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Research centres and consortia
Many staff are involved in a number of research centres and specific project consortia involving many universities and other institutions.
Research centres facilitate research programmes across disciplines and between Institutions. Many of our research consortia have international scope.
Some of our centres and consortia
Scottish Carbon Capture and Storage
Led by the School of GeoSciences, this is the largest such grouping in the UK, with world-class expertise in hydrocarbon geoscience, industrial scale chemical engineering, carbon capture and innovative CO2 use and power plant design.
Scottish Alliance for Geoscience, Environment and Society (SAGES)
SAGES is a multi-disciplinary alliance in geoscience and environmental sciences, drawn from across Scotland’s research base.
Edinburgh Collaborative on Subsurface Science & Engineering (ECOSSE)
ECOSSE combines research groups based at the University of Edinburgh, Heriot-Watt University, the British Geological Survey, and SUERC.
International Centre for Carbonate Reservoirs
A strategic alliance between Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt Universities investigating the recovery of hydrocarbons from carbonate reservoirs.
Edinburgh Seismic Research
A federation of research groups forming the UK’s largest group of scientists involved in exploration geophysics.
The exploration of subglacial Lake Ellsworth
A major international consortium involving Institutions in the UK, USA and Chile.
European Research Network for Estimation from Space of Surface Temperature (ERNESST)
ERNESST is a network for those interested in the measurement of the surface temperature of the sea and of lakes from satellites.
Sea Surface Temperature Climate Change Initiative (SST CCI)
A collaboration of 8 institutions in 5 countries, led by Edinburgh, that will re-appraise the record of marine climate change over recent decades using data from environmental satellites.
Centre for Research on Environment, Society, and Health (CRESH)
CRESH Fosters collaborations between scientists whose research is focused on exploring how physical and social environments can influence health.
BORTAS
BORTAS investigates the connection between the composition and the distribution of biomass burning outflow, ozone production and loss within the outflow, and the effect on the chemistry of the troposphere.
The Afar Rift Consortium
An international consortium conducting experiments in the Afar Rift to further understand the processes involved in shaping the surface of the Earth.
IMVUL - Improved Aquifer Vulnerability
IMVUL is a network of eight European partners whose aim is to train early stage researchers in major issues and scientific challenges of groundwater vulnerability through individual research.
The National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO)
The NCEO is a partnership of scientists and institutions who are using data from Earth observation satellites to monitor global and regional changes in the environment.
UK Geotraces
The UK part of an international consortium founded to understand the oceanic cycles of key trace elements and isotopes.
Edinburgh Materials and Micro-Analysis Centre
Providing integrated and interdisciplinary facilities for the application of microbeam analytical techniques to material analysis.
Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre (SUERC)
The SUERC is a collaborative facility operated by the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh it provides world-class analytical facilities and hosts several national NERC facilities.
Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions (CSEC)
The aim of the CSEC is to promote the study of materials at extremes of pressure and temperature and in electromagnetic fields.
Centre for Materials Science and Engineering (CMSE)
CMSE is an interdisciplinary grouping promoting high quality work in materials (broadly defined).
This article was published on Jan 27, 2012