Rooted in a strong tradition of practice-led inquiry, LASALLE offers a distinctive research environment, shaped by a diverse community of artist-educators from around the world.
LASALLE’s research culture is increasingly robust, dynamic and distinctive. While grounded in critical and theoretical inquiry, it also champions practice-based research that generates new knowledge through original investigations and interdisciplinary creative outputs.
At the heart of research at LASALLE is the intersection of critical reflection and creative practice—a principle that also underpins the College’s teaching and learning approach. Research here is not separate from making, but an extension of it. Faculty and students pursue their inquiries within an environment alive with complex ideas, diverse cultural perspectives and cutting-edge approaches to contemporary art and design.
Since the introduction of a new Research Strategy in 2012, LASALLE has seen a broad spectrum of outcomes, from scholarly publications and peer-reviewed articles to international conference presentations and original creative works exhibited, performed or screened on global stages.
These activities are deeply embedded in the College’s integrated arts campus, inviting both faculty and students into a culture of critical inquiry, experimentation and creative evolution.
About LASALLE research
Research at LASALLE advances new knowledge through creative inquiry, connecting practice, theory and pedagogy across the visual and performing arts. Anchored in the College’s Strategic Plan, it engages faculty and students in peer-reviewed publications, international conferences and interdisciplinary projects.
Research projects and publications
LASALLE faculty and students actively engage in a wide range of research activities—from publishing in peer-reviewed journals and books to presenting at international conferences and undertaking practice-based research projects.
Conferences, symposiums and talks
Culture Futures Lab Incubator: Hacking the Asian Waves
Hacking the Asian Waves is an immersive laboratory that transforms foresight into action, equipping participants to actively shape how Asian creativity travels, lands and evolves. Moving beyond theory, we prototype …
Zebra Crossing: How op artist Victor Vasarely crossed the Iron Curtain
To mark the 120th anniversary of the birth of Victor Vasarely, the Hungarian-born pioneer of op art, the Embassy of Hungary in Singapore, in partnership with LASALLE’s McNally School of …
Social Media in Singapore: A History (1995–2025)
From its early beginnings in internet chat rooms in the 1990s, social media has significantly changed Singapore’s sociocultural landscape by generating new virtual communities alongside new politics, vocabularies and aesthetics. …
Signs of Change workshop
Signs of Change is a speculative design installation that reimagines public signage as a window into possible climate futures. Drawing on hyper-localised knowledge, expert interviews alongside community workshops, the project …
Labs, centres and networks
Alongside faculty-led research initiatives, LASALLE has established dedicated research labs to foster focused inquiry into specific subject areas and themes. These labs support sustained, collaborative exploration across disciplines and practices.
