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Research hubs & networks

Advancing research that redefines art, media and culture.

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UNSW School of the Arts & Media fosters collaborative research that generates new knowledge and perspectives in art, media and culture. Through dynamic hubs and networks, we advance ideas that shape creative practice and influence global conversations.
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Arts and Health Research Group

The Arts and Health Research Group build capacity in arts and health research, publications, collaborations, and knowledge exchange opportunities, connecting and intersecting with strategic areas within the university and beyond through local, national, and international networks.

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Empirical Musicology Laboratory
Formed in 2004, the Empirical Musicology Group studies emotion and expression in music. We embrace continuous response methods and use experimental designs and statistical techniques.
Rochelle Haley, Dance on a couch by an open window (after Boyd), 2021, acrylic paint, beech timber, canvas, calico, cotton drill, fabric dye, crayon, pastel, ink, charcoal, feather down, magnets, rope, and performance. Costume designer: Leah Giblin. Choreographers/Performers: Angela Goh and Ivey Wawn. Fabricator: Kazu Quill.
Intermedial Composition Network 

The Intermedial Composition Network (2015–) explores the creative practices of leading artists working in all media as a site of experiment, innovation, resilience and imagination.

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Media Futures Hub

Media Futures Hub is a collection of scholars at UNSW researching justice, media and emerging technologies. We explore topics such as community and First Nations media, drones and autonomous systems and more. Our research is interventionist, innovative and fearless. Our aim is not only to analyse our world, but to help build a more just future.

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Literary Provocations Hub

The Literary Provocations Hub is an active network of literary researchers and creative practitioners in the English and Creative Writing programme at UNSW and ADA. We host workshops, public events, and collaborative projects exploring literary language’s power to provoke, resist and reveal.

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Automated Decision Making + Society (ADM+S)

ADM+S unites humanities, social science, and tech expertise to examine how automated decision-making shapes society. SAM researchers add a critical media and cultural lens, probing issues from environmental data stewardship to changing ideas of authenticity in the age of generative AI.