First Oxford-Uppsala Culture & Creativity Research Cluster
TORCH (The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities) at the University of Oxford and the CIRCUS (Centre for Integrated Research on Culture and Society) at Uppsala University in Sweden are delighted to announce the first Oxford-Uppsala Culture & Creativity Research Cluster.
Christine Gerrard, Director of TORCH. Photo: Katie Brown.
The Cluster brings together 10 researchers from both organisations to explore and develop interdisciplinary collaborative projects across both countries.
- We are excited to begin this first step in our partnership with CIRCUS. The Cluster will be a place of creativity and experimentation, where researchers with complementary skills and expertise will come together to share best practice and develop innovative projects, says Professor Christine Gerrard, chef för TORCH.
Professor Claes-Fredrik Helgesson, Research Director of CIRCUS, Photo: Mikael Wallerstedt.
- I expect that this initiative will provide ample opportunities for researchers at Oxford and Uppsala to explore shared interests and lay foundations for new innovative projects, says Professor Claes-Fredrik Helgesson, Research Director of CIRCUS.
- We at CIRCUS have in our endeavours to facilitate research collaborations for a long time benefited hugely from our conversations with TORCH. I’m extremely pleased that we now are taking this to the next level by together offering a concrete platform for the researchers from our two universities to meet and explore opportunities for further collaborations.
Facts
The Oxford researchers
- Professor Kathryn Eccles, Oxford Internet Institute: The storytelling of digitising 3D objects and AI as a narrator
- Dr Robert Laidlow, Faculty of Music: Innovation in electric music technology
- Professor Matthew Reynolds, Faculty of English: Translation: narrative, play and performance
- Professor Kirsten Shepherd-Barr, Faculty of English: Scandinavian literature & theatre and the intersection with climate change
- Professor Wes Williams, Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages: Monstrous Anatomies: science and/as performance
Forskare från Uppsala universitet
- Associate Professor Sarah Lynne Bowman, Department of Game Design: Developing skills in personal and social transformation internationally through live action role-playing games
- Associate Professor Lina Eklund, Department of Informatics and Media: Using speculative design to explore alternative human-AI futures in the domain of AI-driven reproductive health technology
- Associate Professor Eva-Charlotta Mebius, Department of Art History: Anglo-Swedish artistic exchanges 1890-1945
- Associate Professor Cecilia Rodéhn, Centre for Gender Research: Performing Heritage: psychiatric hospitals and the remembrance of mad people
- Associate Professor Claes Thorén, Department of Informatics and Media: Creativity and curation in electronic music technology