Research in Art and Design

Centre for Art, Design, Research and Experimentation

Director: Dr Dew Harrison

Associate Dean for Postgraduate, Research and Enterprise

Tel: +44 (0)1902 32 1941

Email: Dew.Harrison@wlv.ac.uk

The Centre for Art, Design, Research and Experimentation (CADRE) was established in 2006. CADRE is situated in the School of Art & Design comprising of readers, research professors, associates, research active staff and PhD students.  

CADRE’s overall concern lies in the effect of art and design upon society. The social interaction inherent in new interactive technologies, the theory and practice of cultural agency, and experiments in radical democracy and performative objects remain the hallmark of both the intellectual and practical research in all of our research groups.  

Our research groups

• Digital Theory, Technology and Practice

 Dr Dew Harrison: (Dew.Harrison@wlv.ac.uk)  

• Critical Theory and Social Practice

 Prof John Roberts (jcr3@wlv.ac.uk)

• Material and Theoretical Practice

 Dr Kristina Niedderer (K.Niedderer@wlv.ac.uk)

• Pedagogy and Visual Communications

 Dr Lindsey Marshall (l.marshall@wlv.ac.uk)

These groups provide the structure for research and development. Knowledge transfer and interdisciplinary research are also essential components of our long-term income generation strategy

Current funded research projects include: 

Black Country Creative Advantage is a 2-year project of the Centre for Art, Design, Research and Experimentation at the University of Wolverhampton and the Longhouse scheme of the community arts organisation Multistory in West Bromwich.

The project is supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, and led by Curatorial Research Associate Monika Vykoukal, with support from Andy Hewitt, senior lecturer in Fine Arts, and Chloe Brown, the arts manager at Multistory.

Information and Application for PhD Studentships 2010.