NEWS | Pearl

Jan 10, 2024

Is PEARL a Large Neuron Collider, or a Large Synapse Elider?

Although many people think PEARL is large, PEARL is not as large as the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, which is a circular tube about 27...

Oct 24, 2023

How Life-Sized Environmental Simulation can help your City

This presentation aims to provide an overview of how PEARL (UCL's Person-Environment-Activity Research Lab) can help cities to understand...

Sep 29, 2023

Open House Festival 2023: Update

For the third consecutive year, we proudly participated in London's Open House Festival. Our open days, Friday September 8th, and...

Sep 3, 2023

Why would you use PEARL? Why should you?

Why would you use PEARL? It is easy to think of PEARL as a massive building with lots of exciting kit inside - but why would you ever...

Aug 31, 2023

Open House 2023

On 8th and 9th September PEARL will be running guided tours of the space including live demos as part of the annual open house festival!...

Aug 21, 2023

Call for Participants: Visual Behaviour of Pedestrians at an Unsignalised Crossing

Hi! There will be an experiment at UCL PEARL from 25th September to 5th October I wanted to bring to your attention. The experiment is...

Aug 18, 2023

Measuring Audience Response to Sound-based Work in Immersive Installations

We are soon to commence research at PEARL into measuring audience responses to the sound-based work within an immersive installation and...

Jul 31, 2023

NON LINEAR Film School: Applications Now Open!

We are excited to announce that we are part of a brand new 13-week multi-disciplinary intensive training course in creative careers. This...

Jul 28, 2023

Updated Call for Participants: Public Transport and Working Beyond Age 65

PLEASE NOTE: the eligibility criteria for the final focus group has been widened to include more age groups. See below. At PEARL we are...

Jul 28, 2023

Reflecting on the Past, Embracing the Present, and Shaping the Future in Dagenham

Event Poster for the event series from https://exhibitions.weebly.com/project-overview.html This year saw the local community come...

Jul 11, 2023

Brook Academy Ambassadors Round Out the Year by Getting Hands-On

By Craig Smith craig-smith@ucl.ac.uk We proudly run an ambassador’s programme at PEARL that provides local secondary school students from...

Jun 30, 2023

Light & Sound International Visit PEARL

Making and Production Team From left to right. Top: Steve Mayo and Beky Stoddart. Bottom: Ben Paveley, Matt Vile, Ralph Stokeld, and...

Jun 27, 2023

Call for Participants: Stress and Crowding on the London Underground

At PEARL we are carrying out research to simulate people’s body reaction to stress at different levels of crowding while commuting on the...

Jun 21, 2023

Call for Participants: Step Heights on the London Underground

We are currently conducting research at PEARL to determine the most suitable stair height for reducing the risk of falls on the London...

May 13, 2023

PEARL wins RIBA London Regional Award!

PEARL has won yet another award: this time, it is the London Regional Award from the Royal Institution of British Architects! This is an...

Apr 17, 2023

Call for Participants: an Autonomous Shuttle Experiment

We are currently seeking participants to take part in experiments on the interaction between an autonomous shuttle and pedestrians,...

Apr 16, 2023

Synchronising the vibe: how we know something is happening

When PEARL was asked to create a sound for the acoustic vehicle alert system (AVAS) being required for e-scooters in London, it was...

Apr 2, 2023

Why changing the world is so important

PEARL is all about learning and understanding how people interact with their immediate environment. We study this by looking at how...

Feb 18, 2023

Designing for Experience Rather Than Appearance

We are currently conducting research at PEARL into reintroducing nature into cities and the resulting impact this can have on well-being....

Jan 16, 2023

Music Futures grants to conduct music-related research at UCL PEARL: now open!

UCL Music Futures is offering two grants of £5,000 to conduct music-related research at UCL PEARL (Person-Environment-Activity Research...

Nov 24, 2022

Join our Making & Production Team now!

Are you a creative hands-on technician? Want to work across arts, science and engineering? PEARL's Making & Production Team works with...

Nov 23, 2022

The History of Pearl

PEARL (Person-Environment-Activity Research Laboratory) is located on the London East site, in Dagenham, East London. While PEARL has its...

Sep 9, 2022

PEARL wins CIHT Innovation and Technology 2022 Award

PEARL has been awarded the 2022 Chartered Institute of Highways and Transportation/Atkins Award for Innovation and Technology! This award...

Sep 6, 2022

PEARL @ Open House 2022!

PEARL will be open once again for visitors as part of the 2022 Open House Festival on 16 and 17 September. This year, we will be showing...