Research & Knowledge Exchange

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Research and Knowledge Exchange are vital to realising our vision of being the leading institution at the nexus of creativity and technology.

Working at the forefront of the areas in which we teach, our researchers are committed to collaborating across disciplinary boundaries, and in partnership with industry, government, and the communities we serve, to address the key challenges of our age.

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Centre for Blended Realities

Utilising shared technologies, the Centre for Blended Realities fosters excellence in collaborative ...

Centre for Heritage, Culture & Society

The Centre for Heritage, Culture & Society addresses people’s relationships with past, present...

Centre for Arts & Health

Through collaborative, arts based participatory research, the Centre for Arts & Health at Falmou...

Centre for Pedagogy Futures

The Centre for Pedagogy Futures is a space to explore, imagine, challenge and critique pedagogy for ...

Research Degrees

Undertake an impactful research degree in cutting-edge facilities.

Find out how you can apply for a Research Degree at Falmouth, acquire funding if you are eligible, explore our Doctoral Project Briefs and discover current members of our thriving Researcher Community.

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Academy of Music & Theatre Arts: Research

We are performers, composers, producers, and creative technologists who cultivate critical thinking ...

Cornwall Business School: Research

Cornwall Business School will work in rural creative economies and national/international communitie...

Falmouth School of Art: Research

The Falmouth School of Art, within the Faculty of Creative Arts & Communication, hosts dynamic i...

Fashion & Textiles Institute: Research

With a focus on the material culture of dress and textiles, the diversity of dress practices and the...

Games Academy: Research

We unite disciplines and leverage technology to explore new modes of creative design and innovation....

School of Architecture, Design & Interiors: Research

The School of Architecture, Design, and Interiors aspires to lead in practice-based design innovatio...

School of Film & Television: Research

The School of Film & Television at Falmouth University has a collaborative, collegiate and compa...

The Institute of Photography: Research

The Institute of Photography, within the Faculty of Creative Arts & Communication, is a centre o...

The School of Communication: Research

The School of Communication, within the Faculty of Creative Arts & Communication, hosts dynamic ...

Outstanding result in Research Excellence Framework 2021

100% of Falmouth University’s research impact case studies and 63.4% of its research outputs have been rated as being world-leading or internationally excellent (4 and 3) in the Research Excellence Framework 2021 (REF2021).

Research & Knowledge Exchange Projects

Our research cross disciplinary boundaries and tackle the challenges of our age, aligned to our rese...

Knowledge Exchange

Here at Falmouth we champion Knowledge Exchange: the sharing of ideas, skills, expertise and physica...

Research & Knowledge Exchange Leadership & Support

Our leadership team is a collaborative community crossing disciplinary boundaries.

Research Degrees

Falmouth offers both theoretical and practice-based research programmes leading to a PhD or MPhil....

Research & Knowledge Exchange Governance

Falmouth University is committed to upholding the highest standard of research excellence.

Research & Knowledge Exchange Funding

Find out how to contact our funding team and explore our wide ranging portfolio of research projects...

Research Support

We recognise the importance of attracting, nurturing and supporting research talent.

Research Facilities

Falmouth has made a significant investment in research facilities and infrastructure.

The Creative Industries Repository

Here you'll find creative industries data, commissioned reports, consultation findings and strategic...

Sustainability at Falmouth

As an educational institution we're committed to operating in ways that are environmentally consciou...

Falmouth’s Film lecturers feature at Cornwall’s first Folk Horror Film Festival

Falmouth’s Sound/Image Cinema Lab is partnering with The Lost Gardens of Heligan to bring to life their first Folk Horror Film Festival.Ta...

14 November 2025

Falmouth University’s Sound/Image Cinema Lab (S/ICL) and Creative Writing BA(Hons) lecturer, Craig...

16 October 2025

As Rose of Nevada, which had more than 30 film students performing key roles on its production, scre...

02 October 2025

When Falmouth University launched its Games Academy in 2015, it did so with a bold premise: that gam...

04 September 2025

Critics praise 'Rose of Nevada' for its bold aesthetic and powerful storytelling.

George MacKay and Callum Turner on the set of Rose of Nevada . © Ian Kingsnorth

29 July 2025

'Rose of Nevada' will make its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival, screening in the Orizzont...

29 May 2025

Researchers from Falmouth University and the University of Exeter are working together on ‘Perspec...

George MacKay and Callum Turner on the set of Rose of Nevada . © Ian Kingsnorth

06 May 2025

Here’s a look at some of this year’s standout student-supported releases.

21 March 2025

Students from across Falmouth’s School of Film & Television, Fashion & Textiles Institute, and Gam...

31 October 2024

As a creative person, specifically, a filmmaker who aligns herself with artistic and experimental mo...

