Research and innovation
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REF2021 results
100% of our research is world-leading or internationally excellent for impact.
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Homeless Monopoly
A collaborative research project led by Theatre and Performance Studies to understand homelessness
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Italian Producers Project
Producers and production practices in the history of Italian cinema, 1949-1975.
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African Women Playwrights Network
A virtual community of female creative practitioners living in Africa or from the African diaspora.
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Dear River
The Centre for Creative and Cultural Policy Studies' research on the convergence of cultural values, media production and environmental science.
Current and Recent Project and ActivitiesLink opens in a new window
Explore a sample of our research and activities that includes a network of African women creatives, a multidisciplinary study of Coventry, a collaboration with Historic Royal Palaces and dynamic industry-focused events.
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Virtual BookcaseLink opens in a new window
Discover a range of recently published monographs and creative writing from the School of Creative Arts, Performance and Visual Cultures.
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Events & Seminars
Details of upcoming events and Research seminars across the School.
Research News & Funding Opportunities
Open Access for authors - research - University of Warwick Library
Postdoctoral Fellowships | The British Academy
As in previous cycles, RIS will be the first contact point for applications to the BA’s outline stage via linkLink opens in a new window
Information about this year’s process and deadlines are as follows:
Candidates need to check carefully the detailed guidance for the scheme to ensure they are eligible.
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Eligibility
- Applicants must be either a UK/EEA national or have completed a doctorate at a UK university. Alternatively, applicants may be accepted if they can demonstrate a ‘strong prior association’ with the UK academic community. If you are unsure about your eligibility, please check the scheme notes Link opens in a new windowcarefully.
- Applicants must be within three years of the award of a doctorate (i.e. with a viva between 1 April 2022 and 1 April 2025). Exemptions from this criterion may be granted for extenuating circumstances.
- Those with a permanent academic post are ineligible to apply.
- Applicants may apply only once in the three years they are eligible. Previously unsuccessful applicants will be able to submit another application only if specifically invited to do so by the British Academy.
Deadlines
- July 3 – British Academy opens Postdoctoral Fellowship call
- July 3 – Advert submitted to jobs.ac.uk by RIS; publication within 2 days, as per their information
- Aug 28 – Advert closes on jobs.ac.uk
- Aug 30 – Submissions distributed to departments by RIS
- Sep 11 – Deadline for departments to confirm with RIS which applicants, if any, are to be supported
- Oct 2 – Call closes at 4pm
Candidates must submit via jobs.ac.uk advert, but must have contacted a mentor in advance and had them agree to work with them, or they will not be considered by SCAPVC.
Internal process:
- A short description of their proposed project (maximum 2 A4 pages)
- A copy of their CV (maximum 2 A4 pages)
- The name of their proposed mentor at the University of Warwick
- The name of their referee (please note that referees will not need to provide a statement for the internal selection round).
International Research Checklist (warwick.ac.uk)
Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships: please contact mentors in the first instance to see if they can support your application, and help you develop it.
Internal deadline for expressions of interest will be 5pm on Thursday 30 Nov, and prospective candidates are asked to submit the following:
- A 2 page description of their proposed project
- A 2 page CV
- The name of a proposed mentor in the host School or Department
- The names of three proposed referees
Prospective applicants will be notified whether or not they have been shortlisted before Christmas closure. Warwick will then work with candidates to strengthen their final application due on 22 February 2024, with Decisions: May 2024
Criteria Leverhulme
Originality – the research achieves more than the incremental development of a single discipline |
Importance – the work will enable further research or enquiry |
Significance – the proposed research has relevance outside a single field, and is able to excite those working in other disciplines |
Merit – the quality of the research design and methodology, and the suitability of the researchers and institution for the realisation of the proposed research objectives |
5. The candidate needs to clearly outline
- Their research question/s, aims and objectives,
- their outputs in detail (not just ‘a written piece’ or performance),
- against clear time markers over the 3 years of FT funding,
- a clear methodology,
- state any specific support they’d need beyond Leverhulme requirements of their own computer with which they can work from home, a dedicated desk and/or laboratory space,
- with whom they will work and why Warwick ais the ideal context for this work.
M4C PhD scholarship portal opens 16th October 2023 and will close on the 10th January 2024 UK time 12:00 noon, with an internal deadline tbc.
If interested in Theatre & Performance supervision, please contact Dr Bryony White,
Apps for Collaborative Doctoral Award M4C PhD fully-funded, starting in October 2024 on theme: Theatre and the Aristocracy: Passion, Patronage, Power and Politics, 1771-1893.
The doctoral position has grown out of a collaboration between the Bedford Estates (including Woburn Abbey) and the School of Creative Arts, Performance and Visual Cultures. The project overview is purposefully broad, so that potential candidates can define their own interests within it. It has the potential to appeal to candidates from a number of disciplines.
For more information please contact Dr David Coates: D.J.Coates@warwick.ac.uk.
Impact and Public Engagement
We strive to generate impactful research that reaches wide audiences. This approach to research is rooted in collaborations, networks and partnerships with communities, creative practitioners, the creative industries and key cultural organisations and institutions regionally, nationally and internationally. Please see here for examples of recent projects.
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Staff Research Interests
You can gain an insight into the many research interests of our staff team here.
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Several members of SCAPVC have produced short videos on their research taking in topics including literary translation, loneliness, freelance workers in the creative sector and the relationship between the media and climate change.
Read more on Faculty of Arts at HomeCoventry City of Culture
SCAPVC projects in 2020-22:
- Dr. Heidi Ashton's Urban Village
- Watch the Urban Village Film on YoutubeLink opens in a new window
- Read more about The digital scrapbook exhibition
- Read how Urban Village was adapted due to CovidLink opens in a new window
- Professor Jo Garde-Hansen & Jo Gane's Hidden River project
- Professor Nadine Holdsworth's Homeless project
- Dr Vishalakshi Roy's Coventry made me