Art and Design's research groups combine academic innovation with critical exploration and engage with the creative and cultural industries through partnerships recognised for their excellence.
Research embraces a broad range of subjects, including applied research in Fine Art, Performance, human-computing Interaction Design and Design for commercial or social Innovation, and scholarly research into Design Issues and Visual and Material Cultures.
BxNU Institute
The BxNU Institute aims to invest research capacity into professional contemporary art, performance and curatorial practices. From its base at BALTIC 39, researchers and postgraduate students develop their practice in a supportive, stimulating environment of leading academics...
Discover moreSpaces of Appearance
Spaces of Appearance research cluster is concerned with the ‘spaces’ in which under-represented identities ‘appear’ and exist in the world. The group brings together drama, theatre and performance academics, researchers and artists from within and beyond Northumbria University to investigate practices, methods and scholarship.
Discover moreVisual & Material Culture
Members of this research group are engaged with histories of art, design and architecture from the mid-nineteenth century to the present in Europe, Japan and North America. Key concerns include cultural heritage and participation, nationalisms and cultural identity, the art market...
Discover moreInternational Research Centre for the History and Culture of Nanzhao and Dali Kingdoms
The aim of the International Research Centre is to promote academic research into the history and culture of the Nanzhao and Dali Kingdoms (dating from 653-937CE and 937-1253CE respectively), located largely in today’s Yunnan province in southwest China.
Northumbria Research Practice Group
Discover moreThe Cultural Negotiation of Science
The Cultural Negotiation of Science is a research group based at Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK that brings together artists, academics and research students whose practices engage with expert cultures across a broad spectrum of science and technology.
Discover more(Multi) Cultural Heritage
(Multi)Cultural Heritage is an AHRC-supported research project lead by Dr Susan Ashley, Department of Arts.
Discover more
