The lighthouses represent the Alliance’s main research priorities, built on the combined expertise of its partner universities. Covering topics from health and artificial intelligence to democracy and cultural heritage, they showcase areas of shared research excellence and collaboration. Below is an overview of our five lighthouses and their focus areas.
Health & WELLBEING
- Life sciences
- Social sciences
- Health and society
- Biomedical imaging
ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCE
- Environmental sciences
- Planetary wellbeing
- Energy transition
- Ocean studies
- Sustainability
IDENTITY, DIVERSITY & CULTURAL HERITAGE
- Culture, cultural heritage, and creativity
- Multilingualism and cognition
- Arts and humanities
- Heritage science
DEMOCRACY, INCLUSION & EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
- Democracy and public spaces
- Socio-economic transformation
- Social inclusion and equity
- Inclusion and social cohesion
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, MATERIAL SCIENCE & BUSINESS
- Artificial Intelligence and robotics
- Material science and nanotechnology
- Economics, finance and management
- Business and manufacturing
- Blockchain