Wales Institute for Research in Art and Design (WIRAD)

WIRAD aims to become Wales' premier Art & Design research institution and an internationally significant player in the Art & Design research field by building on the research excellence and talent that Wales possesses.

RAE 2008

The Wales Institute for Research in Art & Design (WIRAD) is pleased to announce that in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise the Art & Design panel rated 95% of the research submission as international standard, with 70% rated as either Internationally Excellent or World Leading. Using Times Higher weightings this makes the submission 12th out of 70 in the UK and the best in Wales. This significant achievement by WIRAD's founding members, UWIC and Newport, demonstrates very clearly the international quality of WIRAD's research. It puts WIRAD in the best possible position to build on this achievement through our invitation to key research partners from across Wales to join in this success story.

WIRAD / AHRC Studentships

The University of Wales Institute, Cardiff and University of Wales Newport are pleased to announce 5 WIRAD Research Studentships for 2011-2013, funded by the AHRC's Capacity Building Route BGP (Block Grant Partnership). More...

Call for Papers: 2nd WIRAD Symposium for Emerging Art & Design Researchers

Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Thursday 29th to Friday 30th March 2012

This is a symposium for those new to Art & Design research to research in areas connected to Art & Design. Further details are available here.

Research Themes

WIRAD consists of centres, groups and networks under six over-arching research themes: Design Enhanced Human Futures, Fine Art & Ceramics, Film, Photography & Screen Media, Design: Policy & Practice, Creative Pedagogies and Ecological Built Environment Research & Enterprise (EBERE).