The Yunus Centre | Glasgow City Of Science & Innovation

The Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health at Glasgow Caledonian University is recognised as a world-class research centre in social innovation, health economics, the social economy, and public health.

Named after Nobel Peace Laurette Professor Muhammad Yunus, the Centre has attracted competitive research grants worth £30m over the last 12 years from funders including the Medical Research Council, Wellcome Trust, the Economic and Social Research Council, Scottish Government, and European Social Fund, across three research themes:

Community, citizenship and participation
Social economy
Economics of health and wellbeing

Research projects include:

Common Health Assets. Funded by NIHR, the centre is working with researchers across the UK to establish how community-led organisations can improve health and well-being
Development of the Social Enterprise Collection (Scotland). Funder: Scottish Government

Case Studies

GCU incubator supports value-led businesses

Uhatch specialises in supporting social enterprises and value-led SMEs, helping them to demonstrate the positive societal impact.

Giraffe Healthcare

GCU helped form Giraffe Healthcare as a start-up social enterprise to deliver high quality, personalised physiotherapy through an online platform.

GCU Centre for Living

GCU’s vibrant and state-of-the-art ‘Centre for Living’ draws together expertise in multiple health and social research disciplines to advance public…

Changing the narrative on climate action

Raising awareness of how inequalities affect the ability of the poorest and most vulnerable to adapt to climate change impacts.

A better and safer built environment for all

Established in 2014, the BEAM centre’s research focuses on maximising social, economic and environmental benefit through built environment.

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