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Research centres, labs and groups

Intelligent Mobility Design Centre, Rausing Building, RCA Battersea, Photo: Iwan Baan

The College's research centres, labs and groups address some of the major challenges facing society today: ageing populations, sustainability, the future of mobility and the adoption of new technologies. We work with partners from around the world to establish new collaborative research partnerships with human-centred, design-led approaches at their heart.

Our research centres

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Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design

The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design is a global leader in inclusive design and works with government, business, academia and the third sector to conduct research and knowledge exchange projects.
Intelligent Mobility Design Centre

Intelligent Mobility Design Centre

The Intelligent Mobility Design Centre leads research at the intersection of people, mobility and technology within a complex and changing urban and global environment.
Regenerative Fashion Hub exhibition at Rich Mix, London, 2024. Photo credit: Chris Lee

Centre for Materials Science & Culture

Research in the Centre for Materials Science & Culture focuses on the invention and the experience of materials to address real world challenges, specifically environmental sustainability, and human health and wellbeing.
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Computer Science Research Centre

The Centre pioneers research in priority areas of computer science, art and design, with a strong focus on immersive, interactive and intelligent innovations, collaboratively developed with all stakeholders through a human-centred approach. Our aim is to deliver believable, intuitive and safe techniques that facilitate the adoption of technology while upholding societal and cultural values.
Wetland Disappearance

CLIMAVORE x Jameel at RCA

Reimagining foodways for drylands and wetlands in the climate crisis.

CLIMAVORE x Jameel at RCA

Water Buffalo Commons, CLIMAVORE x Jameel at RCA, 2023-ongoing. Water buffalo roam and wallow through abandoned coal mines in the postindustrial wetlands of Istanbul, creating channels in the mud for fish and microbial life to travel between different poo

A partnership between CLIMAVORE and Community Jameel at the RCA.

This research initiative reimagines foodways for drylands and wetlands, advancing ecological networks to produce new knowledge and action towards spatial justice.

Visit CLIMAVORE x Jameel at RCA

Our research labs and groups

Immersive Acts Research Group

Optimising immersive technologies as compelling mediums for communication, Immersive Acts challenges conventional approaches to XR, VR, AR, and MR by asking how they can equip communities to preserve their histories and prepare for climate futures.

Professional video camera on tripod filming in front of a vibrant digital screen with abstract text and graphics.

_Space Research Group

The _Space group operates at the intersection of art and aerospace, working towards the democratization of space exploration by asserting the role of the arts beyond terrestrial sites and traditions.

LENS (2013)

RCA Robotics Laboratory

Combining creative techniques, mechanisms and functions from nature and art, and approaches from the experimental sciences, the RCA Robotics Laboratory develops new robotic technologies enhancing access, safety and performance in a wide range of industrial applications.

Robotics Lab

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RCA’s Materials Science Research Centre becomes the Centre for Materials Science & Culture

24 November 2025