LABORATORY FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH

Student with laptop

SUPPORTING CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH

The Laboratory for Advancement of Interdisciplinary Research (LAIR) provides a physical space for VSB faculty and students to conduct research using experiments, surveys, interviews, focus groups and other primary sources. The LAIR will also serve as a resource for course projects that require primary data collection and support other activities that call for cutting-edge research practices. 

CAPABILITIES OF THE LAB

  • Audio and visual recording equipment for data collection.
  • A main area where participants will participate in research studies with an adjacent room for researcher controls such as a central computer and intercom system.
  • Mobile tables and chairs, allowing for researchers to have participants sit in any desired arrangement.
  • Two monitors for showing videos, a set of laptops, a white board, eye-tracking hardware and software.

HOW FACULTY CAN USE THE LAB

  • Conducting research using our subject pool of students enrolled in our Competitive Effectiveness course.
  • Holding classes for recording student presentations, gathering data from your students, playing video/music for your students.

HOW STUDENTS CAN USE THE LAB


 

 

 

PARTICIPATE IN A STUDY


Shelly Rathee
Director of Laboratory for the Advancement of Interdisciplinary Research (LAIR)
Assistant Professor, Marketing & Business Law

“The creation of the this new lab is an essential step in promoting groundbreaking and collaborative research between faculty and students across Villanova.”
-Beth Vallen, PhD, associate professor, Marketing & Business Law