C3 Research Group Leads and Thematic Leads 2025

Just a quick update on our C3 2025  line-up of C3 leadership team. If you have any questions about our research groups, do feel free to contact us on c3centre@staffs.ac.uk

C3 Lead – Agata Lulkowska

C3 Co-Leads – Rebecca Nunes, Agata Lulkowska, Andy Stubbs, Carola Boehm

Research Theme Leads (Horizontal):

  • C3 Impact Lead – Anna Francis
  • PGR – Andrew Stubbs
  • C3 Website – Carola Boehm

Research Group Leads (Verticals) :

  • Music and Sound – Mark Estibeiro, Dave Payling  (Themes a, d)
  • Art, Environment, Society – Anna Francis, Rebecca Nunes (Themes a, b, c)
  • Art and Design Research Group – Ian Brown   (Themes a, c)
  • Ceramic Cultures, Practices and Debates – Neil Brownsword (Themes a, c)
  • Philosophy & The Humanities – Phil O’Connor, David Webb  (Themes d)
  • Digital & Creative – Carola Boehm & Elhadj Benkhelifa  (Themes a, b, c, d)
  • Practice as Research – Agata Lulkowska   (Themes c, b, c, d)
  • (NEW) Film Research Cluster – Andrew Stubbs-Lacy  (Themes a)
Research Themes:a)        Creative Industries and Creative Communities (Music Sector, Ceramics & Film Cluster, Arts-led Regeneration)

b)       Co-creation & Co-production Processes for the Creative Sectors (Culture 3.0, Cultural Policy, Participatory Processes, Citizens as Researchers)

c)        Artistic Practices, Methods, Theoretical Frameworks & Identities (Audio-visual work, Media productions, Ceramics, Artworks, Performances, Compositions)

d)       Arts, Culture and Higher Education (Arts and Academia, Research Pedagogies in the Arts, Practice-as-Research Education Philosophy)