Research groups and resource centre

Research centres, institutes and units housed within or closely associated with the School, which include the Australian Centre and the Research Unit in Public Cultures; and the Visual Cultures Resource Centre.

There are many different research partnerships, collaborations and affiliations throughout the nine different study areas within the School. For more information on programs please visit the Research collaborators web page.

Asian Cultural Research Network (ACRN)

A three-year project funded by the University of Melbourne's International Research and Research Training Fund. Led by Assoc. Professor Fran Martin and Assoc. Professor Audrey Yue, Faculty of Arts, School of Culture and Communication.
Australian Centre

The Australian Centre develops innovative research projects in the Australian arts and humanities across a range of disciplines, including Art History, Theatre Studies, Literary Studies, Cultural Studies, Media and Communication, Cinema Studies, Indigenous Studies and Creative Writing.
Centre for Advancing Journalism

The Centre advances journalism through innovation in teaching, experimentation and engagement. It seeks power in the new tools for informing and being informed and is a hub of thinking, conversation and creativity about the contemporary and future state of journalism.
Critical Fashion Studies

The Critical Fashion Studies (CFS) research collective brings together fashion scholars, practitioners, and industry members to advance research on sustainability, ethics and innovation.
Human Rights and Animal Ethics (HRAE) Research Network

HRAE) is an interdisciplinary network, whose major objective is to play a leading role in the new global field of Human-Animal Studies (HAS).
Research Unit in Public Cultures

The Research Unit in Public Cultures (RUPC) focuses on transformations in public culture produced by new intersections of knowledge, media, space and mobility, within Australia and internationally.
Visual Cultures Resource Centre

The University of Melbourne’s Visual Cultures Resource Centre (VCRC) holds one of the largest collections of art reproductions in the Southern Hemisphere.
CODED AESTHETICS

CODED AESTHETICS explores sense-making through human-machine entanglement.
Critical Research Association Melbourne

CRAM is an open network for people working across the various disciplines of critical studies today, based at the University of Melbourne.
Asian Cultural Research Hub (ACRH)

ACRH fosters a local, national and international scholarly community for PhD students and Early Career Researchers working on Asia-related cultural studies research.