The Lyell Centre

About us

The Lyell Centre

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

Aurora

HWU and BGS have joined forces to create a new research centre for earth and marine science and technology.

Update

GeoEnergy Symposium

The majority of Lyell Centre staff are currently working from home. All staff are contactable by email.

News

Marine, Environment and Climate Change.

Our new postgraduate degrees MSc Global Environmental Change and Policy and MSc Marine Resource Management and Policy have now launched

Events

Panmure House, home of Adam Smith. ©Panmure House

The Hutton Series - Radical thinking sessions on how to mitigate climate crisis to take place at Panmure House, home of Adam Smith – 6 October.

Events

Northern Lights

We took part in the Edinburgh Doors Open Days weekend.
Find out more here.

Research themes

Working in a lab

The Lyell Centre's research themes are clustered in two main areas: applied geoscience and ecosystems science.

Vacancies

PhD student in lab

Latest job vacancies at the Lyell Centre

Our reputation

RD2

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.