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SFU is home to over 60 research centres and institutes that drive impactful, collaborative research, addressing scientific and global challenges while fostering engagement with students and scholars. Through world-class shared research infrastructure, including core facilities and specialized labs, SFU provides valuable resources and expertise, supporting a broad community of users across disciplines and promoting a strong culture of collaborative research.
Research Centres
Faculty of Applied Sciences
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Africa Research Centre
Bill Reid Centre for Northwest Coast Studies
Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies
Centre for Public Policy Research
Centre for Restorative Justice
Centre for Scottish Studies
Centre for Urban Governance
David Lam Centre for International Communication
Gerontology Research Centre
Indigenous Languages Centre
Institute for the Humanities
Mental Health, Law and Policy Institute
Research Centre for Multidisciplinary Studies on the French-Speaking World
Stavros Niarchos Foundation Centre for Hellenic Studies
The SFU Morgan Centre for Labour Research
Faculty of Education
Cassidy Centre for Educational Justice
Centre for Imagination in Research, Culture & Education (CIRCE)
Centre for Research and Practice in Teacher Education
Centre for Research on International Education
Centre for the Study of Educational Leadership and Policy
Faculty of Environment
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Science
Beedie School of Business
Contact
Jean Huang
Executive Assistant, Associate Vice-President, Research (AVPR), Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation
Email: avprea@sfu.ca
Research Institutes
- Aquatic Research Cooperative (ARC) Institute
- Canadian Institute for Studies in Publishing
- Centre for Forensic Research
- Centre for Operations Research and Decision Sciences
- Centre for Studies in Print and Media Cultures
- Chronic Pain Research Institute
- Digital Democracies Institute
- Global Institute for Agritech
- i2I Research and Innovation Institute (i2IRII)
- Indigenous Research Institute
- Institute for Black and African Diaspora Research and Engagement
- Institute for Environmental Learning
- Institute for Intersectionality Research and Policy
- Institute for Neuroscience and Neurotechnology (INN)
- Institute for Performance Studies (IPS)
- Institute for the Reduction of Youth Violence
- Institute for Transpacific Cultural Research (ITCR)
- Institute on Violence, Terrorism, and Security
- International Centre for Criminal Law Reform & Criminal Justice Policy
- International Cybercrime Research Centre (ICRC)
- Pacific Institute on Pathogens, Pandemics and Society (PIPPS)
- Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences
- Science and Technology for Aging Research Institute (STAR)
- Vancouver Institute for Visual Analytics (VIVA)
- Visual & INteractive Computing Institute (VINCI)
- Western Canadian Universities Marine Sciences Society (Bamfield)