USW’s Creative Industries Research Unit: Music, Performance and
Media is based in central Cardiff, the UK’s largest centre for screen
production outside London. Our outputs are varied from award-wining
feature-length documentary films and photographic exhibitions to major
cultural monographs analysing creative texts and cultural processes. Our
research is collaborative and multi-disciplinary by nature reflecting
the reality of creative production in the creative industries.
The Unit generates high-quality research with impact that is internationally-recognised and locally valued. Many of our projects are funded through either external research grants or arts awards. Our thriving research community supports researchers across career stages, including PhD students, Research Assistants, Early Career Researchers and Visiting Professors.
Senior researchers in the Unit act as Directors of major Research Centres at USW, including the Centre for Media and Culture in Small Nations, the European Centre for Documentary Research, and the George Ewart Evans Centre for Storytelling.