Staff Development

Cross BU Interdisciplinary Research & Enterprise

Following on from the Newton Academic Restructuring Report, three broad, high-level cross-School themes have been identified through dialogue with academics from all six Schools and through linkage into wider EU and RCUK objectives.

The Cross BU Research and Enterprise Themes aim to harness the best talent of the University and maximise opportunities to exploit interdisciplinary funding schemes through formation of innovative partnerships from which projects and publications will arise. Each theme has a number of sub-themes which capture strengths and expertise across the University.

Networking Events

Creative and Digital Economy
Wednesday 23 February 2011
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Wellbeing Across the Lifespan: Termly meeting
Wednesday 9 March 2011
Wednesday 13 July 2011
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Themes and Sub-Themes

The sub-themes below are not set in stone, but rather should act as a starting point from which academics themselves should explore opportunities to form partnerships/ networks.

WELLBEING ACROSS THE LIFESPAN
Academic Theme Leader	Professor Steve Ersser
Health systems	Wellbeing in the workplace
Quality of Life	Social inclusion and cohesion
Learning across the Lifespan	Human rights and ethics
Emotions	Wellbeing in the learning environment
Economic wellbeing	Identity
Assistive and enabling technologies	Creativity
Use of Media to Influence Public Wellbeing	Public Health
GREEN KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY:
Academic Theme Leader	Professor Adrian Newton
Low Carbon	Ecotourism
Conservation	Culture
Human Adaptation to Global Uncertainty	Tourism
Heritage	Improved Forensics?
Environmentally Friendly Business Models	Use of Media to Influence Society on Sustainable Living
Corporate Responsibility	Participative Citizenship
Living with Environmental Change – behavioural response/adjustment	Sustainable Design and Energy/Enabling Technologies
CREATIVE & DIGITAL ECONOMY:
Academic Theme Leader	Professor Dimitrios Buhalis
Cultural & Creative Industries	Media Archives –Digitization
eTourism	E- learning
Informatics	Copyright
S.M.A.R.T. Technology	Digital/Legal IP
Computer Games and Animation	Complex Adaptive Systems
Emotional Response to Computer Games	Virtual Teams and Software Development
Impact of ICT for all Aspects of Business, Society and Government	Social Science / Humanities in Relation to Digitisation
Terrorism/Security

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