Our Research Centre

Our multidisciplinary research centre, Thinking Through Practice addresses cultural and societal issues surrounding both theoretical and practice-based research outcomes. We challenge conventional thinking, leading the way in pioneering new research.

Established in 2019-20, we use performance as a lens through which wider social issues can be addressed, we explore themes such as of diversity, wellbeing, cohesion and community, asking questions such as:

• How does making and thinking about performances provide a mechanism for wider societal commentary?
• What are the limits of this procedure?
• How can working through the lens of art-making provide value and benefit?
• How can performance-making contribute to disputes and questions in wider disciplinary areas in the sciences and humanities?

The Research Centre is multidisciplinary and forms a focus for institutional research at Trinity Laban. The Centre supports our research groups –  the Sound and Movement Research Group, and the Research Group in Dance Science and organises events to explore certain themes at the intersection of these research areas.