Horizons Institute

The Horizons Institute fosters early-stage interdisciplinary research to address complex challenges, with programmes and interventions designed to ignite creative approaches and new ideas.

We equip researchers with the skills and means to build thriving collaborations, helping them explore their work from different perspectives and find new opportunities for collaborative interdisciplinary working. 聽

We work with researchers, higher education institutions and sector-wide initiatives across the UK and globally to support the development of a better connected and more equitable interdisciplinary research community.聽

The Horizons Institute exists to bring people together from across all disciplines, to collaborate on high-risk, high-reward research addressing complex challenges. This can only be done by investing in the people we work with, developing skills and connecting across areas of expertise. 聽

Stuart Taberner, Director of the Horizons Institute

Learn more about our ambitions and measures of success, and read our Inclusion Strategy聽to find out more about the values that drive our work.聽

News and blogs

Read the latest news and blogs from the Horizons Institute and our research community.

Samantha Aspinall reflects on what she has learnt through her experiences as an observer on nine rounds of UKRI Future Leader Fellows and Cross Council Interdisciplinary Scheme.
The Healthy Buildings Network have chosen to fund four diverse and novel research projects through their pump-priming scheme. Find out more about this in this blog post.
Crucible helps develop researchers' interdisciplinary skills, while nurturing and strengthening a global interdisciplinary community. Read participants' reflections in Siying Shen's blog post.
Alongside her role in the Horizons Institute, Samantha Aspinall has been working with UKRI on their innovative cross-council funding call. Read about her experiences and take-aways in this new blog.
We are funding five projects through our Horizons Platform Exploratory Fund. Read more about them, as well as the aims of the programme, on our blog.
Horizons Institute Annual Report

Download and read our Annual Report, 2023 - 2024 (3.82MB PDF)

Case studies

Timely collaboration opens the door to global health partnership

Helping 映客直播 researchers work in partnership with the World Health Organisation to create better global preparedness in health.
Physical activity research finds strength in numbers

The InterActive research network promotes interdisciplinary collaboration across the 映客直播 for those working on movement and physical activity.
Improving health information for families through African collaboration

A new collaborative project with researchers from Africa and the 映客直播 explores ways to improve how health information is communicated to families.
Helping to deliver a cultural showcase

LEEDS 2023 will host a major cultural programme that promises to be a spectacular celebration of a vibrant city region. Find out how Horizons is helping them embed principles of co-creation.
Leeds research network to tackle major global health threat

Antimicrobial resistance is one of the top ten global health threats facing humanity. AMR@Leeds aims to address this pressing issue through an interdisciplinary approach to research.
Looking beyond medicine 鈥� a new network for mental health research

The Leeds Interdisciplinary Mental Health Research Network (LIMHRN) launched in January 2022 to bring together different disciplinary perspectives on mental health.