Current staff interests include environmental urban history, urban topography from 1700, colonial urban history, urban governance, the production of urban history from the 18th century, oral history, the law and urban property, the history of urban planning, housing and the built environment since 1750, 19th-century provincial towns and their imperial connections, domestic life and leisure, and industrial towns.

For research interests of individuals please follow the links from the following sections:

• Academic and honorary staff
• PhD students

Since its foundation, the Centre for Urban History has raised over £2 million in research grants.

Research projects

Several major projects are associated with the Centre. Of particular importance are:

• Automobility and the Urban Environment in Nagoya and Birmingham, c.1955-1973 - a 3-year project funded by Leverhulme Trust
• British Small Towns from the 16th–19th Century
• Cataloguing the Dyos Collection
• Chapbooks Project - interdisciplinary pilot project funded by the Bibliographical Society
• East Midlands Oral History Project
• European Urbanisation in the 19th and 20th Centuries
• Leicester and its Region in the Late Middle Ages
• Medical Care in the Leicester area in the 20th century
• The Role of Art Museum and Art Institutions
• Sport and the Imperial Bond
• Urban and Industrial Change in the Midlands 1700-1840
• Waste Disposal in Late Medieval Towns