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Key themes and research priorities at ERI

With such magnificent natural resources available, ERI has made significant progress in the past decade. We have forged ahead with successful research and identified a number of priorities: renewable energy and the environment; climate change; ecology and ecosystems; biogeochemistry; emerging contaminants and ecotoxicology; as well as bio-technology and bio-resources.


  • The North Highland College
  • University of the Highlands and Islands
  • Highlands and Islands Enterprise
  • Scottish Funding Council
  • EUROPA (European Union Online Portal)