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Global Heritage

We are pushing the field of heritage research forward by putting science and technology at the heart of our research. Protecting our past and preserving it for the future.

Global heritage is humanity’s cultural and natural legacy from the past, our present, and what we pass on to future generations. Global heritage research has been an integral part of the NTU community since the early 1990s. Focusing on developing smart and sustainable management systems to preserve our cultural heritage, our progressive research approaches prepare national and international heritage sites for future challenges through sustainable and evidence-based research innovation. We study historic fabric, structures, and communities, and uncover new knowledge through research projects, high-profile international collaborations, and world-leading funded projects.

Science and technology are always at the heart of our research in heritage sciences, management, and development, enabling us to collaborate with an extensive network of governments, museums, charities, heritage organisations, and other universities and cultural institutions. NTU researchers advise several foreign governments on preservation policies, urban planning, and recording of heritage environments in places like Ireland, Egypt, and most recently Iraq.

This focus and determination allows us to impact and shape the future vision, technologies, and policies of culture and heritage globally, and to broaden the scope of research within the subject areas of art, architecture, design, science, and history. We are leading the way in preserving humanity’s cultural and natural impact for future generations.

Key areas of focus

  • The physical sciences, computing and engineering
  • Architecture, urban planning and history
  • Heritage management and development
  • Literature and the arts
  • Science and engineering
  • Social sciences and cultural economics.

Queen's Anniversary Prize 2021

Nottingham Trent University has been awarded the highest national honour for cultural heritage science research.

Research projects

Discover research projects our academics are working on under the theme of Global Heritage.

Re:store

Researchers at NTU are developing new methods to restore and protect cultural heritage sites, artefacts and artworks across the globe.

Re:search Re:imagined

To us, research is about more than writing papers and proposing new ideas. By daring to think differently, we’re disrupting the research landscape and finding the answers to the questions that really matter.