Research

King’s College London has played a major role in many of the advances that have shaped modern life. The College enjoys a global reputation for research excellence that attracts the highest calibre students and some of the world's leading academics who pursue and achieve research excellence across the entire range of academic disciplines.

19 May Oxytocin: the social molecule?
Scientists at King’s have now shown in a paper published in the Journal of Comparative Neurology, that oxytocin, a small peptide that acts as a hormone and a neurotransmitter, may play a fundamental role in co-operative sociality, which goes beyond its claim to fame as the 'love molecule'.

19 May UKCRC recognises clinical trials expertise at IoP
The Institute of Psychiatry’s (IoP) Mental Health and Neurosciences Clinical Trials Unit (MH&N CTU) is one of ten Clinical Trials Units recently to be fully registered by the UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC).

17 May New Chair of Financial Mathematics appointed
The School of Physical Sciences & Engineering at King's has appointed Dr Damiano Brigo to the Gilbart Chair of Financial Mathematics. Dr Brigo is currently Visiting Professor of Mathematical Finance at Imperial College and Managing Director and Global Head of the Quantitative Innovation team at Fitch Solutions.