Welcome to the Centre for Advanced Studies
The Centre for Advanced Studies (CAS) was established in January 2010 to provide a centre of international excellence in the Arts and Social Sciences.
The key ambitions for CAS are to:
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enhance the research culture within the Faculties of Arts and Social Sciences
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provide leadership on Grand Challenges and strategic themes
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promote interdisciplinarity and serve as a bridge between researchers inside and outside the Faculties
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drive forward the internationalisation of the research environment (including collaborations with overseas campuses)
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aid the adoption of research-led knowledge transfer and widen the potential impact of research
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enable post-graduates and early career researchers to engage in the Faculties’ research culture
To this end, CAS champions key research clusters and partnerships within its annual programme of activities to help build research capacity. CAS also supports emerging research areas at Nottingham.
Current active research clusters include:
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Children and Childhood Health Humanities
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Towards Pervasive Media
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Free and Unfree Labour
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Digital Humanities (incorporating archive to digital asset and infinite archives)
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Cultures of work and welfare
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Creative Sector Engagement
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Regional Heritage and the Enlightenment
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Silk Road Studies: material culture, cities and traditions of travel and tourism
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Natural Hazards
Emerging areas of interest include:
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Aesthetics
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Human Communication
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Human/Machine (Science and Culture)
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Pervasive Image
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Space/Place
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Sustainability
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Wellbeing
CAS offers a number of funding opportunities to support the growth of new research activities and can also offer the services of its established Research and Business Development staff and Funding Office to help the development of research projects.
These web pages offer an introduction to CAS and our research development and support services (formerly offered by the Humanities and Social Sciences Research Centre). If you do not find the information you are looking for please email our administrator Allison Pearson or call her on 0115 95 14838.
Events
- Date
- 15/02/2012 - 28/03/2012
- Location:
- Humanities Building, Room A22, University Park unless otherwise specified
- Description
- NIRVC Research Seminars, Programme for Spring 2012
Latest News
- Description
- Successes in the AHRC Fellowships scheme a great start to the New Year
- Date:
- 11/01/2012
- Description
- The Big Lottery Fund (BIG) has awarded a five-year Evaluation and Learning contract to a consortium including University of Nottingham academics. The award is made under the Improving Futures programme, that aims to improve outcomes for children growing up within families facing difficult circumstances.
- Date:
- 05/01/2012
- Description
- 'Picturing Politics – Exploring the Political Poster in Britain'; an exhibition curated by AHRC-funded researcher Chris Burgess from the School of Politics.
- Date:
- 14/11/2011