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.

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.

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.