100 Research Ideas for 2026

A curated collection of 100 research ideas for Master's and PhD students, undergraduate dissertation writers, and early-career researchers. Organised across ten disciplines: computer science and AI, psychology, medicine and public health, education, business and management, engineering, social sciences, environmental science, economics and finance, and nursing and health sciences. Each idea includes a brief framing of why it matters, a suggested research method, and a recommended starting tool.

• 10 disciplines × 10 ideas each, totalling 100 research directions
• Computer science and AI: LLM hallucination, federated learning, reproducibility audits
• Psychology: loneliness and AI companions, cognitive offloading, mindfulness app effect sizes
• Medicine and public health: long-COVID trajectories, GLP-1 real-world evidence, AMR in LMICs
• Education, business, engineering, social sciences, environmental science, economics, nursing
• Every idea includes a suggested method and a tool to start the project