The Centre for Creative Arts Research at Dundalk Institute of Technology supports researchers across five thematic strands:
- Creative Arts Practice
- Media, Culture, Community and Society
- Creative Industries and Future Technologies
- Musicology and Ethnomusicology
- Creative and Aesthetic Pedagogies
These thematic strands reflect both the excellence in research achieved by researchers in the centre and pathways into which the researchers are moving in response to the demands of industry and society.
The Centre for Creative Arts Research at DkIT will enhance the Institute’s cultural remit to the North East region and its communities and will build upon recent work in the area of interdisciplinary research, recognising that research is increasingly expected to be accountable to society and many projects aim to benefit our society and local communities. Many projects in the centre across the arts and humanities involve external collaborations with regional industry, community groups and other Higher Education institutions in Ireland and internationally. The centre is also committed to attracting more funding and researchers to DkIT in the future and making the research outputs accessible to the local community in the first instance.
