Welcome to the AHRC Science in Culture Theme Website
Science in Culture is one of four themes identified by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) as a focus for research funding.
The AHRC Themes are identified as emerging areas of interest to arts and humanities researchers and are likely to shape or change aspects of multiple research fields in future years.
The Science in Culture Theme aims to encourage mutual exchange between researchers working across the Sciences and the Arts and Humanities.
Science in Culture will foster interdisciplinary working between researchers in the sciences and the arts and humanities in order to pursue topics that cannot be successfully addressed by either side alone.
News
Barry Smith is quoted in a ‘Food Envy’ article about in-flight cuisine
“Flight Attendant Reveals Why You Should Never Drink Coffee On An Airplane”
Blog
Can’t count sheep? You could have aphantasia
Heartbeat 1, Susan Aldworth, 2010. Image courtesy of the artist and GV Art gallery, London If counting sheep is an abstract concept, or you are unable to visualise the faces of loved ones, you could have aphantasia – a newly defined condition to describe people...