and impact of our research.