The AHRC/EPSRC Science and Heritage Programme is pleased to announce details of the thirteen Research Clusters funded under its recent Call. Over the next twelve months, each cluster will be holding a number of open events which members of the UK heritage science community are welcome to attend. For more information and to express your interest in joining a cluster or attending one of their events, please see the individual Research Cluster pages on the Science and Heritage Programme website at the following links:
•EGOR: Environmental Guidelines: Opportunities and Risks
Principal Investigator: Ms Nancy Bell – The National Archives
Co Investigators: Dr Matija Strlic – Centre for Sustainable Heritage, UCL;
Mr Stephen Hackney, Tate
http://www.heritagescience.ac.uk/index.php?section=87
•Understanding Complex Structures: the Conservation, Display and Interpretation of Lace and Natural Objects
Principal Investigator: Professor Tom Fisher Nottingham Trent University
Co Investigators: Dr Haida Liang, Nottingham Trent University;
Ms Marian Kite, Victoria & Albert Museum
http://www.heritagescience.ac.uk/index.php?section=93
•Ecologies of Modern Heritage: Studying the Cultural and Material Environments of Recent Historical Change
Principal Investigator: Dr Dan Hicks, Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford
Co Investigators: Dr John Schofield, University of Southampton; Dr Caitlin DeSilvey, University of Exeter
http://www.heritagescience.ac.uk/index.php?section=95
•Transformation and Resilience of our Landscapes, Archaeology and Built Heritage: Defining Responses to Societal and Environmental Pressures
Principal Investigator: Dr John Hughes, University of the West of Scotland
Co Investigators: Professor Bernard Smith, Queens University Belfast;
Dr Martin Lee, University of Glasgow
http://www.heritagescience.ac.uk/index.php?section=83
•Touching the Untouchable: Increasing Access to Archaeological Artefacts by Virtual Handling
Principal Investigator: Dr Linda Hurcombe, University of Exeter
Co Investigators: Dr Mark Paterson, University of Exeter;
Professor Stephen Brewster, University of Glasgow
http://www.heritagescience.ac.uk/index.php?section=97
•An Integrated Approach to the Management, Scientific Study and Conservation of Battlefield Artefact Assemblages
Principal Investigator: Mr Rob Janaway, University of Bradford
Co Investigator: Dr Andrew Wilson, University of Bradford
http://www.heritagescience.ac.uk/index.php?section=99
•Researching Ivory: Integrating Scientific Analyses, Historical Data, Artefact Studies and Conservation Needs
Principal Investigator: Dr Paul Lane, University of York
Co Investigator: Ms Sonia O’Connor, University of Bradford
http://www.heritagescience.ac.uk/index.php?section=101
•Decay of Ancient Stone Monuments
Principal Investigator: Dr Aron Mazel, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Co Investigator: Professor David Graham, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
http://www.heritagescience.ac.uk/index.php?section=103
•I-HE(AR)^2 [I Hear Too] – Improving Heritage Experience through Acoustic Reality and Audio Research
Principal Investigator: Dr Damian Murphy, University of York
Co Investigator: Ms Judith Brereton, University of York
http://www.heritagescience.ac.uk/index.php?section=89
•BookNET: A Network for the Technological Study of the Book and Manuscript as Artefact
Principal Investigator – Professor Mark Pollard,University of Oxford
http://www.heritagescience.ac.uk/index.php?section=91
•Cultural Encounters and Explorations: Conservation’s “Catch-22”
Principal Investigator – Ms. Elizabeth Pye, University College London
Co Investigators – Mr Dean Sully, University College London;
Dr Jonathan Ashley-Smith, Royal College of Art
http://www.heritagescience.ac.uk/index.php?section=85
•Modelling, Interpretation and Alternate Representations: Visualization Technology, Heritage Buildings & Coastal Threats
Principal Investigator – Dr Jonathan Roberts, Bangor University
Co Investigator – Professor Raimund Karl, Bangor University
http://www.heritagescience.ac.uk/index.php?section=105
•Research Cluster for the Investigation of Acoustic and Musical Elements of Prehistoric Archaeological Sites in Britain
Principal Investigator – Dr Rupert Till, University of Huddersfield
Co Investigators – Professor Jian Kang, University of Sheffield;
Professor Chris Scarre, University of Durham
http://www.heritagescience.ac.uk/index.php?section=107
