I am willing to take PhD students who are interested in research in the following areas: Arts Management: Understanding the impact of emerging technologies (e.g., AI) on creative and cultural industries; Impact of emerging technologies on public policy, in particular cultural policy; use of creative methods and design in public policy (with an emphasis on emerging technologies)

I am a post-disciplinary researcher and educator whose research and practice centres around past, present and future uses of technologies across the creative and cultural industries. My current research explores the current and future impacts of the data-driven society and AI creative and cultural industries, in addition to the wider implications upon policy and governance.

I have previously carried out research exploring creative maker enterprises in Cumbria, the use of design and creative methods in public policy, and the effect of the data-driven society on our understandings of place. 

My teaching on the Arts Management MA explores the past, present and future impacts of digital technologies on the arts, in particular on creative and cultural organisations. 

I have a background in art history, curatorship, digital innovation and more recently in  the areas of design public policy.

LICA417 - Personal Development (Module Convenor) 

LICA420 - Research Methods

LICA412 - Strategic Thinking in Creative and Cultural Industries (Module Convenor)

LICA405 - Research Dissertation supervision

Prior to becoming Lecturer in Arts Management, I was Senior Research Associate in Imagination Lancaster (Population and Policy). I was also Research Associate on the AHRC funded Living Design and Located Making projects at Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University. (December 2017 - December 2019).

I have over a decades experience of working as an arts manager in museums, and holds an MA in Museum Studies (Manchester) ; MRes in Digital Innovation (EPSRC funded, Lancaster); BA (hons) Fine Art: Practice and Theory (Lancaster) and PhD (EPSRC funded) in Digital Innovation (Lancaster).