Institute of Education London

Professor Gunther Kress

• • Professor of Semiotics and Education
• Faculty:
  • Faculty of Children and Learning
• Department:
  • Culture, Communication and Media
• Centre:
  • Centre for Multimodal Research
• Research:
  • Current:
    
    Participation in funded projects on: Communication, learning and identity in the Operating Theatre.
    
    2011-14 Transient teams in the Operating Theatre (Bezemer, Kress, Kneebone), Funder ESRC, Co-Investigator
    
    2011-14 MODE: Multimodal Methodologies for Researching Digital Data and Environments (NCRM), Funder ESRC, Co-Investigator
    
    2009-11 Mapping Educational activity in the Operating Theatre, Funder: London Deanery, Co-Investigator
    
    2007-09 Museums, exhibitions and visitors: Meaning-making in a new arena for learning and communication (Co-Director, with Prof Staffan Selander, University of Stockholm) Funder: Swedish National Research Foundation) London component: £ 65k
    
    Completed projects:
    
    2007-09 Gains and Losses: Changes in Representation, Knowledge and Pedagogy in Learning Resources (Director) Funder: ESRC £210k
    
    2005 Screen and the social landscape: representation, communication and interaction (a research cluster in the Designing for the 21 Century Research Programme) (Director, with Carey Jewitt and Teal Triggs) Funder: AHRB / ESPRC £ 53k
    
    2000-03 The Production of School English (Director, with E Reid, J Hardcastle, K Jones, A Franks, J Bourne) Funder: ESRC £155k
    
    2001-02 Signs of Difference (Co-Director, with C Kenner) Funder: ESRC £84k
    
    1996-98 Children's Media Culture: education, entertainment and the public sphere (Co-Director, with D Buckingham, K Jones) Funder: ESRC £163k
    
    1997-99 Biliteracies Funder ESRC with Kenner C. £ 80K
    
    1997–99 Rhetorics of the Science Classroom (Director, with J Ogborn), Funder: ESRC £135k
    
    1995-96 Visual Communication in the learning of science (Co-Director, with J Ogborn) Funder: ESRC £122k
    
    1994-95 Explanation in the Science Classroom (Co-Director, with J Ogborn) Funder: ESRC£113k

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