Develop, manufacture and brand a new range of products within the luxury high-end fashion accessories market Feb 19, 2018 - Feb 18, 2020
To develop, manufacture and brand a new range of products within the luxury high-end fashion accessories market. The project will utilise the company’s heritage, existing expertise within manufacture and their unique industrial range of products.

Cultural leadership and the role of the artist Oct 1, 2015 - Oct 1, 2016

Designpreneurship Apr 2, 2017 - Dec 2, 2017
This workshop focuses on design entrepreneurship methods. There is a compelling case for designers to be entrepreneurs for a country?s economic growth. This is of necessity an interdisciplinary venture and hence our involving business and food ECRs... Read More about Designpreneurship.

Knowledge Exchange Hubs for the Creative Economy Jan 1, 2012 - Dec 1, 2017

A.R.T. Forum NSR - Forum for reflection and recommendations for Automated Road Transport in the North Sea Region Mar 1, 2019 - Aug 31, 2022
RGU are in the process of developing an autonomous vehicle ‘implementation roadmap’ for transport policy makers (at local and regional level) in Scotland. This will set out the various steps involved in putting autonomous vehicles on the road, detai... Read More about A.R.T. Forum NSR - Forum for reflection and recommendations for Automated Road Transport in the North Sea Region.

Professional issues for arts and health practitioners Sep 1, 2018 - Jan 31, 2019
The Arts and Culture for Health and Wellbeing sector is in a period of rapid growth. The positive evidence base is well established and has been disseminated through reports including the 2017 Parliamentary report on Arts, Health and Well-Being Creat... Read More about Professional issues for arts and health practitioners.

From Augmented to Authentic, Weaving the Past into the Future. Feb 14, 2019 - Aug 13, 2019
This project explores ways to educate consumers about the sustainability, craftsmanship, heritage and value of traditional fashion and textile products, using a variety of mediums such as film and immersive technologies, leading to the following ques... Read More about From Augmented to Authentic, Weaving the Past into the Future..

Augmented fashion: immersive interactions for sustainable heritage in fashion and textiles Feb 1, 2020 - Jan 31, 2024
There is increasing pressure to move towards a more sustainable global fashion and textile industry where traditional methods of textile and clothing manufacture, using natural renewable sources that are inherently long-lasting offer a 'slow' fashion... Read More about Augmented fashion: immersive interactions for sustainable heritage in fashion and textiles.

Care Leavers relationships, mental health and social media Nov 1, 2019 - Apr 30, 2021
Those with care experience in the UK have poorer mental health outcomes than other young people from similar economic and social backgrounds and loneliness and social isolation play a major role in this.

In collaboration with Universi... Read More about Care Leavers relationships, mental health and social media.

Creating year-round sustainable business demand for the Outer Hebrides textile industry Feb 15, 2021 - Feb 14, 2023
This KTP seeks to develop new innovative Harris Tweed Hebrides textile products and facilitate international market access, providing year-round and sustainable business demand for the Harris Tweed Hebrides brand and the network of 130+ self-employed... Read More about Creating year-round sustainable business demand for the Outer Hebrides textile industry.

Immersive Scotland Research Network Mar 31, 2021 - May 30, 2023
This project will facilitate multi-disciplinary knowledge exchange and exploration of immersive technologies in Scotland.
We aim to establish a network of academics, industries, micro and SMEs and cultural organisations ready for the future... Read More about Immersive Scotland Research Network.

Learning to adapt to an uncertain future: linking genes, trees, people and processes for more resilient treescapes Aug 1, 2021 - Jul 31, 2024
Tree-scapes are critical to our environment, our health and well-being and our ability to transition to a zero carbon economy via plans to substantially increase tree numbers in the landscape.

However, climate change and increasing ris... Read More about Learning to adapt to an uncertain future: linking genes, trees, people and processes for more resilient treescapes.

Living through the pandemic in post-Brexit Britain: emotional damage and forms of resilience among middle-aged European citizens Oct 1, 2021 - Sep 30, 2022
This study examines the effects of the Coronavirus epidemic and Brexit on the emotional wellbeing of middle aged European citizens who have transnational caring responsibilities in the UK and in Europe.
This qualitative research aims to produ... Read More about Living through the pandemic in post-Brexit Britain: emotional damage and forms of resilience among middle-aged European citizens.

Connecting Threads May 1, 2022 - Oct 30, 2023

The Augmented Fashion project encountered a range of issues including the impact of Covid-19 and the need for project partners to rapidly digitally upskill, and the siloed and gendered nature of computing science and fashion/textile disciplin... Read More about Connecting Threads.

Agroforestry Futures Aug 14, 2022 - Aug 11, 2024
This research will identify the barriers to, and facilitators of, farmer adoption of rural agro-forestry practices.

Implementation of agroforestry is relevant as it results in eligibility for various schemes in the UK . The propose... Read More about Agroforestry Futures.

New Leaves: understanding the durational implications of artists working with trees, woods and forests May 1, 2023 - Apr 30, 2025
Network focused on artists working with trees and treescapes and the issues of duration and uncertainty