Research with us
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Image taken by Alys Tomlinson PhD and MPhil degrees
Discover an MPhil or PhD awarded in any subject area at UAL with qualified and inspiring supervision.
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3D Draping on the Stand Summer School, image courtesy of UAL UAL staff researchers
Find out more about UAL's staff researchers.
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Incunabula (2014) Film by Marie Schuller in collaboration with Kaat Debo Research centres
Research Centres operate across the University, providing a focus for excellent research in identified areas of strength.
Our research
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Mina Jahić from the Rescuers Project PCRC, Credit - Dr Paul Lowe Research and projects
Find current and completed research by our researchers and research students, spanning art, design and communication.
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Lucy Orta and Jorge Orta, Fabulae Naturae (2015) UAL repository
We hold, manage, share and preserve the research material produced by the University's researchers, and ensure that it reaches the widest possible audience.
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Stanley Kubrick during filming of 2001: A Space Odyssey (US/UK 1968) © Warner Bros. Inc. Archives and collections
Learn about UAL's Archives and Special Collections Centre based at London College of Communication, which holds the Stanley Kubrick Archive.
Featured research stories
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BFTT Businesses Business of fashion, textiles and technology (BFTT) awards £1.2 million to fashion SMEs
BFTT, led by University of the Arts London in partnership with some of the UK’s leading Universities, has awarded 10 of the UK fashion industry’s most innovative and sustainable brands over £1.2 million to support innovative and sustainable research.
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Online resources for Researchers
Find out about our online resources available for researchers at UAL.
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Conde Nast 2020 Sustainable Glossary Condé Nast launches The Sustainable Glossary in partnership with Centre for Sustainable Fashion
The Glossary forms part of the company’s commitment to becoming a voice for change, and is designed to strengthen and develop sustainability literacy by providing guidance on key sustainability terms and emerging topics.
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Some of the Heart n Soul at the Hub co-researchers New survey from learning disabled co-researchers explores what we have in common
The second public survey in our ground-breaking research project to challenge what we know about learning disability is now open, and it explores what we have in common.
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Students working at National Institute of Design UAL textiles students partner with India's NID and traditional weavers
Textiles students from UAL’s Central Saint Martins and Chelsea College of Arts have participated in a unique co-design project with National Institute of Design (NID), co-developing sustainable projects in India.
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Tokushima indigo dye museum. Indigo dyeing on fish skin.Final results Image courtesy Elisa Palomino. Bringing fish skin to market as the sustainable new leather
Thirty two million tons of annual fish waste can be put into production as an alternative to exotic leathers, as new research sets out to show that fish leather is viable to take forward for commercial use in the fashion industry.
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Our themes
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Iris, Rob Kesseler Living with Environmental Change
Through creative practice increasing understanding of environmental change, communicating the issues and designing for new business models, social innovations and sustainable living. Using design to reduce waste and to change producer and consumer behaviours.
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Delamore, Glove Lifelong Health and Wellbeing
Designing for people’s life long economic, social and health impact, in order to maximise societal gains and minimise issues of dependency, isolation, and inequality.
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Digital Anthropology Lab launch at London College of Fashion October 2015 photography by Hannah Puskarz BA Fashion Photography Digital Futures
Exploring through practice how technology affects lives, changes the way society interacts and impacts on communities, cultural production, future society, and economic growth.
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‘Scoliosis’ by Annelie Gross, MA Fashion Artefact, London College of Fashion, UAL Photograph by Jon Emmony for SHOWstudio. Community Resilience
Using art and design to support communities in understanding how to develop innovative and sustainable solutions to the issues they face, through co-design, co-creation, socially responsive practices and social entrepreneurship.
Standards and ethics
At UAL ensure that our research is conducted according to appropriate ethical standards. Find out more about our Research standards and ethics.
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