Joe joined POLART as a PhD researcher after what he describes as a “slightly unconventional” route into doctoral research. Having returned to academia after six years away to complete an MA, Joe was clear that if the opportunity arose to continue, he would take it. “When I saw the POLART project,” he explains, “I knew […]
Micaela Levesque joined POLART as a PhD researcher after coming to policy through the lens of cultural practice. Their route into research was shaped not by abstraction, but by the practical realities of making art and the systems that surround it. While studying Theatre Arts at Earlham College in rural Indiana, Micaela worked on a research […]
A visual art installation, a sculpture, a library, a museum, a curiosity, a venue.
POLART is shaped by a research path that began far from formal policy studies, in the outskirts of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Rather than treating art as an illustration or commentary, POLART explores how artistic practices actively shape how issues are perceived, felt and debated.
A key focus of Judith’s research in recent years has been on the growing role of design and the cultural sector in addressing global challenges.
Bringing together interdisciplinary perspectives, POLART works across the social science, humanities and the arts. The team will engage with artists, policy actors and researchers to investigate how aesthetic practices create the conditions for new ways of knowing and governing.