The research community at London College of Communication is made up of world-renowned practitioners and theorists specialising in film, current practices and histories of photography, communication studies, sound arts, graphic and information design, and spatial design.
Our research is supported by collaborations with industry, commerce and the cultural sector, funding from UK research councils, and through international partnerships.
LCC offers a supportive and exciting research environment for graduate researchers with seminars, lectures and events.
In recent years, graduate researchers have curated exhibitions, hosted conferences and produced publications of their work.
Research degrees
Find out about the benefits of studying a research degree at London College of Communication.
Exhibitions
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Student work by Andreea Elle Vas, Nilufar Nuthall & Yicen Liu.
Unfolding Narratives 2025
Unfolding Narratives is the Postgraduate Research work-in-progress exhibition at London College of Communication.
Research hubs and networks
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Babett Kurschner, BA (Hons) Public Relations, photography credit Alys Tomlinson
Branded Content Research Hub
The Branded Content Research Hub (BCRH) explores content that is funded or produced by marketers.
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Comics Research Hub (CoRH)
The Comics Research Hub (CoRH) brings together world-leading academics from across UAL, highlighting the resources the university holds in its archives and providing a context for the wealth of ongoing comics research.
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Conscientious Communicators Research Hub
Conscientious Communicators Research Hub
Conscientious Communicators is a cross-disciplinary community established to develop practice-based research around environmental and social creativity.
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Design Activism Research Hub (DARH)
Design Activism Research Hub is concerned with the visual and material culture practices and artefacts of social movements and other formations of resistance and agitation.
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Image credit Divya Sharma
Digital Cultures and Economies Research Hub
The Digital Cultures and Economies Research Hub explores digital media and communications in contemporary cultures and economies.
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Experimental Pedagogies Research Group (EPRG)
The Experimental Pedagogies Research Group (EPRG) was set up on the 14th July 2020 in response to a growing demand from various staff and doctoral students at UAL for a place where theoretical and practical ideas of experimentation in creative educational contexts could be explored.
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Image courtesy of UAL
Graphic Subcultures Research Hub
The group aims to investigate graphic communication strategies used by self-identifying subcultural groups, often centred around music, fashion and lifestyle interests, to promote their stylistic, philosophical and ideological positions.
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Logo design by Emma Vukman, London College of Communication, UAL.
Innovations in Publishing Research Hub
The Innovations in Publishing Research Hub (IPRH) develops knowledge and new understanding of current developments and opportunities for change specifically applied to activities of the publishing industry.
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Media School, LCC
Photograph: Ana EscoabrPhotography and the Archive
View the research outputs produced by PARC, the former Photography and the Archive Research Centre.
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Image courtesy of UAL
Photography and the Contemporary Imaginary
The research hub at LCC brings together practitioners and theorists to explore and promote photography as a mode of imaginary thought and its relation to a collective imaginary.
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Sonic Screen Lab
The Sonic Screen Lab (SSL) is an interdisciplinary research hub and creative playground that interrogates and innovates with audio-visual storytelling and the links between culture and social change.
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Sound Proof 2 documentation, 2009 by Monica Biagioli
Space and Place
This group explores the experience of urban environments, namely London and Elephant and Castle, to explore place-making processes and interrogate spatial discourse.
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Supra Systems Studio
Supra Systems Studio is a research machine from the Design School at LCC, interrogating and materialising the politics of network technology through design practice.
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Visible Justice. Image © David Birkin
Visible Justice Research Hub
Visible Justice is a transdisciplinary research collective based at University of the Arts London.
Research centres
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Mark Peter Wright – I, The Thing In The Margins, 2015, C-type Deluxe Print, Image courtesy of the artist
CRiSAP
Creative Research into Sound Arts Practice (CRiSAP) aims to develop the emerging disciplinary field of sound arts.
Research stories
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Image credit: Short Wave Collective CRiSAP turns 20: A Sonic Revolution at UAL
With UAL's Creative Research in Sound Arts Practice turning 20, we spoke with Dr Mark Peter Wright, artist, researcher and Director of CRiSAP, to reflect on its past, present and future,
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Student work by Andreea Elle Vas, Nilufar Nuthall & Yicen Liu. Postgraduate Research students share evolving research journeys in Unfolding Narratives 5
LCC is delighted to present the fifth edition of Unfolding Narratives, the annual Postgraduate Research (PGR) exhibition and live programme documenting the ongoing, evolving, and unfolding research journeys of LCC PGR students.
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Mark Peter Wright Dr Mark Peter Wright appointed Director of Creative Research into Sound Arts Practice
Dr Mark Peter Wright, Reader in Critical Sound Practice at London College of Communication, has been appointed as the new Director of Creative Research into Sound Arts Practice (CRiSAP).
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Poster design: Yingwen Wang.
Featured research staff
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Alison Prendiville
Professor of Service Design
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Silvia Grimaldi
Reader in Service Design and Collaborative Futures
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Ramia Mazé
Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability
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Paul Lowe
Reader, London College of Communication
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Jonathan Hardy
Professor of Communications and Media
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Salome Voegelin
Professor of Sound
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Shreepali Patel
Professor of Film and Screen
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Ashwani Sharma
Lecturer, BA (Hons) Film and Screen Studies