Research, enterprise and knowledge exchange

At Herts, we’re committed to increasing our understanding of climate change and sustainability and empowering communities and businesses all over the world to take purposeful action to protect our planet through our research, enterprise and innovation activities.

Research at Herts

Researchers at the University of Hertfordshire are increasing our understanding of climate change, creating sustainable solutions to environmental challenges, and empowering people to take positive and purposeful action to protect our planet.

Find out more about how we power progress through our research into climate change and future societies.

Centre for Climate Research
The Centre for Climate Research (C3R) addresses one of the most pressing challenges facing society. The Centre focuses on understanding the impacts from climate change on our society and in developing adaptation and mitigation strategies to aid the United Nations' sustainable development goals. C3R is a unique initiative that crosses all academic Schools of Study at the University of Hertfordshire and cuts across all our research themes. It brings together nearly 50 academic and research staff, making C3R one of the largest research centres at the University.
Centre for Future Societies Research
The Centre for Future Societies Research carry out interdisciplinary investigations into complex ways of making our future world a better place. The Centre membership consists of nearly 120 academic and research members of staff. This creates an exceptionally diverse collection of knowledge and expertise that is commensurable with the hard and open problems of increasing our understanding of the ways of creating better future societies. The Centre links to the six University research themes of food, global economy, health and wellbeing, heritage, cultures and communities, information and security, and space.

Sustainable Enterprise and Knowledge Exchange

We've embedded sustainability principles across all our Enterprise and Knowledge Exchange programmes and initiatives to empower the business community and key stakeholders in our region and beyond to take purposeful action to protect our planet.

By providing access to our research expertise, infrastructure, and business support services, we help develop sustainability-driven entrepreneurial ventures, and collaborate with students, graduates and businesses partners on Research and Development, skills development and innovation.

Sustainability is also a key theme in our student, graduate and business facing events, with flagship sustainability-focused events including our Global Entrepreneurship Week and the Green Careers Fair.

By leveraging collective knowledge and fostering collaboration, both locally and across the world, knowledge exchange can help find practical solutions, implement sustainable practices, and create positive environmental, social, and economic outcomes.