Critical Race and Culture Research Network

Description

The Cultural, Race, and Community Research Network (CRCRN) spans UWE's four faculties - Arts, Creative Industries and Education, Business and Law, Environment and Technology, Health and Applied Sciences, and Hartpury College - bolstering research on race, ethnicity, culture, and identity. It is a secure platform for exchanging ideas and disseminating research findings to a wider audience.

The CRCRN seeks funding for extensive research projects and acts as a hub for scholars, students, and independent researchers to enhance the visibility and profile of this critical study area. It serves as a comprehensive repository for race and culture-related research, recognised as a critical community of world-leading, cross-disciplinary scholars.

Open to all UWE staff categories, the network aims to build a research community exploring race, ethnicity, and culture across all study areas. It was launched on 11th June 2020, shortly after the fall of the Edward Colston statue in Bristol, spotlighting the network's vital role within academia. The CRCRN also provides a space to discuss contentious issues such as decolonising the curriculum, attainment gap controversy, and the lack of diversity amongst professors. Its mission is to focus the university's research agenda on race-related studies, thereby preventing their marginalisation and building a strong local and national voice in this area.

CRCRN Faculty Leads further promote the network and coordinate subject area-focused meetings.

Offers funding

No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.

Founding year

2020

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University of the West of England, Bristol
Bristol