ANZSRC review delivers new Field of Research codes for Creative Arts

After nearly 12 months of consultation and revision, the ARC has announced its revised ANZSRC. This classification, which is reviewed roughly every ten years, provides the framework for the measurement and analysis of R&D undertaken across research institutions in Australia and New Zealand. The previous ANZSRC contained longstanding problems for creative arts disciplines particularly within the field of research codes, most notably the conjoining of performing arts and creative writing into one code despite their distinctly different methodological approaches.

The DDCA, in consultation with discipline peak bodies and academic colleagues, took a leading role in the redesign of the new codes covering creative arts disciplines. Copies of DDCA’s submissions are available at: https://www.ddca.edu.au/advocacy

After a number of additional review and correction stages, the ARC released its revised coding this month. The new coding although not reflective of all DDCA’s recommendations, represents a much more contemporary and representative approach to research categorisation and assessment in the creative arts that will benefit our sector.

DDCA would like to thank everyone who contributed and especially the DDCA executive who played such a major role in this process.

The new field of research classification codes are as follows: