Research at the Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies

Firmly located in Wales, and with an established international profile across its constituent disciplines, the Department foregrounds research and study of regional, national and international significance in theatre, film, performance and media within a globalised cultural environment. 

According to the results of the 2008 RAE, 30% of the research conducted in the Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies is ‘world-leading’ (4*). A further 30% is rated as meeting the standards of ‘international excellence’ (3*).   This places us firmly firmly at the top table of UK Universities in our subject area. By one of the most widely respected ranking methodologies, Research Fortnight’s ‘Power’ league table, we rank 3rd in the UK. This is testimony to the fact that Aberystwyth University is an international powerhouse in Theatre, Film and Television Studies, with over 5% of the UK’s total graded research being conducted by staff within the Department.

The Department is committed to sustaining the vitality of its research environment through a well-established set of mechanisms for promoting research activity:

• supporting the work of recognised and well-resourced international research centres
• editing, managing and supporting international refereed journals and related collaborative publications
• hosting international conferences, symposia, seminars and other forms of research-related events
• generating and managing externally funded research projects
• Supporting research students working on projects within the core interests of the Department’s research groupings.
• Nurturing a lively, stimulating and engaged research culture to support a wide variety of topics and methdologies.
• Providing an established research leave scheme and financial support for presentation at conferences, archival research, field work, and other forms of scholarly activity

For further details on research within the Department please follow these links :

• Research Groups
• Research Staff
• Research Students
• Research Strategy
• Research Funding
• Research Seminars