Film, media and journalism research

We address a wide variety of contemporary issues through public events and academic research initiatives.

We are a cross-faculty interdisciplinary research centre that acts as a hub for a wide variety of social research.

We create a space for reflective critical inquiry, where researchers from different disciplines can gather and participate in a sustained intellectual and interdisciplinary conversation.

We bring together academics from a range of disciplines to engage in crucial debates around what constitutes 'belonging' in the so-called post-modern era.

The Guilt Working Group fosters the interdisciplinary debate of guilt as a modern reinvention of original sin and how that compares with other forms.

We examine global connections between population, environment and resource dynamics and their links to politics.

The Psychoanalysis Working Group provides a context for colleagues across the College to meet together to explore psychoanalytic theory and practice in all its diverse dimensions.

We integrate digital research with educational and cultural projects using innovative approaches to technology.

This project analyses localising content governance in place-named Facebook groups.

This is a long-term research project exploring people’s physical and emotional relationships to work.

The project explores theories and methods for understanding and analysing the relationships between political communication and ideologies and enriches research into the ideology and politics of the 'alt-right'.

Professor Ian Christie celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of nineteenth-century filmmaker Robert Paul by exploring the films he created to show his native London to the world.

In this extract from the 'Real Fake News’ episode of Renegade Inc, Justin Schlosberg discusses the necessity of keeping our sceptical approach to news at a sensible level.

Professor Tim Markham explores the conundrum that it's impossible to extract ourselves from our 'embeddedness' in the world to observe change.

Professor Laura Mulvey and Daria Martin discuss psychoanalysis, experimental filmmaking and challenging the male gaze in a conversation giving an insight into Martin’s new work, 'Tonight the World'.

This British Academy-funded research project is in partnership with the BBC Archive, and looks at reporting across the corporation's history.

Our staff publish extensively. Find out about their individual and joint publications over a number of years.

Dr Janet McCabe edits 'Critical Studies in Television', a journal that draws together divergent disciplines and different ways of thinking to promote and advance television as a distinct academic discipline.

'Mediapolis' is edited by Dr Scott Rodgers. The journal creates a venue for discussion at the intersection of media and cities, placing urban studies and media studies into conversation with one another.

Find out about staff and their areas of specialism.

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Birkbeck's research excellence was confirmed in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF), with 85% of our impact case studies ranked in the world leading or internationally excellent categories.

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We offer free events throughout the year, where you can find out about our research and meet our staff.

School staff publish widely in respected journals across the disciplines.