Network is a hub for all of Queen Mary University of London’s research in the creative economy and it operates across three interrelated aims:
Digital platforms for craft was an 20-month project that aimed to map out the use, features and potential of digital platforms in craft sectors in the UK and China. It was funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council in the UK and supported by the Crafts Council, and was a partnership between researchers at […]
Network Centre has brokered a small knowledge exchange project between QMUL Reader in Management Practice / Deputy Director of Education, Patrick McGurk, and local Hackney based enterprise, Echo (economyofhours.com) to analyse the social value of its project, The Match. Echo is a network which connects community projects, many of them within the creative industries, and […]
Network Centre has brokered a small knowledge exchange project between researcher Jessica Jacobs and 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning in Brixton. Brixton has undergone rapid regeneration, redevelopment and gentrification since the 1981 Brixton riots. Many of the impacts of this for local, long-term residents are controversial. Building on previous work with Brixton Housing Co-op and […]
Network recognises the potential for research and consultancy activities to support the proposed development of the Thames Estuary Production Corridor. The Director of Network recently contributed to an FE and HE Workshop exploring the case for investment and the opportunities to HE and FE to contribute their expertise and facilities.
Network Working Papers Series is designed to disseminate the range of research being done by QMUL researchers and also by our partners, on, with, and for, the creative economy. We anticipate that these papers will focus on emerging research findings and on work-in-progress. They will be peer-reviewed and made available via the QMUL Institutional Repository as well […]
Creative Hubs and Urban Development Goals (UK/Brazil) was developed by researchers from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and Universidade de São Paulo (USP), building upon the methods used by QMUL researchers on the four-year project Creativeworks London, funded by the AHRC.