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

NNP leads quoted in Ingenia article “Turning down the noise: the battle against noise pollution”

Prof Abigail Bristow and Prof Antonio José Torija Martínez are quoted in the recent Ingenia article, “Turning down the noise: the battle against noise pollution” Royal Academy of Engineering (Issue

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

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