Doctoral research Archives - The CCRI Impact Blog

20 years of practice-led PhDs in art, design and media

02/06/2023

Sketch of prosthetic hand design by Dr Graham Whiteley (2000)

Our long history of practice-led PhDs in art, design and media goes back to the earliest days of the ADMRC over 20 years ago. More than 40 students have completed PhD projects, many of whom now have well established international careers as artists, designers, craft practitioners, researchers and educators. The first practice-led design PhD at Sheffield Hallam University was awarded […]

‘Internment during the First World War. The Global German Experience’ Exhibition launched on 26th April 2023

11/05/2023

A recording of the presentations from the exhibition is now available as a German Historical Institute London (GHIL) podcast here. The exhibition ‘Behind the Wire and Virtual Reality Experience’ will be shown in the German Historical Institute London until 30 June 2023. For further details please click here. For information about the ‘What WW1 civilian internment can teach […]

CCRI Seminar Series – ‘Workshopping Otherwise: Decolonisation, Alternative Realities, and the Design School’ with Layla Gharib (CCRI PhD Candidate based in the ADMRC/Art & Design)

10/05/2023

Please join us on Wednesday 17 May between 1300-1400 for our next CCRI-wide seminar as part of the Culture & Creativity Research Institute Seminar Series, where we will be hearing from CCRI PhD Candidate based in the ADMRC/Art & Design Layla Gharib. Workshopping Otherwise: Decolonisation, Alternative Realities, and the Design School This talk will explore speculative workshopping as a world-building research method […]

PhD Scholarship opportunities in CCRI

26/04/2023

Applications are invited for PhD scholarships based in the Culture & Creativity Research Institute (CCRI). Applications are currently open for collaborative PhD project studentships; GTA Scholarships for UK Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates; and Sheffield Hallam PhD Scholarship for Black British researchers. See the full details in the programme pages listed below, which includes information about the different schemes […]

Design For Health Vol 7 issue 1, April 2023

18/04/2023

Pull together In his editorial, Pull Together, Paul Atkinson reflects on recent humanitarian disasters, crises, conflict and economic recession, and notes how people from a wide range of backgrounds and different walks of life are coming together to try and help. He believes this shows there is potential for design for healthcare practitioners and researchers to work with others to make […]

JUSTHEAT Summer Research Internship

14/04/2023

JUSTHEAT’s UK team are recruiting for a paid internship at Sheffield Hallam University to support JUSTHEAT. The project (6 week full-time or 12 week part-time) will deliver a visual analysis of post-war media campaigns that promoted heating systems / transition. Justheat: Looking backwards to move forwards is a three-year interdisciplinary, pan-European project to explore how major changes to home heating […]

Wendy Ward Researcher Blog: A Fashion For Keeping

14/04/2023

A photo showing a section of a used shirt with comments handwritten written on in sharpie pen. The words visible include cosy, versatile, snuggly, unique, and 'my grandad's jacket'.

CCRI PhD candidate Wendy Ward has recently had two opportunities to engage the public with her developing early PhD work around clothing longevity. She shares them with us here. About the Author Wendy Ward is a PhD candidate at Sheffield Hallam University in Art & Design researching sustainability in fashion through the lens of people’s relationships with their clothes, and […]

Cathy Soreny blog post: The Stories Beyond Words project

02/04/2023

PhD student Cathy Soreny was recently invited to write a blog post ‘The Stories Beyond Words project: creatively reworking and reclaiming time’ for Redefining Stammering (a website run by activist and clinicians in the field of stammering and dysfluency pride). Cathy’s doctoral research project ‘Stories Beyond Words’ brings together people with communication impairments to explore voice and radical self-representation, co-creating […]

CCRI Seminar Series – ‘Logo supporting/informing/as research’ with Graham Nesbitt (Lab4Living, CCRI PhD Candidate)

27/02/2023

Please join us on Wednesday 01 March 2023 for our next CCRI-wide seminar as part of the Culture & Creativity Research Institute Seminar Series, where we will be hearing from Lab4Living‘s Graham Nesbitt. Logo supporting/informing/as research Branding activity surrounds us all in many forms, on multiple platforms, and any/all mediums. Marketing, advertising, products, packaging, and points of sale are just some of the […]

About Home: pop-up exhibition by PhD students Marney Walker and Jackie Leaver

23/02/2023

Lab4Living postgraduate students Marney Walker and Jackie Leaver present work in progress from their ongoing PhD design projects at a pop-up exhibition in Sheffield City Centre next week. Marney and Jackie will be sharing some of their research findings, and there will be a chance for visitors to interact with objects found in the house and reflect on their own […]

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