# Culture, creativity & societies

**Source**: https://www.anu.edu.au/culture-creativity-societies
**Parent**: https://www.anu.edu.au/

Understanding cultures and the complex relationships in societies.

Across humanities, creative arts and social sciences, ANU sets national and international standards in research, education and community engagement. Our national role in Australia is demonstrated by consistent high rankings in global rankings and the depth and breadth of our research.

## Highlight stories

[The Matildas waltz in as Australia’s Word of the Year](https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/the-matildas-waltz-in-as-australias-word-of-the-year)

[Cost of living pressures sees social cohesion hit record low](https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/cost-of-living-pressures-sees-social-cohesion-hit-record-low)

[AI faces look more real than actual human faces](https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/ai-faces-look-more-real-than-actual-human-faces)

[Bin chickens and maggies step into the spotlight](https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/bin-chickens-and-maggies-step-into-the-spotlight)

## Research areas

### The arts

Creative arts, museum and art curatorship, and cultural inquiry are strongly supported through an interdisciplinary research base. Our researchers are pushing the boundaries of scholarship and engage with key social issues facing Australia, such as Indigenous cultural expression.

#### Related Links

- [School of Art & Design](http://soa.anu.edu.au/)
- [School of Music](http://music.anu.edu.au/)
- [School of Literature, Languages & Linguistics](http://slll.anu.edu.au/)
- [Research School of Humanities & the Arts](http://rsha.anu.edu.au/)
- [Centre for Heritage & Museum Studies](https://chms.cass.anu.edu.au/)

### Humanities

The humanities research being conducted by ANU scholars is globally recognised as amongst the best in the world. Philosophy, history, modern languages, and linguistics, are each ranked by QS Subject Rankings (2014) as the best in Australia and in the global top 15.

#### Related Links

- [School of Philosophy](http://philosophy.anu.edu.au/)
- [School of History](http://history.cass.anu.edu.au/)
- [Research School of Humanities & the Arts](http://rsha.anu.edu.au/)
- [School of Literature, Languages & Linguistics](http://slll.anu.edu.au/)
- [School of Culture, History & Language](http://chl.anu.edu.au/)
- [Humanities Research Centre](http://hrc.anu.edu.au/)

### Social sciences

ANU has an outstanding international reputation of social science research and training, leading public debate through demographic research, political science, law and society. As Australia’s major institution for social sciences, we have a proud history of outstanding scholarship and research training.

#### Related Links

- [Research School of Social Sciences](http://rsss.anu.edu.au/)
- [School of International, Political & Strategic Studies](http://ips.cap.anu.edu.au/)
- [ANU College of Law](http://law.anu.edu.au/research)
- [Crawford School of Public Policy](https://crawford.anu.edu.au/)

### Social structures & processes

ANU is the national academic home of archaeology, anthropology and history, with scholars working on a world-class program of research in remote and metropolitan Australia, Asia and the Pacific, and globally. A vibrant interdisciplinary network of researchers seeks to understand societies from ancient to present.

#### Related Links

- [School of Archaeology & Anthropology](http://archanth.anu.edu.au/)
- [School of Culture, History & Language](http://chl.anu.edu.au/)
- [School of History](http://history.cass.anu.edu.au/)
- [National Centre for Indigenous Studies](http://ncis.anu.edu.au/)

### Indigenous studies

ANU is a national leader in Indigenous studies with a deep commitment to addressing key issues for Indigenous populations. We aim to increase Australia’s understanding of Indigenous cultures, laws and histories with cross-disciplinary research in a number of fields.

#### Related Links

- [National Centre for Indigenous Studies](http://ncis.anu.edu.au/)
- [Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research](http://www.anu.edu.au/caepr/index.php)
- [Research School of Humanities & the Arts](http://rsha.anu.edu.au/)
- [Australian Centre for Indigenous History](http://acih.anu.edu.au/index.php)
- [Indigenous Studies](http://indigenousstudies.anu.edu.au/)
- [National Centre for Indigenous Genomics](http://ncig.anu.edu.au/)

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