Global Research & Innovation - Global Engagement

York is an international leader in trailblazing inter-disciplinary projects addressing the complex challenges facing the world including climate change, sustainable finance, biodiversity, environmental urban planning, refugee studies, homelessness, emergency and disaster management, global health, democracy in the digital age, food security, disease modelling and vision science. York's Strategic Research Plan 2023-2028: Knowledge for the Future: From Creation and Discovery to Application lays out a vision for accelerating the growth and supporting the development of our research, scholarship and creative activity over the next five years.

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Developed and Networked Research Clusters

York is leveraging and deepening its well-established and emerging research strengths in collaboration with international partners. York's researchers are endeavouring and collaborating on high impact research for global betterment and impact.

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Y-EMERGE

The York Emergency Mitigation, Engagement, Response, and Governance Institute (Y-EMERGE) works to transform the way societies understand, conceptualize, analyze, manage, and govern crises, disasters, and emergencies. Y-EMERGE emphasizes community-engaged scholarship, real-world and need-driven research, and evidence-based training for effective emergency management.

One WATER

One WATER will greatly enhance our capacity to address the diverse aspects of the ongoing water sustainability crises, attract and train future leaders in the field, educate the public, innovate with industrial partners, and attract external competitive funding and endowments. One WATER will engage in interdisciplinary world-class research on sourcing, Artificial Intelligence, Technologies, Education & Sustainability, Resource Recovery & Reuse as well as their environmental, educational, and societal implications.

Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health

The Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research uses critical problem-solving approaches to pursue effectiveness, equity, and excellence in global health. We are global health leaders, researchers, practitioners, and students working at the interface between research, policy, and practice to address 21st-century global health challenges around the three main themes of 1. Planetary Health, 2. Global Health and Humanitarianism, and 3. Global Health Foresighting.

Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Society

The Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Society (CAIS) unites researchers who are collectively advancing state-of-the-art theory and practice of artificial intelligence (AI) systems, law, governance and public policy. The research focuses on AI systems that address societal priorities in health care, smart cities and sustainability, and are fair, explainable, reliable and trusted.

York Centre for Asian Research

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Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean

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Centre for Refugee Studies

The Centre for Refugee Studies (CRS) is an interdisciplinary community of researchers dedicated to advancing the well-being of refugees and others displaced by violence, persecution, human rights abuses, and environmental degradation through innovative research, education, and policy engagement. Founded in

Global Labour Research Centre

The Global Labour Research Centre (GLRC) aims to confront the major challenges and injustices encountered by workers, families and communities within the global economy. The GLRC engages in the study of work, employment and labour, organizing its activities around: the impact of the changing nature of work and employment on labour rights; interrelationships between migration, citizenship and work; gender and race relations in work and labour movements; the revitalization of workers’ movements; and work and health.

Connected Minds

Neural and Machine Systems for a Healthy, Just Society

In cooperation with Queen's University, the Connected Minds is one of Canada's largest collaborative research initiatives studying next-gen technology. From universities to industries, hospitals and policymakers, artists and Indigenous communities, Connected Minds engages community partners and research collaborators over 7 years supported by $318.4 million in funding from the Canada First Research Excellence Fund.

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Emerging International Research Talent

York is home to thousands of trailblazing researchers and scholars, including many just as the beginning of their research careers. York is committed to attracting, nurturing and retaining global research talent, establishing its reputation as an international destination for learning, and securing the long-term success of the university.

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Our Top Researchers

Laleh Seyyed-Kalantari

Research carried out by Laleh Seyyed-Kalantari at the Lassonde School of Engineering (and published in the journal Nature Medicine) has found that there are biases embedded in AI algorithms, leading to wrong diagnoses or incorrect treatments for certain socio-demographic groups, particularly marginalized or minority populations. Read More

Godfred Boateng

Boateng’s research focuses on resource insecurity, health, and sustainable livelihoods; the socio-ecological determinants of cardiometabolic conditions in aging adults; social inequity in health systems; quantitative data analysis methods and survey scale development; and COVID-19 related health effects. Read More

Satinder K. Brar

Her research interests lie in the development of finished products (formulations) of value-added bioproducts based on wastewater and wastewater sludge.
She is a recognized leader in her field of advanced and applied biotechnology, be it about the value-addition of residuals or the holistic treatment of emerging contaminants in the environment. Her research has transcended frontiers and is now adapted all around the world. Read More

Amirta Daftary

One of York's leading researchers in the Global South, Dr. Daftary collaborates to study infectious disease such as malaria, HIV and tuberculosis (TB). This work explores not only combatting the diseases themselves but also involves researchers working to understand their socio-economic consequences. Read More

Carys Craig

One of the significant controversies about AI is the impact of generative software on the use and production of cultural works. The fast-growing popularity of these tools raises big questions about the ethics of AI-generated works and whether they amount to a technologically advanced form of plagiarism. Read More

Global Research Excellence (GRE) Fund

Launched in 2024, GRE supports impact driven research projects between York researchers and overseas collaborators. GRE promotes taking risks and advancing versatile partnerships with leading universities, industry, government agencies, IGOs and NGOs from across the world and promoting global research talent. Learn more.

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Impact Driven Research

Grounded as a university committed to building a better future for our local and global communities, York seeks to mobilize its research and talent for positive change. Whether through scholarship, technology, or advocacy, York’s researchers are addressing the pressing environmental, economic, health and human emergencies plaguing the world and furthering progress in ground-breaking technologies in the fields of space engineering, autonomous vehicles, health systems, and artificial intelligence.