A university-wide approach to enhancing global visibility
Resources and support for academic and research leaders
Explore resources and solutions to build effective institutional strategies, cultivate collaboration within and beyond your institution, support research and academic management, and showcase your institution’s impact.
LeapSpace, the research-grade AI workspace
Academic leaders are navigating complex changes, and artificial intelligence brings both new possibilities and important questions about trust and transparency. LeapSpace™ is a research-grade AI workspace built on trusted science, designed to support your researchers’ work with real-time transparency and Trust Cards that carefully explain the evidence behind every insight. Explore how we can shape the future of responsible AI governance together to advance evidence-based research.
Academic Leader of the Future: a Confidence in Research report
Based on a global survey of 3,200+ researchers, including more than 570 research-active academic leaders from academia and government, this report reveals how AI adoption, funding pressures and global collaboration are reshaping research — and where leaders' views diverge, sometimes surprisingly, from the researchers they lead.
Featured resources
AI in Higher Ed: Learn how Elsevier supports higher education with responsible AI
University rankings & research activities: Gain deeper understanding of the data underpinning global rankings
Strategic research planning: Get data-led insights for every stage of strategic decision-making
Digital transformation: Understand how people, data and technology can help your institution build resilience
Collaboration & partnerships: Learn about fostering research programs within your institution and beyond
Back to Earth: Discover the academic community's view on the real-world impact of research
Science Nation Insights: Benchmark national and regional research systems, inform policy and drive impact
Plan your path to impact
Gain a 360 understanding of your institution's strengths, weaknesses, threats, and, most critically, opportunities for impact.
Draw from the broadest possible evidence base to set a clear strategic direction, and develop a vision that unites, excites and keeps everyone moving toward the same goal.
Boost funding and expertise
Elevate your institutional performance. Connect with best-fit collaborators to foster innovation and build high-achieving teams. Identify and source the talent needed to fill competency and capacity gaps, and accelerate your time to impact with a higher quality and quantity of funding.
Remove friction from your operations
Implement better processes that drive better outcomes. Save time, effort and resources by automating faculty and research workflows. Gain a bird’s-eye-view of your faculty’s expertise and activity to improve resource allocation. Plus, support every stage of your team’s careers, from hire to retire.
Put your institution's best foot forward, every day
Enable impactful narratives to be crafted, showcased and discovered, and gain the intel and insights required to understand and boost your institutional reputation and rankings.
Evaluate the bibliometric and real-world impact of research, attracting best-fit opportunities and creating virtuous cycles of success.
Perspectives from the community
Designing high performance in Academia
