Research @ WLC
The research within the Writing, Literature and Culture group is scholarly, outward-facing, socially-engaged and impactful.
As researchers, we examine young readerships through the study of children’s literature, explore practice-as-research through fiction, poetry, script and non-fiction, develop digital and multimedia outputs and critically engage with textual representations of gender, race, class, sexuality and the post-human. Our research is broad and we have a commitment to the many different publics who interact with writing, literature and culture as the site of creativity, communication, experiment, analysis and critique.
Our researchers produce high-quality research outcomes across traditional and non-traditional research, and our staff include award-winning and internationally renowned writers and scholars publishing with prestigious presses.
The research centres linked to WLC are:
Reading Writing Futures offers one of Australia’s largest PhD programs in literary studies and creative writing. We combine creative and critical methods to explore how literature shapes political agendas and affects our interactions with others and the world. Our research reexamines connections between cultural expressions, individuals and communities, and beings and places.
Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation is an internationally recognised and highly regarded social sciences and humanities research institute. Conducting research of local and global significance, motivated by an ambition to improve the lives of people around the world.
DML (Deakin Motion Lab) Research spans four schools across two Faculties at Deakin including: School of Communication and Creative Arts, School of Education, School of Information Technology and School of Architecture and Built Environment. We have three research streams of Immersive Realities, Screen and Virtual Production, and Creative Intelligences.
HOME solves complex problems around affordable housing, homelessness and social inclusion through innovative research. Drawing on a wide pool of expertise, the group conducts research across four key themes aligned with a vision to provide ‘a home for all’ – that is, affordable, safe, well-designed, sustainable and connected housing for everyone.
The major research projects for this group have been categorised under:
There is also the WLC Seminar Series every 1st Wednesday of the month from March to November.