# Edinburgh College of Art Launches its ‘Vision’ of Academic Research [![image](https://hawksey.info/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/image11.png "image")](http://www.eca.ac.uk/cms_assets/Research-work/FINAL%20eca%20Vision.pdf)On Monday (16 November 2009) the Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) launched ‘***Vision***’, a new publication about its current and future research projects. ECA has a strong history of ground-breaking research producing work of national and international standing in ‘Art & Design’ and ‘Architecture and the Built Environment’. > With the aim of progressing lively and accessible public engagement with academic research,***Vision*** presents ground-breaking creative thinking across a vast range of art, design, architecture and landscape architecture disciplines. It also highlights the increase in cross-disciplinary and external collaboration in projects where experts in architecture, digital design, visual communications, business, anthropology, medical and computer science work with us to develop imaginative solutions to theoretical and practical issues On the publication of ***Vision***, Professor Ian Howard, Principal of Edinburgh College of Art, says: ‘Public engagement with academic research is something we are committed to and passionate about. We have published *Vision* in the hope that future participation and collaboration in research practices can be expanded and realised as more and more people recognise the quality and diversity of our research.’ [Download the PDF of Vision here](http://www.eca.ac.uk/cms_assets/Research-work/FINAL%20eca%20Vision.pdf)Limited hard copies of *Vision* are available on request for potential partners from the academic and cultural sectors. Requests to [Click here for the full ECA press release](http://www.eca.ac.uk/index.php?id=1308)