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Joe Dolan: Performance, Politics and the Climate Crisis

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 […]

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Micaela Levesque: From Responsible Storytelling to Cultural Policy

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 […]

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Introducing Professor Sotiria Grek, Principal Investigator

POLART is shaped by a research path that began far from formal policy studies, in the outskirts of Thessaloniki, Greece.

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Introducing Dr Erica O’Neill—Rethinking the Avant-Garde for Policy Problematization

Rather than treating art as an illustration or commentary, POLART explores how artistic practices actively shape how issues are perceived, felt and debated.

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Introducing Dr Judith Tsouvalis — Creating sustainable worlds through the arts

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.

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