Our Research Culture

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Simon Dodi, with 'Camping', 2016

Our Research Culture

Learn more about our research culture, ethics, and values.

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Professor Maria Delgado, Vice-Principal (Research and Knowledge Exchange), introduces Research@Central.

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Research@Central is characterised by diversity and internationalism, and informed by industry connections of the staff, bridging the creative industries and the academy, and producing a range of outputs relating to theatre and performance practices and practice research.

Challenging Concepts of Liquid Place

Our research plays a role in informing work that is of benefit to society.

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Central aims to provide ethical leadership to theatre and performance research and to practice research across the sector.

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Research@Central is committed to research that articulates and promotes an inclusive vision of theatre and performance and its place in society of the twenty-first century. This commitment is embedded in our research culture, from the ethics of our partnerships, to our multilingual scholarship.

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An introduction to Central's Open Access policy, outlining the key principles regarding Central's commitment to building and sustaining an open research environment.

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Learn more about Practice Research at Central.

Prof David Harradine is showing the inside of one of the books inside the bespoke boxes created for REF 2021