Research & Knowledge Exchange Projects

World-leading research with real-word impact
Researching for, in and through the arts and technology, we are committed to responding to the needs of Cornwall and the communities we serve, but the impact of our work has global reach. Our research crosses disciplinary boundaries and tackles the challenges of our age.

Dress Devolution 3
The conference is supported by the Fashion and Textiles Institute at Falmouth University and will ta...

Ecover: Laundry Research
Lead:
Lucy Cokes
Ecover commissioned advertising academics to carry out research to inform a campaign to tackle over ...

Entrepreneurial Futures
Lead:
Professor Lee Miller
Nurturing, embedding and accelerating an entrepreneurial culture in Cornwall and the Isles of ...

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
Lead:
Dr Lucy Frears FHEA
This report emphasises the ethical reasons and significant benefits of more diversity in leadership ...

Family Tree
Family Tree is a solo performance and exploration of multi-heritage experiences across four generati...

Fog of Sex (Stories from the frontline of student sex work)
Fog of Sex (Stories from the frontline of student sex work) is a 60-minute drama documentary which w...

Folk Horror in the 21st Century
Lead:
Professor Ruth Heholt
Culminating in a two-day conference in 2019, Folk Horror in the 21st Century explored all aspects of...

Haunted Modernities, Present Pasts and Spectral Futures
Lead:
Professor Ruth Heholt
Hosted by Falmouth University, and co-sponsored by Northeastern University, the Haunted Modernities ...

Havens: Stories and Portraits from NHS Lothian
Lead:
Lottie Davies
In a time of reduced public confidence in NHS provision, how does workplace infrastructure and break...

Immersive Business
Lead:
Professor Tanya Krzywinska
Immersive Business sought to help SMEs in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly introduce innovative, imm...

INTANGIBLE
Lead:
Dr Laura Hodsdon
Understanding the socio-cultural dimensions of island population change in Scotland, England, Canada...

Jewish Heritage and Lived Experience in Cornwall
Lead:
Dr Carolyn Shapiro
Cornwall’s hidden Jewish heritage peaks through like a palimpsest. Falmouth University students en...

Landscape Stories
This project began with the Falmouth University-National Trust (2020) Landscape Research Group pilot...

Learning & Teaching
Empowering our students with knowledge and skills to make a positive impact, through applying creati...

Leisure Studies Association Annual Conference 2022
Falmouth University is delighted to be collaborating with the Leisure Studies Association to deliver...

Live Audience Accessibility & Augmentation (‘LAAA’) Projects
Lead:
Adrian Bossey
The LAAA project aimed to evaluate audience experiences of engaging with authentic ‘live’ music ...

Lobster Grower & Lobster Grower 2
Lead:
Drummond Masterton
Lobster Grower is a consortium led project, working to establish a low-carbon method of rearing lobs...

Locating Tranquillity: New Understandings for Landscape Management
Lead:
Dr Laura Hodsdon
This project is a collaboration between Falmouth’s Centre for Heritage, Culture & Society, Cen...

Mapping Emergence
Lead:
Dr Catarina Fontoura
Mapping Emergence is a creative exchange between art, science, and social insects, our project asks:...

Mixed Reality
Lead:
John Speakman
Using Mixed Reality across geographically distributed spaces to facilitate collaborative virtual env...

MOTH
Lead:
Nicola Salkeld
MOTH is challenge attitudes, conventions and context surrounding death and dying.