18 October 2024

As part of a year-long research project Liveness, Location and Immersion in Audiovisual Performance ...

15 October 2024

Joel Ferguson and Lucy Cokes have had their online lectures published on free reading platform LEO w...

19 September 2024

The Severed Sun, the debut feature film from director and Falmouth University lecturer, Dean Puckett...

01 February 2024

Find out how you can participate in the Nurture-U research trials.

31 January 2024

Head of Business & Experience Design, Adrian Bossey, shares some key thoughts about how festivals ca...

16 January 2024

Falmouth University has received £7m Expanding Excellence in England (E3) Research England funding...

21 December 2023

'Re:voice', a show directed by senior lecturer Agnieszka Blonska, has been shortlisted for the Corn...

Still from Mark Jenkin's Enys Men

19 December 2023

Mark Jenkin's 'Enys Men' lands fourth place in Rolling Stone's '10 Best Horror Movies of 2023' list.

Still from Mark Jenkin's Enys Men

19 December 2023

Mark Jenkin's 'Enys Men' lands fourth place in Rolling Stone's '10 Best Horror Movies of 2023' list.

06 December 2023

Falmouth University joins Exeter University, Plymouth University and Cornwall Council in £5m resear...

16 November 2023

Dr Anna Misiak has just published the twelfth issue of 'MAI Feminism & Visual Culture' (MAI), an onl...

10 October 2023

In recognition of World Mental Health Day 2023, young participants of ATTUNE have released a video h...

Photo credit: Jake Cunliffe, Television BA(Hons) graduate

17 August 2023

Falmouth University’s emerging filmmakers have enjoyed the chance to develop their technical and p...

05 June 2023

In May 2023, the Live Audience Accessibility & Augmentation knowledge exchange project hosted a seri...

Tristan and Yseult at Restormel Castle, 2003 by Steve Tanner

19 May 2023

Falmouth University awarded £850,000 research funding for immersive archives project, capturing Cor...

11 May 2023

‘Mapping Emergence’ is the pilot project of the newly reimagined FX Creative Exchange programme....

28 March 2023

Academics in augmented reality at Falmouth University are collaborating with Tremenheere Sculpture G...

22 March 2023

Two Falmouth graduates are heading up the production team behind 'King Henry'.

21 February 2023

The Falmouth community was rooting for the team behind short animation Middle Watch during Sunday’...

05 January 2023

ENYS MEN, Mark Jenkin's highly anticipated follow-up to the BAFTA-winning BAIT, will be hitting UK c...

08 December 2022

Falmouth University film teaching and research project Sound/Image Cinema Lab has been awarded bronz...

05 October 2022

Enys Men, the latest feature film to be written and directed by Falmouth University’s Distinguishe...

25 August 2022

Long Way Back, the third feature film to be written and directed by Falmouth University Associate Le...

12 August 2022

This piece was written by Tom Hull, a researcher at Falmouth University. He is a specialist in wild ...

Mark Jenkin filming on location for Enys Men

20 May 2022

Enys Men, the latest feature film to be written and directed by Falmouth University’s Distinguishe...

12 May 2022

100% of Falmouth University’s research impact case studies and 63% of its research outputs have be...

07 April 2022

Researchers from The Connected Health Care team presented at the Digital Health REWIRED Conference i...

22 March 2022

The award-winning short film Backwoods, which was developed by Falmouth’s Sound/Image Cinema lab, ...

22 March 2022

Dr Lee Miller will join Falmouth University as Head of Postgraduate Research and Associate Professor...

04 March 2022

Chinese-Cornish collaboration will see regional garden attractions working together with researchers...

21 January 2022

The Sound/Image Cinema Lab has added a new film to its portfolio. Students and staff have collaborat...

21 January 2022

Professor Minhua Eunice Ma, Provost of Falmouth University, spoke to Dr Daisy Fancourt and Professor...

12 November 2021

The Connected Health Care research project is calling on unpaid carers to come forward and participa...

09 November 2021

Falmouth’s Sound/Image Cinema Lab gave students the chance to work in key production roles for new...

29 September 2021

On Tuesday 21 September, Falmouth University hosted Reporting Earth, an online journalism summit&nbs...

27 September 2021

The South West Creative Technology Network (SWCTN) will present a new report at an online event on 2...

09 July 2021

A start-up from Falmouth University’s venture studio, Launchpad, has received an offer o...

28 June 2021

Academic researchers from Oxford University have teamed up with Falmouth University to deliver ATTUN...

11 June 2021

With Carers Week 2021 underway, Falmouth University’s ground-breaking project&nbs...

05 May 2021

Professor Tanya Krzywinska and a team of developers from the Games Academy, including Tim Phillips, ...

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