IHBC Research for Practice Digest No. 5 now out: Connecting conservation research & practice, and featuring Cardiff University’s state-of-the-art PERFFORM

The IHBC’s fifth IHBC Research for Practice Digest has been issued to networks and subscribers – sign up HERE – and features Prof. Oriel Prizeman of the Welsh School of Architecture, who leads a fully recognised IHBC course, and Dr Nicola Emmerson, Reader in Conservation, both at Cardiff University, and co-leads on the PERFFORM project, which is an exciting collaboration in generating new conservation resources.

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The IHBC writes:
Welcome to the IHBC’s fifth issue of its Research for Practice Digest.  For this issue we feature Professor Oriel Prizeman of the Welsh School of Architecture, who leads the MSc in Sustainable Building Conservation, a fully recognised IHBC course, and Dr Nicola Emmerson, Reader in Conservation, Director of Postgraduate Research in Archaeology at Cardiff University.

Oriel is co-lead on the PERFFORM project, which is an exciting collaboration in generating new conservation resources between the Centre for Sustainable Building Conservation in the Welsh school of Architectureand the Conservation team in Archaeology at Cardiff.  The project, led by Dr Nicola Emmerson, uses the latest scientific techniques to understand how environmental factors can impact historic buildings and collections, offering guidance for their preservation.

Funded by the UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council’s (AHRC) Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science (RICHeS) programme, it enables Cardiff University’s PERFFORM facility to house state-of-the-art equipment, which allows users to examine historic buildings and the environmental conditions within them.  They will be able to model the environment’s impact on structures and artefacts, to ensure they last for generations to come, as well as to consider the suitability of energy efficiency measures.

We welcome links to heritage research that we might include in our next edition.  We’re also curating a list of potential research topics, to be included in forthcoming issues of the Digest, so if you have any suggestions, please send them to Michael Netter, IHBC Professional Services Officer, at services@ihbc.org.uk

IHBC RfP: SAMPLE EXTRACTS

Heritage Research & Professional Practice – Research and Guidance

Calls for Papers, Abstracts & Researchers…

Broader Context Research & News…

FuturHist aims to develop replicable retrofit solutions for historic…

UNESCO – Three sites announced as pilot locations in UKNC’s groundbreaking new Climate Change & UNESCO Heritage project.

UKRI – The impact of design: symptoms, systems and stories.  Design can help us to imagine a different future, not just by reducing carbon but by weaving new narratives.

Throughout 2024, AHRC’s Place-Based Research Programme is publishing a series of policy briefs based on innovative arts and humanities research…

Urban Informality and the Built Environment – Open-Access Book from UCL Press. 

Town Hall in Koerich: Building for People, Not for Architects

AIM, with our partners… is delighted to announce a pioneering new research project exploring museum use and management of land, landscapes, green- and blue spaces.

Research Awards, Programmes, Funding…

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• The IHBC Research for Practice Digest cannot aim to be comprehensive. It is a selective and indicative collation from IHBC network resources. Listing is determined by the IHBC’s own judgement of CPD priorities for our members, as well as IHBC resources available to manage and prioritise the selection.
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Research for Practice Digest contents include:

• Heritage Research & Professional Practice – Research and Guidance
• Calls for Papers, Abstracts & Researchers
• Broader Context Research & News
• Research Awards, Programmes, Funding

The ‘IHBC Research for Practice Digest’, launched as part of our #IHBC25 anniversary year programme, is designed to connect conservation-related research and practice relevant to our members’ work… The ‘IHBC Research for Practice Digest’ is supported by the IHBC’s CREATIVE Conservation Fund.  Calls are occasionally included past their closing date if still relevant.

Please email our Professional Services Officer, Michael Netter, at services@ihbc.org.uk with any queries, comments, feedback or other suggestions.  We also welcome submissions of links to heritage research that we might include in our next edition, as well as any suggestions for research projects or data.

Read IHBC’s RfP No.5  HERE

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