Research

Sheffield Hallam University's research focuses on three key themes: enabling healthier lives, building stronger communities and driving future economies. Browse the latest stories related to each theme, or read more about our research strategy.

Tackling dental anxiety at its roots

We’re helping children face their fears of the dentist.

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Helping women face breast cancer

We've developed a unique tool to help women get the right treatment

Can lullabies save lives?

How traditional songs are keeping women safe in Zambia

Making pregnancy safer in Indonesia

Our research may improve neonatal mortality in West Sumatra

Staging a revival of a forgotten playwright

We're bringing John Ford's plays back to the spotlight

Does publishing have a diversity problem?

Children's publishing is overwhelmingly white

The regional cost of welfare reform

How a decade of welfare reform affected the UK

How can we cure 'energy invisibility'?

Aimee Ambrose's research looks at new ways of bringing energy issues to life

The farmers facing the climate crisis

We're promoting sustainable agriculture in India

Saving digital fiction from being deleted

Professor Alice Bell is creating a new form of literary preservation

Our research strategy

How we're delivering internationally excellent work with real impact

Ethics and integrity

How we ensure best practice throughout the research life cycle

Our doctoral school

Find out about Hallam's research student community, and how you can join it