Reducing Noise for a Healthier Tomorrow
An interdisciplinary network of engineers, policymakers, industry stakeholders and social scientists, will take on one of the UK’s most overlooked environmental challenges: noise pollution.
About Noise Network +
Environmental noise has a major impact on public health, society and wildlife, much of which is a result of engineering activities, such as roads, airports and construction.
Despite its pervasive effects, noise is currently a neglected pollutant, underscoring the urgent need for more research and better interdisciplinary coordination.
In response, this project sets out to re-engineer the discipline of engineering, making noise a consideration at all stages of the design process.
It will create a mission-oriented inter-organisational research and innovation network, ‘noise network plus’, as a catalyst to bring together diverse, dynamic teams from across disciplines.
It will build unprecedented noise research capabilities to deliver a healthier, quieter, society and environment.
Latest News
AI Education at Oxford University
Our Co-Lead, Simone Graetzer, Chair of the Education, Outreach and Skills working group, represented the Network and the Institute of Acoustics at the recent AI in Education at Oxford University
Launch of UK Acoustics Sound Economics Report 2025
On 7th October 2025, several members of the Noise Network Plus Executive Board attended the launch of the UK Acoustics Sound Economics Report 2025 at Prince Philip House, London. The
Prof. Charlotte Clark in BBC documentary LOUD
Prof Charlotte Clark joins James Gallagher from the BBC world service to talk about noise pollution. “It is a public health crisis, we’ve got huge numbers of people exposed in
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