Our Theatre research is both practical and theoretical, and we strongly believe that these two elements ideally co-exist creatively and rigorously to generate new knowledge that simultaneously examines the text and the stage, context and embodied interpretation.

Fine Art research means innovation and engagement, on a national and international stage. Recently completed projects engage with diverse digital and analogue technologies, craft processes, drawing research and history from all many different chronological periods.

We are committed to understanding and progressing textile design research and practice through both practice-led and theoretical approaches, particularly within collaborative and interdisciplinary working contexts.

The focus is on what drawing does, rather than what drawing is. Our core aim is to continue to facilitate an internationally recognised collaborative and supportive space for the generation and dissemination of drawing research.

We have been involved in over 25 projects of various sizes, ranging from a few thousand pounds to over a million pounds in value, funded by organisations as diverse as AHRC, NERC, ESRC, MRC, EPSRC, the British Academy and the European Commission.

We aim to achieve balanced social, environmental and economic development by embedding ethical decision-making in inclusive and sustainable design practice. Our research into Responsible Design brings world-leading expertise to the development of theory and practice.

The Digital Design and Fabrication (DDF) Lab has a strong focus on advanced 3D technologies including 3D scanning, Computer-Aided Design, 3D Printing, Additive Manufacturing and Hybrid-Additive Manufacturing as well as exploring other digital fabrication processes.

We are a collective of researchers across design and creative arts who are concerned with the design of future ways of living. From homes, workplaces, public places and spaces, we work in trans-disciplinary ways across a wide range of domains including health and wellbeing, mobility, and energy.

Graphic design research at Loughborough is driven by a group of international scholars who explore the ways graphic images and graphic systems function across a broad spectrum of communication contexts in the twenty-first century.

Excellence in the creative practice of graphic, industrial/product and textile design is embedded in the culture of our School. This extends to externally funded research projects in which the distinctive nature of creative design practice is employed in data collection and dissemination to increase understanding, effectiveness and address global challenges.

The Environmental Ergonomics Research Centre has two main focus areas. The first is the interaction of people with their physical environment with respect to heat, cold, thermal comfort, clothing, work, and performance. The second focus area is healthcare ergonomics, covering a wide range of topics related to the healthcare system, patient safety and quality care.

We strive to improve safety of transport users through research expertise in human factors, engineering, psychology, medicine and health sciences, education and social science. As a University Centre of Excellence, the Transport Safety Research Centre (TSRC) is recognised for its research quality and impact.

We specialise in research, design and evaluation of physical product interactions with people. Since the early 2000s we have pioneered research into product design and the optimisation of products to accommodate the size, shape, needs and desires of people.

We address the interactions between people, products, technologies, services, procedures, policies and culture which, when combined, form complex socio-technical systems. We regularly work with industrial partners across a wide range of sectors including the nuclear industry, construction, the NHS, the food industry, transportation and other safety critical industries.