Bangor University’s pioneering and impact-driven research is tackling some of the biggest questions facing the world today.

Real-world

relevance

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85% of Bangor’s research is world-leading or internationally excellent (REF, 2021).

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They are ranked in the Top 30 in the UK for research impact, demonstrating the real-world contribution of their research (REF, 2021).

From the food we eat, the environment we live in, our health and wellbeing to improving the economy and the law and of the land, Bangor's research transforms the lives of millions of people around the world. Here are some examples of their research impact.

All-round

Ending

Pioneering research at Bangor, led by Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Crop Production Katherine Steele, has improved the livelihoods of more than 5 million households across India and Nepal. Katherine’s team developed a new rice variety that can cope with harsh growing climates in these countries.

Poverty

Global

Transforming

Mental Health

Bangor University’s Centre for Mindfulness Research & Practice (CMRP) was the first university-based centre established in Europe, also leading the world’s first Masters program in this field. Techniques developed by their researchers are now used by most Mindfulness centres across the world, making a global impact.

Big

A pioneering forecasting method developed by a Bangor Business School Professor is changing the processes of global companies, including Uber, Amazon and Bosch. The Theta Method is the brainchild of Professor Konstantinos Nikolopoulos and enables optimised stock level forecasting within 10 milliseconds.

Revolutionising

Business

By using movement science, Bangor’s research academics are collaborating with prosthetics development company, Ambionics, to develop effective new upper-limb prosthesis for young children, improving quality of life and independence for infants with limb loss.

Pioneering

Prosthesis

When the global pandemic first hit, Bangor University researchers became the first to develop and apply Covid-19 monitoring in wastewater in the UK. This is now providing real-time evidence of levels of community infection.

Combating Covid-19

By introducing a radical new method adapted from the field of economics, researchers at Bangor were able to measure children's thinking skills more accurately and comprehensively than ever before, showing that bilingual children are on average 6.5% more efficient in their thinking skills than monolingual children. The research was led by Dr Athanasia Papastergiou, the Lead Author of the study and Lecturer in Bilingualism at Bangor University.

Groundbreaking

Bilingual Benefits

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