UCL Grand Challenges
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UCL Grand Challenges convenes cross-disciplinary collaborations to explore interconnected solutions to a range of societal issues.
University College, London
Joined September 2014
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📢 UCL academics — want to embed Climate Crisis themes into your teaching?. Check out our new toolkit with practical examples, video case studies & support to help you get started. 🎥 Trailer: 🌐 Toolkit: #ClimateCrisis #UCL
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🚨 Applications open for UCL’s 2025/26 Challenge Award!.💡 Up to £100K per project over 14 months.🤝 Co-led by UCL staff from different faculties.📅 Apply by 30 Sept 2025.🔗
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Friederike Hartz, Research/Policy Associate for UCL’s Grand Challenge of Climate Crisis, reflects on a recent science-policy roundtable in a new blog, exploring how local democratic action can drive adaptation and resilience.
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Written by Friederike Hartz (Research/Policy Associate, UCL’s Grand Challenge of Climate Crisis).
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RT @educrimjustice: Congratulations to the team @DrKeriWong , @PapSteven , Marta Francesconi, @TjDekkers for delivering the @acamh 2025 Spe….
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🚨 We’re shaping UCL’s new Inequalities theme with researchers across disciplines. At our recent workshop, key priorities emerged: health, education, early childhood, & social justice. Strong call for grassroots & global partnerships. 📄 Read more:
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Ahead of the launch of the UCL Grand Challenge of Inequalities, staff from across UCL recently participated in an interactive workshop to shape the theme.
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RT @UCL_Global: Applications are now open for the 2025–26 @ReachAllianceTO!. Be part of a @UCLResearch team tackling urgent global @GrandCh….
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📢 UCL academics — want to embed Climate Crisis themes into your teaching?. Check out our new toolkit with practical examples, video case studies & support to help you get started. 🎥 Trailer: 🌐 Toolkit: #ClimateCrisis #UCL
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RT @ChiaraGericke: Very excited for our work with the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network to be progressing to the fin….
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🚨 Applications open for UCL’s 2025/26 Challenge Award!.💡 Up to £100K per project over 14 months.🤝 Co-led by UCL staff from different faculties.📅 Apply by 30 Sept 2025.🔗
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How can moving more help students feel better & think more clearly? In Ep.3 of Disruptive Voices, we explore the Grand Challenges-funded Active Minds project, uncovering the powerful connections between physical activity, sleep & student wellbeing.
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🚨 New toolkit from UCL Grand Challenge of Climate Crisis!.Support for embedding #ClimateCrisis content into teaching across UCL—packed with examples, videos & guidance. Thanks to Dima Khazem & Nicola Walshe. 🔗
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🚨 Applications open for UCL’s 2025/26 Challenge Award!.💡 Up to £100K per project over 14 months.🤝 Co-led by UCL staff from different faculties.📅 Apply by 30 Sept 2025.🔗
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RT @allisonl: Data Empowered Societies Funding Call @GrandChallenges:. Up to £100,000 per project available over 14 months to UCL staff to….
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Funding of up to £100,000 per project available over 14 months to support research that crosses disciplinary boundaries and accelerates discovery and development. Apply by 30th September 2025.
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RT @UCL_Global: .@UCL & the University Alliance Stockholm Trio (@karolinskainst, @KTHuniversity, and @Stockholm_Uni) are funding 4 new rese….
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Four research teams have been awarded seed funding through a joint call between UCL and the University Alliance Stockholm Trio, strengthening cross-border collaboration in City Living in the Climate
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:.🧠 Co-production in research: what does it really mean?. Alessandro Dorata shares lessons from UCL workshops that reshaped how he thinks about research, inclusion & lived experience. 📖 Read: #CoProduction #MentalHealth #UCL #ResearchEngagement
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📢 Help shape climate governance research at UCL!.Take our 10–15 min survey to share your work & support future collaboration. 🗓️ Deadline: 15 Aug 2025.🔗 #UCL #ClimateCrisis #ClimateResearch
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Did you know that we've created a new teaching toolkit? It helps UCL module leaders embed a challenge-led, interdisciplinary approach into their teaching. The toolkit offers guidance on how to connect learning with practice. Find out more 👇.
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UCL Grand Challenges has created a new teaching toolkit to help UCL educators embed the Grand Challenges into the curriculum.
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We're 2 years into our evolved programme. Explore key highlights from below, and make sure you stay connected to keep up with the exciting developments ahead.
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RT @UCLBrainScience: How can we better protect young minds?.Dr Christina Carlisi shares insights on supporting children’s mental health onl….
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As the academic year comes to a close, Sam Balch, Director of UCL Grand Challenges, reflects on our journey so far in his latest blog post, Reflecting Forward: A Year of Progress for UCL Grand Challenges. Find out more:
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