The Faculty of Information and Communication Studies (FICS) advances interdisciplinary research at the intersections of communication, immersive technologies, creative practice, and intelligent systems. Grounded in rigorous scholarship and responsive to emerging societal challenges, our work examines how information, media, and technological infrastructures shape human experience, institutional life, and collective futures.
Our research labs serve as collaborative intellectual spaces where faculty, students, and external partners co-develop research agendas, design innovative methodologies, and translate theory into practice. Through mentorship, experimentation, public engagement, and cross-sector collaboration, these units cultivate scholarship that is analytically robust, socially relevant, and oriented toward meaningful impact in local and global contexts.
CASCADE Lab
Creative Systems & Futures Studio
Decentered Human Communication Research Group
ISTar Labs
RIPPLE Lab