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Queen Mary researchers are working with local and global communities to find solutions to real-world problems together.

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Solving Complex Challenges Together

By working with different communities, Queen Mary researchers are identifying the questions that need to be asked and are working to find the answers to them. By collaborating with those most impacted by a problem, by sharing knowledge, skills, and resources, we believe we can solve complex problems more effectively and create better solutions that work for those who need them most.  

South Asian Britain: Connecting Histories

Queen Mary researchers developed a digital resource exploring how South Asians have shaped British life over the past two centuries.
South Asian Britain: Connecting Histories

Developing inclusive digital spaces

Working directly with autistic adults, Queen Mary researchers co-developed guidance to create more inclusive online spaces.
Developing inclusive digital spaces

Improving clinical trials

Learn how to embed inclusivity at all stages of your research to make healthcare more equitable for all.
Improving clinical trials

SHAPE Health

SHAPE Health brings local residents together with Queen Mary researchers and educators together to improve health and wellbeing.
SHAPE Health

Cockney Yiddish Podcast wins Best Culture Podcast Award

This award-winning podcast uncovers the vibrant yet little-known Jewish popular culture of London’s East End.
Cockney Yiddish Podcast wins Best Culture Podcast Award

Professor Paul Heritage awarded Rio de Janeiro’s highest civic honour

Paul received the Pedro Ernesto Medal for over 30 years of research, cultural collaboration and community impact in Brazil.
Professor Paul Heritage awarded Rio de Janeiro’s highest civic honour

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Sharing Our Work 

Our work is regularly featured in the media, helping to amplify its reach and impact. We share insights, highlight outcomes, and engage a broader public in the conversations that matter. 

The Stimming Pool

A collective of autistic artists co-led by Professor Steven Eastwood at Queen Mary, created an award-winning experimental film.
The Stimming Pool

Black Health Legacy Project

This Queen Mary project is working to prevent, find and improve treatments for conditions disproportionately affecting people from Black backgrounds
Black Health Legacy Project

Inner London Food Waste

Our researchers are designing solutions with Inner London residents to tackle food waste.
Inner London Food Waste

Kamukuwaká: Recreating an Ancient Indigenous Cultural Site

Through indigenous and international collaboration, academics at Queen Mary brought a sacred site back to life.
Kamukuwaká: Recreating an Ancient Indigenous Cultural Site

Protecting creative workers in the age of Generative AI

Collaborating with freelance creative workers and unions, Queen Mary’s CREAATIF project developed key policy recommendations to protect this workforce
Protecting creative workers in the age of Generative AI

Using creative arts for collaborative research

Queen Mary’s ‘Verbatim Formula’ project explores how performance practices can support participatory research.
Using creative arts for collaborative research
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