
Research Institutes and Centres
Our flagship Institutes, Centres and networks research across a variety of disciplines, with a strong focus on collaboration.
Institutes and Centres
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Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research (CMI)
Providing empirical answers to contemporary social and political questions.
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Global Development Institute (GDI)
Promoting sustainable development and social justice for all.
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Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute (HCRI)
Studying conflict response, global health, disaster management and peacebuilding.
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Institute for Health Policy and Organisations (IHPO)
Influencing healthcare policy through world-leading research.
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John Rylands Research Institute (JRRI)
Exploring culture in the arts, religious faith, politics, and economic systems.
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Manchester China Institute (MCI)
Conducting multidisciplinary research, teaching, and activities about China.
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Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing (MICRA)
Leading research into fundamental questions about ageing.
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Manchester Institute of Innovation Research (MIoIR)
Building on innovation and science studies in Manchester.
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Manchester Urban Institute (MUI)
Leading urban research on the global north and global south.
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The Productivity Institute
Working to better understand and measure productivity across the UK.
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Sustainable Consumption Institute (SCI)
Bringing insight and clarity to the role of consumption in sustainability.
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Work and Equalities Institute (WEI)
Promoting the conditions for fair work and employment arrangements.
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Research within our Schools
School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
- Research in the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures
- Centre for Digital Humanities
- Centre for Economic Cultures
- Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Arts and Languages (CIDRAL)
- Centre for Jewish Studies
- Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
- Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS)
- Centre for Study of Sexuality and Culture
- Centre for the Cultural History of War
- Centre for Translation and Intercultural Studies
- Institute for Cultural Practices
- Manchester Centre for Archaeology and Egyptology
- NOVARS - NOVARS Centre for Electroacoustic Composition, Performance and Sound-Art
School of Social Sciences
- Research in the School of Social Sciences
- Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice
- Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity
- Centre for Social Ethics and Policy
- Manchester International Law Centre
- ManReg: the Manchester Centre for Regulation, Governance and Security
- Morgan Centre for Research into Everyday Lives
- The Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis
- Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change (CRESC)
- Political Economy Centre