Articulating Practice-based and Practice-led Research

Where: Room 349, Senate House, Malet St, London WC1E 7HU

When: 10.00 – 17.00, Thursday, 29th January 2026 to 9.30 – 16.30, Friday 30th January 2026

Practice-based and practice-led research has become an increasingly significant

component of the Arts and Humanities, focused by the emphasis on creative

disciplines and partnerships within the AHRC’s doctoral training consortia. While

this has enriched the creative component of the Humanities and served to expand

academic horizons, it also poses some challenges. Where does this kind of work stand

in relation to established scholarly criteria for research, when it comes to examination,

publishing, or evaluation by research funders? How can the creative-critical hybrid of

practice-based and practice-led research best be accommodated in these frameworks,

and what is required for this work to flourish and succeed in academia?

This interactive workshop is designed to help doctoral students working on

practice-based and practice-led projects to understand the criteria for research applied

by UKRI and others, to stimulate discussion of the challenges involved, and provide

constructive exercises to help define, articulate and present the research dimension of

their work, developing vital skills for writing up and dissemination

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