
Department of HumanitiesOur research
A lively research culture where disciplines converge.
Humanities research is central to the University of Strathclyde’s position as a socially progressive, leading international technological University. We are keen to offer vision and experience in connecting creative practice to research and research to teaching across the University.
We have recently formed three new research groups to support our interdisciplinary research and research culture.
They are Culture, Communication and Creative Practice; Health and Environment; and Communities, Societies and States.
The research being pursued is situated in our subject areas: Creative Writing; English; History; Journalism, Media & Communication; and Modern Languages.
Our research areas

Culture, Communication and Creative Practice (CCCP)
CCCP is an interdisciplinary research group that brings together researchers and practitioners interested in languages, media, creative practices and the arts. The group’s concerns include understanding cultural belonging, researching the practices and influences of media and communication, and exploring the dynamics and possibilities of creative practice.

Health and Environment
The Health and Environment Research Cluster promotes interdisciplinary dialogues on health, environment and their interconnections, understanding both terms in the broadest possible ways. As a hub for cross-Faculty collaboration, the Cluster advances culturally, linguistically and historically informed research on health, wellbeing, ecology and sustainability.

Communities, Societies and States
Our international, interdisciplinary, and collaborative research group studies communities, societies, and states. Drawing on critical approaches from oral history, memory studies, genealogy, archival research, literature, and cultural studies, we bring together colleagues at Strathclyde working on questions of race, colonialism and imperial legacies, Scottish history and culture, Irish history, migration and transnationalism, peace and conflict, and identity and belonging.

Scottish Oral History Centre
A leader of its type, the centre was established in 1995 to encourage the use of best practice oral history methodology in Scotland.

Centre for the Social History of Health & Healthcare
Scotland's leading centre for the history of health and medicine.

Postgraduate Research
We welcome applications for PhD and MRes programmes in Creative Writing, English, Gender Studies, History, Journalism and Modern Languages. You will benefit from supervision from academics working at the very cutting-edge of their disciplines.