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  1. About the Artivism Research Group

    Based within the Centre for the Study of Crime, Criminalisation and Social Exclusion, Artivism seeks to explore new models of collaborative work between researchers, artists, curators, campaign groups and charities.

  2. Serious Games

    Serious Games is one of the strands of the Artivism Research Group. A major project of the Group is the board game - Probationary: The Game of Live on Licence. This art piece explores the lived experience of being on probation.

  3. Experimental Technologies Lab

    Read more about the Experimental Technologies Lab, an enhancement upon four years of research pursued at our pioneering workshop and research space, FACTLab, a collaboration with Liverpool’s FACT, the Foundation for Art and Creative Technologies, the UK’s leading new technologies arts organisation.

  4. Access and Participation

    Find out more about the university's commitment and approach to removing barriers for students to access and succeed in higher education.

  5. Teaching Informed Research

    The Teaching Informed Research project aims to develop a new collaborative alignment between teaching and research in creative disciplines, in which teaching informs research.

  6. Strands

    Artivism's research is divided into two strands, find out more about this work.

  7. Academia in Residence

    Find out how the Liverpool School of Art and Design has increased the city’s cultural standing on an international stage by fostering a research culture in the city’s arts institutions.

  8. Shot Under the Volcano

    Shot Under the Volcano is a new multimedia installation by John Hyatt and the design agency, Uniform, at the Bluecoat and Sensor City inspired by Malcolm Lowry's 'Under the Volcano'.

  9. Bambis Breastfeeding Friendly Charter

    LJMU was awarded the Liverpool Bambis Breastfeeding Friendly Mayoral Award in June 2022. The award recognises commitment to supporting staff, students and visitors who are breastfeeding their children to feel welcome to do so across campus buildings.