About me
Social and ethnographic researcher and creative strategist, with 9 years experience across research, strategy, arts and culture journalism, music, event production and the public arts.
My undergraduate pursuits brought me into the field of sociology and social policy - alighting a fascination with people and the impact of culture on societal regulation. I now hold an MSc Politics of Conflict, Rights and Justice from SOAS, London where my thesis and research interests focused on cultural repression and censorship.
My current area of academic research is interested in policing and the political repression of arts and culture.
I care about storytelling and believe that thoughtful, robust research create the most powerful insights and can inspire a shift in how people think about the world.
My current creative strategy work focuses on qualitative research and insight helping brands make better decisions - focusing on community, youth culture, equity and social & environmental sustainability.
Specialising in subculture, youth, nightlife and music.
More widely, my research experience spans both public and private sector in health inequality, building health equity, immigration service reform, asylum service reform, digital media consumption trends, online abuse, children’s early years, customer experience and accessibility across projects for;
UEFA, BBC, NHS England, Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, UK Visa and Immigration/Home Office and county and borough councils.
Projects
- I Should be Doing Something Else Right Now/I LEAFBorrowing its name from the title of a work by Vivienne Griffin, the artist opens the series with I LEAF, a post-apocalyptic techno-fantasy. A text written in the initial days of lockdown, the vocal sound was recorded in the artist's small flat, filled with sounds from inside and out. Instead of trying to block out the ambient noise, Vivienne opened the windows and let more in. In collaboration with soltura, the Irish London-based musician Saoirse Ní Scanláin, the music was produced over the cou
Work history
Creative StrategistProtein
London, United KingdomFull Time
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Event ManagerSelf Employed
Dublin, IrelandFreelance
As an independent freelance event manager, I have initiated and co-ordinated non-profit music and cultural events in Dublin over the last three years. This involved creating and leading teams to ensure the success of the events, managing location and sound equipment bookings, booking and communicating artists and handling and mounting artworks for exhibition. I most recently lead a team to host Solace, an empowering art and ambient music event which raised almost €1000 for the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre.
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Skills
- Public Exhibitions
- Public Communications
- Public Engagement
- Social Engagement
- Content Translation
- Music Journalism
- Print Journalism
- Online Journalism
- Journalism
- Digital Journalism
- Music Consulting
- Human Rights
- Political Communication
- Assistant
- Music Festivals
- Music Events
- Artist Liaison
- Research
- Research Projects
- Research Writing
- Creative Research
Education
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MSc Politics of ConflictSOAS, University of London
London, United Kingdom
2:1 MSc Politics of Conflict, Rights and Justice at SOAS, University of London.
Dissertation in Policing of Drill Music by the Metropolitan Police
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BA (Hons) Sociology and Social PolicyTrinity College Dublin
- Dublin, Ireland
2:1 graduate with a 1-grade thesis.