The purpose of the group is to develop and apply the research-based knowledge of RIBA Members, chartered practices and schools of architecture in order to promote practice-based and academic research - and the links between the two - and to position the RIBA as a trusted research facilitator for architecture and the related built environment professions.
Objectives:
To provide research and innovation knowledge and capability within the RIBA and to provide research advocacy within and outside the RIBA:
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To enhance and promote links between practitioners, the academic research community and funders in architecture and the built environment.
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To promote and connect architectural research to other professions in the built environment and to wider groups in society.
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To enhance international research links to ensure that the RIBA, architectural profession and architectural academia are matching or exceeding global research standards.
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To develop, support and promote a range of strategic research projects within the RIBA (having a lead role in setting the agenda for built environment research), the architectural profession and architectural academia.
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To raise awareness among practitioners of the benefits, both intellectual and economic, of highlighting the research work that they undertake through, or in addition to, their projects.