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EPSRC Reference: EP/H042695/1
Title: Designing Effective Research Spaces Sandpit: SPIRES- Supporting People Investigating Research Environments and Spaces
Principal Investigator: Aylett, Professor R
Other Investigators:
Robertson, Professor J
Researcher Co-Investigators:
Project Partners:
Department: S of Mathematical and Computer Sciences
Organisation: Heriot-Watt University
Scheme: Standard Research
Starts: 01 August 2010 Ends: 31 January 2014 Value (£): 153,376
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:
Artificial Intelligence Cognitive Science Appl. in ICT
Human-Computer Interactions Media & Communication Studies
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:
Creative Industries Information Technologies
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Panel History:
Panel DatePanel NameOutcome
08 Dec 2009 Designing Effective Research Spaces Announced
Summary on Grant Application Form
The EPSRC Digital Economy theme seeks to investigate how the use of innovative ICT can transform both lives and work. Research is vital to the UK economy. The UK research councils annually invest 2.8 billion into new research across a spectrum of academic disciplines. Total research and development spending by UK businesses was 16.1 billion per annum in 2007 . Research is also a significant part of the lives of the general public, whether researching their family history or contributing observational data to the BBC programme Springwatch. Given that research is so important to society, it is reasonable to ask how we can assist researchers to become more effective.SPIRES arises from a Digital Economy sandpit held in July 2009 on Effective Research Spaces that brought together an inter-disciplinary set of researchers interested in this theme. SPIRES - Supporting People Investigating Research Environments and Spaces - is a network proposal that aims to bring together currently disparate groups interested in the design of effective research spaces and environments in order to create a new research community. Through a set of focused workshop and outreach activities it will bring together the three perspectives of physical spaces, novel technology, and social interaction to support a new synthesis of ideas and new conversations between groups currently not in contact with each other. Its objectives are: - To form and support a multi-disciplinary community of researchers with expertise in enhancing physical, technological or social aspects of research environments; - To develop a deeper understanding of the ways in which effective research can be fostered; - To document and disseminate the current state of the art in nurturing effective research spaces, both from a UK and international perspective; - To stimulate the production of new methodologies for designing and evaluating effective research spaces.
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Project URL: http://www.spiresnetowrk.org
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