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Inclusive societies, healthy lives, and sustainable environments
- Our research focuses on three core areas - inclusive societies, healthy lives, and sustainable environments, aligned with our three Academic Schools - the Glasgow School for Business and Society, the School of Health and Life Sciences, and the School of Computing, Engineering and Built Environment, and underpinned by an inter-sectoral approach to addressing the challenges posed by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
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GCU is committed to produce and disseminate research which contributes to the common good through its practical applications to public policy, service delivery and economic regeneration so as to have a real and beneficial impact on lives and well-being in Scotland and more widely.
Glasgow Caledonian’s new Strategy 2030 has been approved by the University’s Court, and will be published in the coming months. We have retained our mission as the University for the Common Good, and our values of Confidence, Integrity, Responsibility and Creativity.
Research is at the heart of our mission as the University for the Common Good. Our research focuses on three core areas - inclusive societies, healthy lives, and sustainable environments, to address the challenges posed by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
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Mark Majewsky Anderson Director of Research and Innovation T: +44 (0)141 331 8842 E: mark.anderson@gcu.ac.uk
Zarina San Jose EU and International Projects Administrator E: Zarina.SanJose@gcu.ac.uk Rachel Dohain EU and International Projects Administrator E: Rachel.Dohain@gcu.ac.uk Fiona Mooney Projects Administrator E: Fiona.Mooney@gcu.ac.uk
Chiara Cipollari Research Innovation Officer E: Chiara.Cipollari@gcu.ac.uk Lesom Ojima Research Innovation Officer E: Lesom.Ojima@gcu.ac.uk
Glasgow Caledonian University’s commitment to the Common Good is realised through our applied research which addresses three major societal challenges, enabling communities in the UK and across the globe to build inclusive societies and live healthy lives in sustainable environments.
Glasgow Caledonian was first University to align its research strategy and among the first to align its organisational strategies to the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) promoted by the United Nations.
The university has three university-wide institutes that engage in cross-disciplinary research: The Institute for Applied Health Research, which carries out research on a range of health-related topics; The Institute for Sustainable Engineering and Technology Research, which carries out research on a range of disciplines aimed at minimising ...