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Michael is a leading international figure in the field of arts research. A recent review stated "the quality and importance of his work is world leading in the field of practice based research and, by extension, education in the arts. His work is defining the field." Michael's research has been funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council [UK], The British Council [UK], the University of Bergen [NO], the Swedish Research Council [SE], Riksbanken Jubileumsfond [SE], and the European Union [EU]. He is currently Principal Investigator of the 3-year AHRC-funded 'Non-traditional Knowledge and Communication' project and leader of the Research into Practice cluster at the University of Hertfordshire.
Michael was Associate Dean and led Faculty research during the UK RAE period 2002-2008. He has been involved in the development of doctoral programmes in Art and Design in the UK, and has advised national and international research development. He is the principal organiser of the internationally renowned biennial Research into Practice conference at UH. He has experience as a supervisor of traditional and practice-based PhDs in the UK and Europe, and of PhD by published works, and as a PhD examiner. He is a member of the College of Peers of the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and the Visual Arts advisory panel for the Arts and Humanities Data Service. He is a reviewer for MIT Press, Blackwell Publishing, and other international presses, and EU registered expert for FP7.
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Main supervisory interests include:
- aesthetics and philosophical issues in art and design
- non-linguistic communication
- research methodology in art and design
Publications (2008-onwards):
Biggs, M. and D. Büchler (2011) Text-led and Object-led Research Paradigms: doing without words In: Lees-Maffei (ed) Writing Design: words and objects. London: Berg, 229-239.
ISBN: 978-1847889560.
Lima, A.G.G., Büchler, D.M., Biggs, M.A.R., Perrone, R.A.C., Zein, R.V., Santos, C.H.R. dos, Villac, M.I., Bastos, M.A.J. (2011) Indicadores de Pesquisa Acadêmica em Áreas de Prática Projetual. Anais do Congresso Projetar: Processos de Projeto: Teorias e Práticas. Belo Horizonte, Brasil: Escola de Arquitetura da UFMG, NPGAU. [Portuguese]
Archived at http://hdl.handle.net/2299/7516
Pichler, A., M. Biggs & S.A. Szeltner (2011) Bibliographie der deutsch- und englischsprachigen Wittgenstein-Ausgaben. In: Lütterfelds, W., S. Majetschak, R. Raatzsch & W. Vossenkuhl (eds) Wittgenstein-Studien. Berlin: de Gruyter, 249-286. ISBN 978-3-11-023622-4. http://hdl.handle.net/2299/5982
Biggs, M., D. Büchler and S. Nelson (2011) Social Dynamics of Knowledge Communication within Higher Education: the case of an Art-Science collaboration. In: da Rocha Brito, C. & Ciampi, M.M. Interactive Expansion of Knowledge: communicating with art in the information era. Proceedings of WCCA2011 World Conference on Communication and Arts. São Paulo: COPEC Science and Education Research Council.
ISBN: 978-85-89120-91-3.
Archived at http://hdl.handle.net/2299/7582
Büchler, D., M. Biggs and L-H. Ståhl (2011) A Critical Mapping of Practice-Based Research as Evidenced by Swedish Architectural Theses. International Journal of Art and Design Education 30 (2): 318-327. ISSN 1476-8070.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-8070.2011.01690.x
Biggs, M., D. Büchler, R. Rocco and C. Schjerven (2011) The Production of Academic Research and some Barriers to Academicization in the Creative and Performing Arts. Proceedings of the International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (CD)), 378-385.
http://www.iceri2010.org
ISBN 978-84-614-2439-9.
Archived at http://hdl.handle.net/2299/5530
Biggs, M. and D. Büchler (2011) Transdisciplinarity and New Paradigm Research. In: Doucet, I. and N. Janssens (eds.) Transdisciplinary Knowledge Production in Architecture and Urbanism. Towards hybrid modes of inquiry. Springer Verlag, Urban and Landscape Perspectives Series, 63-78.
ISBN 978-94-007-0103-8.
Biggs, M. and H. Karlsson (eds) (2011) The Routledge Companion to Research in the Arts. London: Routledge.
ISBN: 978-0-415-58169-1 (hardback) ISBN: 978-0-415-69794-1 (paperback)
Biggs, M. and D. Büchler (2011) Communities, Values, Conventions and Actions. In: Biggs, M. and H. Karlsson (eds) The Routledge Companion to Research in the Arts. London: Routledge, 82-98.
ISBN: 978-0-415-58169-1 (hardback) ISBN: 978-0-415-69794-1 (paperback)
Biggs, M. and H. Karlsson (2011) Evaluating Quality in Artistic Research. In: Biggs, M. and H. Karlsson (eds) The Routledge Companion to Research in the Arts. London: Routledge, 405-424.
ISBN: 978-0-415-58169-1 (hardback) ISBN: 978-0-415-69794-1 (paperback)
Biggs, M. and D. Büchler (2010) Some consequences of the academicization of areas of design. Design Philosophy Papers. 1/2010
ISSN 1448-7136
http://www.desphilosophy.com/dpp/dpp_journal/journal.html.
Archived at http://hdl.handle.net/2299/5533
Lima, A.G.G., M. Biggs and D. Büchler (2010) The Value of Architectural Sketches. Working Papers on Design 4.
ISSN 1470-5516
http://sitem.herts.ac.uk/artdes_research/papers/wpdesign/wpdvol4/vol4.html.
