The Lyell Centre
About us
The Lyell Centre is a joint collaboration between the British Geological Survey and Heriot-Watt University, which builds on our individual and combined expertise in land and marine conservation, geology and geoscience.
Mission and strategy
HWU and BGS have joined forces to create a new research centre for earth and marine science and technology.
Research themes
The Lyell Centre's research themes are clustered in two main areas: applied geoscience and ecosystems science.
Our reputation
The partnership has worked closely with their funders, in particular RCUK and EU research programmes, to develop relevant solutions to demanding challenges in marine, earth and ecosystem sciences.