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External Collaboration

Social & Cultural Geography at Royal Holloway is very strongly networked with major cultural institutions in London.  We are a leading example of different kinds of collaborative activity, which means that our work is marked by strong public engagement and impact. Our research partners have included: the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Museum of London, the National Maritime Museum, the Science Museum, the British Museum, the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) and the British Library.

Recent Research Project Collaboration

Fashioning Diaspora Space: Textiles, Pattern and Cultural Exchange Between Britain and South Asia (AHRC, 2007-2009)
Philip Crang, Felix Driver and Helen Scalway – collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum

Hidden histories of exploration: exhibiting geographical collections (AHRC, 2008-9)
Felix Driver and Lowri Jones – collaboration with Royal Geographical Society

Shopping routes: networks of fashion consumption in London 's West End (ESRC/AHRC, 2003-7)
David Gilbert & Bronwen Edwards – collaboration with Victoria and Albert Museum and London College of Fashion

Collaborative PhD projects

Geography at Royal Holloway is a major centre for collaborative PhD work which has been funded by both the AHRC and the ESRC.  Current projects include:

Ellie Miles : Curating the Global City AHRC-CDA with Museum of London (David Gilbert supervisor)

Alison Hess : The 2LO Transmitter: Technology and Metropolitan modernity with The Science Museum (David Gilbert/Klaus Dodds)

Belinda Hawkins : The new art of the Botanic Garden in an age of climate change and multiculturalism Botanic Gardens Conservation International, Kew (David Gilbert)

Work with artist practitioners

In recent years, the Group has established a variety of innovative collaborations with practitioners beyond the academy, including artists, architects, curators, designers and teachers. These links have been developed in major research initiatives, such as the AHRB Visualising Geography project which paired Geographers and artists in collaborative projects. We have been host to a number of artists in the past decade; the artist Helen Scalway worked on the Fashioning Diasporas project, and is currently an Honorary Research Associate of the group.

More generally, the Group has productive relationships with other departments at RHUL. This includes collaborative work with colleagues in the departments of Drama & Theatre and Music on landscape and performance and participation in the college’s Postcolonial Research Group. The research of SCG staff and postgraduate students also has a strong international profile. There are good links with Geography departments in North America, including those at UCLA and UBC, Europe, Australia and South East Asia, including the National University of Singapore. The Group has welcomed visiting postgraduate research students and staff from a variety of overseas universities, including Berkeley, Stockholm, Oslo, Paris and Rio de Janeiro.