Archived at http://hdl.handle.net/2299/5504
Büchler, D. and M. Biggs (2010) Oito Critérios para Pesquisa Acadêmica em Áreas de Práctica Projetual. Revista PÓS 27 136-152 [Portuguese].
ISSN 1518-9554
http://www.usp.br/fau/public/pos/.
Archived at http://hdl.handle.net/2299/5532
Rocco, R., Biggs, M., and Büchler, D. (2010) An International Collaboration for the Development of a Research Training Course in an Emergent Academic Discipline. In: Gómez Chova, L., D. Martí Belenguer, and I. Candel Torres (eds) INTED2010 Proceedings CD. Valencia: International Association for Technology, Education and Development, 1081-1087.
ISBN: 978-84-613-5538-9.
Archived at http://hdl.handle.net/2299/4815
Lima, A.G.G., C.R. Santos, R.A.C. Perrone, R.V. Zein, D.M. Büchler, M.A.R. Biggs, A. Cecco, and A. Guerra (2009) Arquitetura: projeto, pesquisa e ensino, um percurso. In: V Forum de Pesquisa Mackenzie, 2009, São Paulo. 5º Forum de Pesquisa FAU-Mackenzie: Retrospectiva e Futuros Desafios para a Pesquisa em Arquitetura, Urbanismo e Design - Anais. São Paulo: FAU-Mackenzie.
Archived at http://hdl.handle.net/2299/7583
Büchler, D. and M. Biggs (2009) Pesquisa Acadêmica em Áreas de Práctica Projetual. Revista PÓS 16 (26): 168-183 [Portuguese].
ISSN 1518-9554
http://www.usp.br/fau/public/pos/26/
Archived at http://hdl.handle.net/2299/4713
Büchler, D., M. Biggs and R. Rocco (2009). A Pedagogical Proposal in an Area of Epistemological Uncertainty. In: Zein, R. (ed.) Projeto como Invesigação: antologia. São Paulo: Altermarket, §357.
ISBN 978-85-88157-12-5.
Archived at http://hdl.handle.net/2299/4393
Büchler, D., M. Biggs and A.G.G. Lima (2009). Drawing Out the Value of Drawings. In: Zein, R. (ed.) Projeto como Invesigação: antologia. São Paulo: Altermarket, §488.
ISBN 978-85-88157-12-5.
Archived at http://hdl.handle.net/2299/4394
Büchler, D., M. Biggs and L-H. Ståhl (2009) Areas of Design Practice as an Alternative Research Paradigm. Design Principles and Practices: an international journal 3 (2) 327-338.
ISSN 1833-1874.
Archived at http://hdl.handle.net/2299/4715
Biggs, M.A.R. and D. Büchler (2009) Supervision in an Alternative Paradigm. TEXT: The Journal of Writers and Writing Courses. Special Issue No.6 - Supervising the Creative Arts Research Higher Degree: Towards Best Practice, 2009.
ISSN: 1327-9556.
http://www.textjournal.com.au/speciss/index.htm
Archived at http://hdl.handle.net/2299/4395
Büchler, D. and M. Biggs (2009) A Retórica da Academia e os Limites da Comunicação. Proceedings of the World Congress on Communication and Arts. São Caetano do Sul, Brazil. Conselho de Pesquisas em Educação e Ciências. [Portuguese].
Archived at http://hdl.handle.net/2299/4721
Büchler, D., M. Biggs, G. Sandin & L-H. Ståhl. (2009). Architectural Design and the Problem of Practice-Based Research. Cadernos de Pós-Graduação em Arquitetura e Urbanismo. 8 (2)
ISSN 1809-4120.
http://www.mackenzie.br/dhtm/seer/index.php/cpgau/article/view/Biggs.2009.2/311
Archived at http://hdl.handle.net/2299/4402
Biggs, M.A.R. and D. Büchler (2009) Breaking into the Epistemological Problems of Research. Online CEPA conference proceedings. University of Valencia.
Archived at http://hdl.handle.net/2299/4399
Rocco, R., M. Biggs and D. Büchler (2009) Design Practice and Research: Interconnections and the criterion-based approach. In: Malins, J. (Ed.) European Academy of Design: Design Connexity. Aberdeen, EAD & Robert Gordon University, 375-380.
Archived at http://hdl.handle.net/2299/4400
Biggs, M.A.R. (2008) Editorial: the problem of interpretation in research in the visual and performing arts. Working Papers in Art and Design 5
ISSN 1466-4917
http://sitem.herts.ac.uk/artdes_research/papers/wpades/vol5/mbintro.html
Archived at http://hdl.handle.net/2299/4404
Biggs, M.A.R. and D. Büchler (2008) Eight Criteria for Practice-based Research in the Creative and Cultural Industries. Art, Design and Communication in Higher Education. 7 (1) 5-18.
ISSN 1474-273X
doi 10.1386/adch.7.1.5_1
Archived at http://hdl.handle.net/2299/4412
Biggs, M.A.R. and D. Büchler (2008) Architectural Practice and Academic Research. Nordic Journal of Architectural Research. 20 (1), 83-94.
ISSN 1102-5824
http://www.arkitekturforskning.net/Tidsskrift/2008/2008_1/Michael_A.R._Biggs&Daniela_Büchler%20.pdf
Archived at http://hdl.handle.net/2299/4405
publications (2001-2007)
publications (pre-2001)