CHANGING THE WORLD... Research at Queen’s is making a huge impact on the world and our researchers are some of best on the planet. They do work solving some of the world’s biggest challenges, making a huge difference to people’s lives. Our research feeds directly into our courses, so what you learn is relevant, inspiring and the next step to changing the world. As global citizens we only have to look out the window, check Twitter or the news, to see momentous change is all around us. Today, as a future-focussed university, our five research pillars are tied to the EUs sustainable development goals, so every research step we take, we move closer to changing the world. These challenges are everywhere, from things we all take for granted such as safe food, to life-saving devices and technologies. OUR FIVE RESEARCH PILLARS • Inclusive and Cohesive Communities • Human-Environment Relations • Healthy Living for All • A Transformative and Sustainable Economy • Secure, Connected Intelligence – AI and the Data Revolution
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ROCKSTARS OF RESEARCH
We’ve a proud history of conducting innovative, impactful, and worldleading research and our researchers are not just researchers – we like to think of them as our ‘Rockstars of Research’. In 1964, John Stewart Bell, published Bell’s Theorem in 1964; one of the most significant developments in quantum theory, it ultimately demonstrated Einstein’s views on quantum mechanics were incorrect.
and Cell Biology are leading a major international initiative on modern cancer care medicine.
Out of the lab, the effect of our research is felt, globally. A simple and cost-effective new technology removing arsenic from rice, will save millions of people from lifethreatening illnesses, while advances in green chemistry, hydrogen and urban design is bringing a sustainability agenda inspired by zero carbon emissions, even closer.
TOUCHING LIVES Our research is felt in every walk of life. One-time British Female Inventor of the Year, Professor Maire O’Neill’s high-speed silicon security chip is used in more than 100 million TV set-top boxes. You might not see it, but this is quantum-safe cryptography. The era of Edge computing, Tactile Internet, and wireless technologies is here, now. For advances in signal processing, Dr Trung Duong was awarded a Newton Prize for designing a wireless communications system that can withstand natural disasters – a proper earthquake, tsunami, and hurricane-resistant device. In the lab, we’re creating solutions to life-threatening illnesses, developing new therapies with a dramatic effect on survival rates and the quality of people’s lives. Professor Stuart Elborn, developed the world’s first effective treatment for Cystic fibrosis, described by the US FDA as ‘a revolution in how we treat patients in the future’. Researchers at the Centre for Cancer Research Queen’s University Belfast – Undergraduate Prospectus 2023
