Research Expertise
The University encourages and develops research activity across a wide range of disciplines and it is recognised for its high quality work in subjects from Accountancy and European Studies to Gerontology and Physics. All research is conducted in line with the University's Ethical Guidelines.
Specific areas of research expertise by subject area currently include:
Business School
- Accounting Business and Financial History
- Centre for Contemporary European Studies
- Land Value Information Unit
- Paisley Enterprise Research Centre
- Centre for Research into Learning
- Comhairle
Computing
- Applied Computational Intelligence Research Unit (ACIRU)
- Electrochemical Sensors and Polymer Conjugates Group
- The Database Research Group
- Information and Communications Technologies in Education
- The Piezo Device Modelling Network
Education
Engineering & Science
- Advanced Concrete and Masonry Centre
- Animal Cell Technology Group
- Centre for Environmental and Waste Management
- Centre for Particle Characterisation and Analysis
- Ecology, Animal Behaviour & Stable Isotopes Group
- Environmental Initiatives Research Group
- Experimental Nuclear Physics Group
- Glass Research and Development Group
- Microscale Sensors Group
- Molecular & Health Sciences Research Group
- Neurovascular Inflammation Group
- Pesticides Research Group
- Porous Media Group
- Scottish Biotechnology Training Centre
- Scottish Polymer Development Centre
- Thin Film Centre
- URBSOIL