Research and Innovation
Led by Dr Jim Ang and Professor Nicola Shaughnessy, our team connects creative industry professionals with cutting edge research to push new bounderies.
ICCI Research
iCCi acts as a bridge -
— a bridge between academic research on creativity and performance, and the realities of professional creative practice and industry.
We support practice-based and practice-led research that grows directly out of making work — in theatre, performance, film, music and creative technologies — and we value that research as a form of knowledge in its own right.
iCCi is uniquely positioned because it is genuinely multidisciplinary. We bring together theatre, performance, music, film, and creative technologies — alongside strong networks of artists, producers, clinicians, educators and industry professionals.
Crucially, we’re not tied to a single university department. That gives us flexibility and openness — we can respond quickly, collaborate widely, and support research that crosses boundaries between disciplines, sectors and communities.
That combination of creative expertise, research excellence and professional networks is what allows iCCi to do work that is both rigorous and impactful.
Deputy Director - Performance & Arts
Professor Nicola Shaughnessy
A specialist in contemporary performance, autobiography, applied and socially engaged theatre, working with psychologists and neuroscientists to explore autism, dementia and mental health.
Deputy Director - Creative Technologies
Dr Jim Ang
Jim Ang is involved in multidisciplinary research in digital health, deploying digital technologies, such as virtual/augmented reality, to improve the quality of healthcare and ultimately to improve human wellbeing.
