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.

Why children's publishing has a diversity problem

A third of English primary pupils are from a BAME background — but children's book authors and characters are overwhelmingly white.

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Could memes help mental illness?

Dr Umair Akram explores how memes could help depression

We’re helping tackle a rare brain disease that affects children

Sheffield Hallam is conducting research into a currently incurable illness

Is buffalo milk key to safer pregnancy in Indonesia?

Our research may improve neonatal mortality in West Sumatra

Being Black in Nazi Germany

The untold story of Germany's black communities

Rediscovering Dylan Thomas

Our research has shed new light on the celebrated poet

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

Supporting farmers at the front line of climate change

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