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BU’s research centres focus on specific areas of interest. They are multi-disciplinary, spanning departments and schools. Centres have close links with professional organisations and other research institutions, facilitating collaboration and maximising the output and impact of the research.

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Centre for Applied Creative Technologies

CfACTs is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action (MSCA) COFUND research centre, co-led by Prof Jian Chang and Prof Jian J Zhang, of the Bournemouth University’s National Centre for Computer Animation (BU NCCA); CfACTs runs from October 2020 to September 2025.

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Centre for Comparative Politics and Media Research

The work of the Centre for Comparative Politics and Media Research links into a range of fields of study that focus on the most relevant questions that face 21st Century politicians, their strategists, political journalists and agencies which seek to enhance citizen engagement.

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Centre for Digital Entertainment

The CDE is an EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training based at Bath and Bournemouth Universities. Founded in 2009, the CDE is a national Doctoral Training Centre with an investment of £20 million. We offer a four-year fully funded EngD programme. 

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Centre for Intellectual Property Policy & Management (CIPPM)

The Centre for Intellectual Property and Policy Management (CIPPM) is a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Commission and a leading centre for research on the legal, economic and policy aspects of intellectual property rights in the creative industries and in the field of emerging technologies.

HERO Centre for Science, Health and Data Communication Research

Centre for Science, Health and Data Communication Research

Supporting better science, health and data communication through ambitious cross-disciplinary collaborations.

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Centre for the Study of Conflict, Emotion and Social Justice

The Centre aims to develop a rich seam of interdisciplinary research at the intersection of conflict, emotion and social justice. It brings together expertise in the disciplines of Journalism, Media, Law and the broader social sciences, adopting primarily a psychosocial and practice-based focus.

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Emerge

Emerge is the Experimental Media Research Centre. As creative, practice-led researchers, the centre shares critical concerns in relation to experimental media practices.

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Narrative, Culture and Community Research Centre

Exploring how narrative interacts with and impacts on cultures and communities.

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National Research Centre for Computer Animation

The National Research Centre for Computer Animation is a recognised centre of international excellence in computer animation, fusing technical developments in computer science with underlying artistic principles and practice of computer animation.

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The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice

The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice (CEMP) is a research centre based in the Faculty of Media and Communication at Bournemouth University. 

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