15th November 2017: Collaborative Research and Grants

Babbage 406 | 1pm – 5pm RESEARCH: Collaboration and Funding 1.00pm -1.15pm: James Daybell and Peter Hinds – Introduction to Collaborative Research: Micro to Macro Session 1: 1.15pm -2.45pm: 1.15pm -1.30pm: Susan Matheron – The Grant Application Process at Plymouth 1.30pm -1.45pm: David Sergeant – Applying for an AHRC Research Leadership Grant 1.45pm -2.00pm: Eduardo… Continue reading 15th November 2017: Collaborative Research and Grants

Six Plymouth University Researchers become members of AHRC Peer Review College

Six researchers from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Plymouth University have recently been selected as members of the Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Peer Review College. Professor Alessandro Aurigi, Dr Anya Lewin, Professor Daniel Maudlin, Professor Dafydd Moore, Dr Angela Smith and Dr Katharine Willis were chosen to join 1,500 existing members… Continue reading Six Plymouth University Researchers become members of AHRC Peer Review College

Get involved in the #SmarterStreets Pilot project

The #SmarterStreets project is inviting road users to participate in a pilot to test a new app, which enables participants to report road issues or highlight positives by taking photos. The live feedback that is provided is then used to help better prioritise road maintenance issues. The app is called Changify, and Plymouth University is one of the research… Continue reading Get involved in the #SmarterStreets Pilot project

Feature: “Netspaces: Space and Place in a Networked World”

BY KATHARINE S. WILLIS The approach and focus of my book, Netspaces, published last year, is on understanding and explaining the way that our increasingly networked world impacts on the legibility of cities; that is, how we experience and inhabit urban space. It reflects on the nature of the spatial effects of the networked and mediated world – from mobile phones… Continue reading Feature: “Netspaces: Space and Place in a Networked World”

‘Whose right to a smart city?’: a new AHRC-funded research network

The Arts Institute is delighted to announce that Associate Professor Katharine S. Willis, who is based in School of Architecture, Design and Environment, has been awarded an AHRC International Research Network Grant for a project on ‘Whose Right to the Smart City?’ which will run for two years from February 2016 – January 2018. The network will critically… Continue reading ‘Whose right to a smart city?’: a new AHRC-funded research network