Research Centres
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Urban Big Data Centre
The Urban Big Data Centre (UBDC) is a research centre and part of the UK’s national data infrastructure. It promotes the use of new and emerging forms of data and innovative methods to address complex urban challenges.
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Centre for Sustainable, Healthy and Learning Cities and Neighbourhoods
The aim of the GCRF Centre for Sustainable, Healthy and Learning Cities and Neighbourhoods (SHLC) is to understand – and strengthen capacity to address - urban, health and education challenges in neighbourhoods across fast-growing cities in Africa and Asia.
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CaCHE
The UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence (CaCHE) is a consortium of 14 institutions led by the University of Glasgow. The centre, which was established in August 2017, is a multidisciplinary partnership between academia, housing policy and practice. Over the course of the five-year programme, CaCHE researchers will produce evidence and new research which will contribute to tackling the UK’s housing problems at a national, devolved, regional, and local level.