Culture, Communication and Creative Practice

Culture, Communication Creative Practice is a gathering of academics, research students and practitioners with shared interests in cultural and communication research and practice.  The group values its interdisciplinary ethos, and research traditions represented in its membership include history, media and communication studies, modern languages, creative writing, translation studies, and gender studies.  Researchers within the group also enjoy expertise in a variety of methods, including practice-based research, archival research, oral history, digital analysis, critical discourse analysis and audience studies.

CCCP creates a space for engaging with questions around the production, circulation and engagement with media, representations, narratives, across multiple contexts and platforms, with attention to their wider impact on society and stakeholders.  The group therefore emphasises voices from the fields of policy and practice, and is dedicated to working with a range of external partners and the wider Strathclyde community, ensuring that its research contributes to the wider good. 

CCCP is committed to supporting researchers at all career stages, and its membership ranges from world-leading researchers to early career scholars and PhD students. 

Our themes include:

  • Culture, heritage and memory
  • Race, gender and representation
  • Political communications
  • The impact of digital and social media
  • Digital humanities and social sciences

As well as supporting the research and scholarship of members, CCCP supports seminars, practical workshops, and symposiums, as well as international/local collaborations between researchers and practitioners.

Michael Higgins, Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Media and Communication said:

CCCP exemplifies Strathclyde’s interdisciplinary approach and commitment to useful learning, directing this to contemporary creative and media culture.  Our team of researchers generate a dynamic and exciting research environment, characterised by innovation and intellectual curiosity, with alertness to the implications of scholarship for policy and impact.