The Social Practices Lab is designed to provide a focal space, for socially led research projects and practices that develop responses to current global and local challenges through creative practices and approaches. The Social Practices Lab’s approach is to work collaboratively and in partnership, across disciplines, sometimes embedded in studios, sometimes expanding working spaces through technologies and, in the main engaging publics in new ways not necessarily imagined. 

Established in 2023 the lab was originally convened by Ed D’Souza. Since May 2025, the Social Practice lab has been coordinated by Teresa Dillon with an evolving focus on supporting opportunities for cross-collaborative practices.  

This has included opening opportunities for redefining the labs underlying model and approach to Social Practice and drawing connections between disciplinary practices at WSA, which address the complexities of our contemporary lives. Grounding our work in real-world scenarios, we draw attention to what it means to create relational and hopeful practices.