The Culture and Creativity Research Institute is Sheffield Hallam University's largest and highest rated community of researchers. 

It continues the work of the former Cultural, Communication and Computing Research Institute, a large majority of whose work was recognised in the 2008 UK Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) as being of international significance.

The institute is all about making connections – bringing together specialisms in art, design, media production, communication studies, computing and engineering into the University's largest community of researchers.

The institute includes several research centres and groups:

• Art, Design and Media Research Centre: Arts-led applied research that interacts with, and transforms, society and culture.
• Centre for Culture, Media and Society: Theoretical and applied research into a range of cultural, social and media practices.
• Humanities Research Centre: Research, applied knowledge and creative practice in English, history and stage and screen.
• Lab4Living: An interdisciplinary group undertaking world-leading research in design for health.

The Culture and Creativity Research Institute provides a business focused consultancy and research service to businesses through our dedicated Knowledge Transfer team.

The institute is also home to Design Futures, a discrete unit delivering packaging and product design research to industry. Design Futures has a proven track record as innovators being cited as inventors or contributors to a portfolio of intellectual property, it has accrued a number of design awards.

The institute is housed in the landmark Cantor building at Sheffield Hallam University.

If you would like to learn more about the institute, why not give us a call on 0114 225 6743, or send an e-mail to culture-creativity-ri@shu.ac.uk