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Close up shot of green plants with plastic around them
Installation with flowers by Weiye Wang, 2019 MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Arts, UAL | Photograph: David Poultney

Our academics play a prominent role in the UK's creative culture, with research that enhances public understanding of major issues and benefits the creative and cultural industries.

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Research with us

  • Creative Process with Adrienne Bennie
    Creative Process with Adrienne Bennie, PhD Research Student. Image courtesy of UAL

    Doctoral School

    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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    Tori Bilello and Paul Stouffer, Postgraduate Show 2024, MA Global Collaborative Design Practice, Camberwell College of Arts, UAL | Photograph: Orlando Myxx

    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., 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.

Research stories

  • An interactive experience brings the research behind Governance for Tomorrow to life at the Barbican Conservatory. Photography by Aleks Faust.

    Governance for Tomorrow: rethinking how luxury fashion makes decisions

    Centre for Sustainable Fashion and Kering brought Governance for Tomorrow to the Barbican, transforming 18 months of research into an immersive experience exploring new approaches to decision-making in luxury fashion.

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    Listening and Sounding Tambay 

    In July 2026, CRiSAP Members and PhD students continued a yearlong collaboration with researchers from the University of the Philippines, University of Hong Kong and The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

  • UAL Doctoral School , Photograph: CRiSAP

    Climate, Health, Law and Sound

    During the 2025/26 academic year, Professor Salomé Voegelin and Dr Mark Peter Wright organised research events in Berlin (TU) and London (UAL) exploring the connected challenges of climate, health, law and sound.

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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.