Liverpool School of Art and Creative Industries research

Research in the School of Art and Creative Industries is organised in three themes:

  • art and technology
  • social justice
  • storytelling

Institute of Art and Technology

The Institute of Art and Technology is Liverpool’s hub for creative research, linking specialist labs with global, cultural and community partners.

The Institute of Art and Technology comprises four art and technology labs:

Contemporary Art Lab

Led by Adam Carr and dedicated to historical, theoretical and practice-led research in the creative and performing arts.

Contemporary Art Lab

X Lab

Exploring creative technology through experimentation. Led by Dr Mark Wright and Dr Hatana El-Jarn.

Experimental Technologies Lab

City Lab

Exploring urban possibilities through art, culture, health, housing, commerce and design research. Led by Professor Simon Piasecki and Dr Dominic Wilkinson.

City Lab

Exhibition Research Lab

Dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of exhibitions and curatorial knowledge. Led by Dr Hana Leaper, Dr James Schofield and Dr Christine Evene.

Exhibition Research Lab

The Liverpool Centre for Cultural, Social and Political Research (CSPR)

CSPR brings together expertise from the following schools:

  • Humanities and Social Sciences
  • Liverpool Business School
  • Liverpool School of Art and Creative Industries
  • School of Education

CSPR features four thematic working groups:

  • International Studies
  • Applied Political, Social and Cultural Research
  • Cultural and Textual Studies
  • Politics, Policy, and Polity 

Storytelling Research Cluster

The Storytelling Research Cluster fosters collaboration among researchers encouraging interdisciplinary exchange and innovative approaches.

By exploring narrative techniques across various fields, we can uncover new insights, enhance critical thinking, and enrich research methodologies.


Community Prototyping Cluster

The Community Prototyping Cluster aims to foster and support the development of research interests into community-based prototypes.

We work with community collaborators to develop prototypes for architecture, art, and design research. We use prototypes to test design concepts relating to ecological and social renewal and to scale up art and art-related practices, making them inseparable from life.

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