Ethnography as an approach for understanding parliament Ethnography as an approach for understanding parliament and transforming working practices in the House of Commons.
Stroke by Stroke: Calligraphic imagination in contemporary Chinese art and emergent media This AHRC-funded research explores a distinct pattern of imagination: Chinese calligraphy in the transmedia context.
The Hatha Yoga Project: Ancient practices for modern wellbeing Transforming the teaching of both the history and practice of yoga in universities, schools and yoga studios in Europe and the United States.
Leverhulme Research Leadership Award: Mapping Sumatra’s manuscript cultures This project’s interdisciplinary team investigates manuscript libraries from the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the first landing point, geographically and historically, of Islam in South East Asia, to better understand the intellectual and writing traditions of the region.
Doing Intimacy: A multi-sited ethnography of modern Chinese family life A closer, fresher, critical look at the Chinese family dynamics as they are lived.
The industrialization of freshness This project explores the “industrialization of freshness” and how high-value agriculture can drive structural transformation. It has informed policy, publications, and initiatives like the DLD Future Leaders Programme.
Curatorial training to preserve history, art and culture Scholars within the School of Arts helped deliver a bespoke programme, Curatorial Studio: from theory to practice in museum studies, to build capacity by equipping the next generation with a range of critical, theoretical, and practical approaches to curating in museums and galleries.