Our research centres

Strategic research centres

• The Story Society
• Centre for Environmental Humanities 
• Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries
  • Narrative and Emerging Technologies Lab
  • Creative Practice Research Group.

Research centres by School

Bath School of Art, Film and Media

• The Art Research Centre is led by Dr Conor Wilson. It is aligned with both the Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries and the Centre for Transcultural Creativity and Education.
• The Centre for Media Research is led by Dr Charlie Tweed. It is aligned with both the Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries and the Centre for Environmental Humanities.

Bath School of Design

• The School of Design is aligned with the Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries.

Bath Business School

• The Research Centre for Leadership, Ethics, and Professional Practice (CLEPP) is led by Professor Allyson MacVean and Dr. Mahmoud Emira. It is aligned with the Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries.

School of Education

• The Centre for Equity, Inclusion and Community is led by Dr Stuart Read. It is aligned with the Centre for Transcultural Creativity and Education.
• The Centre for Research in Early Childhood (REACH) is led by Dr. Karen McInnes and Dr. Sharon Colilles. It is aligned with the Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries, Centre for Environmental Humanities and Centre for Transcultural Creativity and Education.
• The Centre for Scientific Technological Learning and Education is led by Dr. Kendra McMahon, Prof. Peter Etchells and Dr Sarah Earle. It is aligned with the Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries and the Centre for Transcultural Creativity and Education.
• The Research Centre for Policy, Pedagogy and Practice in Education (PPP) is led by Professor Linda la Velle and Dr Anne Parfitt. It is aligned with the Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries, Centre for Transcultural Creativity and Education and Centre for Environmental Humanities.

School of Writing, Publishing and the Humanities

• The Making Books Research: Creativity, Print Culture and Digital Research Centre is led by Professor Ian Gadd. It is aligned with the Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries.
• The History and Heritage Research Centre is led by Professor Astrid Swenson. It is aligned with the Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries and the Centre for Environmental Humanities.
• The Research Centre for Mental Health, Wellbeing and Creativity is led by Dr. Samantha Walton and Nathan Filer. It is aligned with the Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries, Centre for Environmental Humanities and Centre for Transcultural Creativity and Education.
• The Global Citizenship and Identities Resarch Centre is chaired in rotation, currently led by Professor Sarah Hackett. It is aligned with the Centre for Environmental Humanities and the Transcultural Creativity and Education.
• The Bath Spa Creative Writing Research Centre is led by Ms. Lucy English. It is aligned with the Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries.
• The Empathy and Writing Research Group is led by Dr. Tanvir Bush. It is aligned with the Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries and the Centre for Transcultural Creativity and Education.

School of Music and Performing Arts

• The Creative Practice and Embodied Knowledge Research Group is led by Michelle Elliott and Vicky Hunter. It is aligned with the Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries.
• The Intercultural Communication and Creative Practice Research Group is led by Professor Amanda Bayley. It is aligned with the Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries, Centre for Transcultural Creativity and Education and Centre for Environmental Humanities.
• The Open Scores Lab Research Group is led by Professor James Saunders. It is aligned with the Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries.

 School of Sciences

• The Centre for Research on Science and Society (CRoSS) is led by Professor Pete Etchells. It explores the interplay between scientific advances and their broader societal implications and impacts.