Our research environment and culture
We foster a culture where world-leading research can thrive. Our committed staff work with researchers who seek to shape the future to facilitate new knowledge and impact. We value diverse perspectives, and collaborative research with our peers, external partners and communities, knowing they unlock ideas and solutions that can change the world.
Inspiring and developing research talent
Our research culture recognises researchers and staff, creating chances for skills development, career progression and celebrating success..
Enabling collaboration
We champion interdisciplinary and collaborative research, and opportunities to learn from others to strengthen our research culture.
Our research impact
The impact of our research at the University of Birmingham is changing how the world works.
Striving for open and ethical research
Strong research governance, integrity and ethics underpins our research culture and environment. We are committed to transparent, responsible research assessment and increasing access to knowledge through open research to drive a lasting impact on people and our environment.
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Our cultural impact
New project launched to explore communication about FGM in the West Midlands
Published 6 February 2025
A new project will bring together charities, local authorities and services, experts and academics to explore language used to discuss FGM in the West Midlands.
£2.4 million for multi-faith research project which will ask ‘the Big Questions’
Published 5 February 2025
University of Birmingham awarded £2.4 million to advance global research into the world’s religious traditions & their connection to the meaning of life.
Midlands universities receive research awards for collaboration and excellence in arts & humanities
Published 30 January 2025
The University of Birmingham, along with six other higher education institutions in the Midlands, will receive Doctoral Landscape Awards.
New musical composition reflects on uncovered family history of Holocaust trauma
Published 27 January 2025
Composed by Professor Michael Zev Gordon, ‘A Kind of Haunting’ tells the story of the piecing together of his grandfather’s murder in Poland in 1941