Research & Innovation Projects

Tackling the challenges of our age
Our research cross disciplinary boundaries and tackle the challenges of our age, aligned to our research programmes and guided by our transdisciplinary research themes. You can search them on this page and view individual projects for details and impacts.

A Case for Cornish Public Service Media
Lead:
Denzil Monk
Commissioned by Cornwall Council, this research paper investigates the potential business and develo...

Accessibility all areas?
Lead:
Adrian Bossey
This research paper explores the current state of accessibility at UK festivals for people who are d...

Adaptable Living
The Adaptable Living project reimagines the way in which living space may be designed to enable resi...

Ambulatory heart rate variability monitoring, distress, and self-harm in university students
Lead:
Anna Mankee-Williams
This project aimed to track the parasympathetic nervous system of university students by using a hea...

ANTI Contemporary Art Festival
ANTI Festival presents an annual season of contemporary art shown across public spaces.

Architecture Making Community
Lead:
Tom Ebdon
Architecture Making Community is a programme of research and live-projects that challenge the way we...

ATTUNE
Lead:
Anna Mankee-Williams
ATTUNE aims to increase the understanding of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the impact on ...

Bee Brick
Lead:
Kate Christman
Bee Brick is an innovative product, offering the dual function of being a construction material that...

Black Stars: Belafonte, Poitier and a Long Overdue Celebration of Black Cinema
Lead:
Dr Neil Fox
A feature article on the BFI Black Star season and reviews of re-releases of Martin Ritt's Paris Blu...

Brand Ethics and Digital Communication Dynamics
This Research & Innovation Doctoral Project brief summarises our priority areas of research inte...

Cafe Morte: Tears of Things – Museum of Broken Objects
Lead:
Lucy Willow
We invited artists, writers, academics, undergraduates, museums and member of the community to contr...

Chaos: A Co-Creation
Lead:
Hannah Waldron
Chaos: A Co-Creation explores how illustration, creation and collaboration could help those experien...

Charting Theoretical Directions for Examining African Journalism in the ‘Digital Era’
The study thus draws on social constructivist approaches to technology and the sociology of journali...

Connected Health Care: Satellite Enabled Mental Health, Diabetes and Clinical Education
Lead:
Anna Mankee-Williams
The project aims to deliver secure satellite connected infrastructure to transform the rural health ...

Cornwall Contemporary Poetry Festival
Lead:
Tom Scott
The first Cornwall Contemporary Poetry Festival brought together leading contemporary poets for two ...

Cosy Crime: Violent Death and Domestic Comfort From the Golden Age to the Present
This Research & Innovation Doctoral Project brief summarises our priority areas of research inte...

Dark Sound: Feminine Voices in Sonic Shadow
Lead:
Dr D Ferrett
This book by Senior Lecturer, D Ferrett, explores the cultural and historical association between wo...

De-colonising Dance: dance improvisation and identity politics on and off the screen
This Research & Innovation Doctoral Project brief summarises our priority areas of research inte...

Defining experiential entrepreneurship educational programs
Lead:
Dr Jeremy Richards
This research paper aims to highlight the key defining characteristics of EEEPs.

Design for Mental Health and Wellbeing in China
Lead:
Bryan Clark
In partnership with Anhui and Jiangnan Universities in China, this design-based project seeks to dev...

designdice™
Lead:
Andy Neal
designdice™ is a set of nine co-ordinated dice which are used as a tool to help the creative proce...