ABOUT US
The AUT Creative Industries Research Institute (CIRI) was founded in 2007 in order to promote the interdisciplinarity that makes AUT and, in particluar, the Faculty of Design & Creative Technologies unique.
Ultimately, the most important measurable outcome for the Institute is to increase AUTs standing as a world-class university achieved, in principal, through an increase in tangible research outputs. To achieve this goal, CIRI will serve several main functions:
Encourage and foster cross-disciplinary collaborative research both across the University and between the schools within the Faculty of Design & Creative Technologies
Help to coordinate research activities within the various research centres
Mentoring of new and emerging researchers
Act as a champion in the collection of funding from a variety of sources
Attract industry projects and funding
The Creative Industries Research Institute will also act as a shop-front to showcase research being undertaken by the various research centres at AUT. The effect of this “Creative Industries Research Gallery” will be to promote and disseminate the work being undertaken, which will lead to attracting further research projects and funding as well as attracting both postgraduate and undergraduate students.
STAFF
Prof. Olaf Diegel, Director, Creative Industries Research Institute. Olaf’s Website
A. Prof. Frances Joseph, Acting Director, Textile Design Laboratory
A. Prof. Frances Joseph, Director, CoLab
A. Prof. Charles Walker, Director, CoLab
Deborah Lawler-Dormer , Director, CoLab
A. Prof. David Robie, Director, Pacific Media Centre. David’s Website
A. Prof. Barry King, Director, Centre for Performance Research
Dr. Sarat Singamneni, Director, Centre for Rapid Product Development. Sarat’s Website
A. Prof. Sigrid Norris, Director, Multi-Modal Research Centre. Sigrid’s Website