Celebrating our research

At Essex, we are proud of our transformational research. We are the centre of world-leading excellence for the social sciences with four social science subjects in the UK top 10 for research quality (Grade Point Average, REF2021) and three in the UK Top 10 for research power (Times Higher Education 2022).

We have further outstanding strengths in science and health, and arts and humanities. With four Essex subjects in the UK top 10 for research quality - sociology, economics and econometrics, politics and international studies, and modern languages and linguistics, And five Essex subjects in the UK top 10 for research power – sociology, law, economics and econometrics, politics and international studies, and computer science.

We have academics across the University, who are changing lives, changing behaviours and changing policies.