Our research centres and hubs bring together experts from various fields to collaborate on complex societal challenges and produce outcomes that have practical applications and policy relevance. These innovative groups harness the diverse perspectives and methodologies of different disciplines to foster innovation, analyse complex problems, advance knowledge and encourage conversations with the public around themes such as AI and data ethics, innovative finance, creative industries, neuroscience and political behaviour, net zero, and digital education.
Edinburgh Futures Institute aims to encourage and support a collaborative environment where sharing knowledge and resources with external partners across our main sectors becomes the first step to create novel solutions and where students can learn how to adopt different perspectives and use diverse skill sets that can prepare them to tackle multi-faceted problems.
Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Responsible and Trustworthy in-the-world NLP
Our CDT will train 50+ future leaders that represent a new generation of interdisciplinary experts that can ensure NLP systems are designed, implemented, deployed and adopted in responsible ways that are people-centred and trusted by society.
Centre for Investing Innovation
The Centre for Investing Innovation is a strategic partnership between global asset management company abrdn and the University of Edinburgh. It is addressing challenges facing the investment and asset management sector, including how to improve demonstrable societal benefit.
Centre for Research in Digital Education
Our research is focused on how technology, culture, learning and policy intersect within research and practice in digital education. Focused on socially responsible digital education, it covers all sectors from early years to school, higher education and lifelong learning.
Centre for Technomoral Futures
The Centre for Technomoral Futures focuses on the ethical implications of present and future advances in AI, machine learning and other data-driven technologies. It supports work and research in these areas across the Futures Institute, the University of Edinburgh and with a wide portfolio of partners, projects and networks.
Edinburgh Centre for Financial Innovations
The Edinburgh Centre for Financial Innovations, in collaboration with external stakeholders, exploits the big data and computational evolution in financial services for societal benefit. Using a unique interdisciplinary lens combining the physical and engineering sciences with the social sciences, humanities and the arts, ECFI engages in research addressing real world challenges facing society today.
