A wide range of complementary research is undertaken at the four partner institutions and can be reviewed through the following links:
- Edinburgh Napier University.Centre for Social Informatics
- Robert Gordon University.Department of Information Management
- University of Glasgow.Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute
- University of Strathclyde.Department of Computer and Information Sciences
Quality of Research
In the last Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014) Pathway institutions made submissions to UoA 36 – Communication, Cultural and Media Studies, Library and Information Management and to UoA 11 – Computer Science and Informatics.
More than 90% of the research undertaken was judged to be internationally recognised.
More than half of the research undertaken was judged to be 4* (Quality that is world-leading in terms of originality, significance and rigour) or 3* (Quality that is internationally excellent in terms of originality, significance and rigour).
Research degrees
The partners offer full-time and part-time PhD and MPhil research degrees. For information on research opportunities at specific institutes applicants are advised to visit the following web pages or contact the person indicated below:
| Edinburgh Napier University | Dr Laura Muir | MPhil and PhD | ||
| University of Glasgow | Dr Frank Hopfgarner | MRes and PhD | ||
| Robert Gordon University | Dr Elizabeth Tait | MPhil, PhD and DInfSc | ||
| University of Strathclyde | Dr Diane Pennington | MPhil, PhD and DInfSc | ||
Information Science Scotland 