Research Centres

Learn more about the research centres working on digital creative and heritage at The University of Manchester.

Centre for Digital Development

Centre for Digital Development

The Centre for Digital Development is a multidisciplinary centre researching the role of digital information and communication technologies and digital data in global development.
Creative Manchester

Creative Manchester

Established in 2018, Creative Manchester is developing fast, connecting The University of Manchester, and its cultural institutions to the creative and cultural economy.
Sustainable Consumption Institute

Sustainable Consumption Institute

SCI seeks to advance an understanding of the social practices of production and consumption and the way they shape the sustainable provision of needs.
Policy@Manchester

Policy@Manchester

Policy@Manchester aims to impact lives globally, nationally and locally through influencing and challenging policymakers with robust research-informed evidence and ideas.
Digital Humanities

Digital Humanities

With one of the largest concentrations of humanities scholars in the UK, UoM is harnessing cutting-edge digital methodologies and tools to address new research challenges.
Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute

Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute

The HCRI is a leading global centre for the study of humanitarianism and conflict response, global health, international disaster management and peacebuilding.
Institute for Cultural Practices

Institute for Cultural Practices

A platform for innovative research and professional development which engages with cultural and heritage producers and organisations in Greater Manchester and beyond
Multilingual Manchester

Multilingual Manchester

Multilingual Manchester promotes awareness of language diversity in the city-region and beyond.
NOVARS

NOVARS

The NOVARS research centre specialises in the areas of Interactive Music and Media, audification, electroacoustic composition, game-audio, and locative-audio.
Manchester Centre for Correspondence Studies

Manchester Centre for Correspondence Studies

The Manchester Centre for Correspondence Studies (MCCS) was founded in 2019, following two successful years of the Lives and Afterlives of Letters Network.