Landscape and Urbanism MA: Research areas

Many of the staff in the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture are research active. This ensures they are in touch with the latest thinking and bring best practice to your studies. For example:

• the Sustainable Design Research Group is leading projects that connect design and designers with sustainability issues. Recent research projects have focused on designing and manufacturing with recycled materials and building a 'sustainable materials' library for designers; and
• the Landscape Interface Studio is a consultant to the North SEAfaring project, which addresses spatial planning, regeneration and the maritime identity of seaports (read more in the Faculty initiatives section).

The quality of our research activities gained official recognition from the government during its most recent Research Assessment Exercise (2001). It recognised our research in History of Art, Design and Architecture as being of an international standard.

The report commented that "researchers enjoy considerable international and national recognition. . . evidenced by peer assessment of publications in addition to appointments to learned bodies, editorial boards, consultancies, awards and conferences speeches".

Student research

You may be able to publish any research you undertake on the Kingston University Research and Innovation Reports (KURIR) website. This site gives anyone associated with Kingston University the opportunity to publish articles, which will be permanently available to the academic community.