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I’m a transdisciplinary artist-researcher working inside and outside of universities. I have expertise in designing and delivering qualitative, participatory and artistic research, as well as public engagement and communication projects, with academic, social and policy outcomes. More recently I have also been working as a researcher developer in the Centre for Higher Education Practice at Southampton, where I design and deliver programmes for the personal and professional development of other researchers. I lead programmes in relation to research funding and to developing a coaching culture, and contribute to forwarding the equality, diversity and inclusion agenda. Working in interdisciplinary teams gives me new ways of generating and delivering innovative solutions to complex problems. I have collaborated with colleagues in Microbiology, Theology, Veterinary Science, Nursing, Engineering and Agricultural Science, and with non-academic partners in industry, NGOs and government. I'm interested in how cultural practices and knowledges create our relations with non-humans - whether in food systems, agri-environment policy, infection prevention, meat-eating masculinities, or environmentalism and antimicrobial resistance in the food chain. I see research, public engagement and participatory art as spaces where ideas and issues can be explored, rather than just solved or communicated. As an artist and researcher I have produced a multitude of exhibitions and performances internationally, alongside films, videos, book works, academic presentations and publications along related themes.​I'm an experienced facilitator and manager of creative processes, enabling spaces and environments with artists and publics, and am currently undertaking an Institute of Leadership and Management Level 5 Diploma in Effective Coaching and Mentoring. Colleagues describe me as considered and conscientious, with a proactive and collaborative attitude. I'm always up for a conversation about new projects, commissions or creative consultancy, so don't hesitate to get in touch!

Listed skills include Performing Arts, Acting, Theatre, Event Management, and 18 others.