Academic - Research and Fellowships
2022 - 2024, Research Associate, School of Design, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh
2016 - 2020, Research Associate, Intercultural Research Centre (IRC), Heriot-Watt University
2012 - 2013, Postdoctoral Fellowship, Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities (IASH), University of Edinburgh
Academic - Conference Papers and Workshops
2020, Guest Speaker: ‘Connection, Creativity, Community in a Time of Covid-19,’ Folklore, Ethnology, Ethnomusicology Conference Aberdeen (FEECA)
2019, Workshop: ‘Reclaiming the Commons and the Creative Economy: Exploring Waterscape Perspectives’, SHOORMAL Conference. New Coasts & Shorelines: Shifting Sands in the Creative Economy, Shetland
2018, Workshops with Local Voices for SIEF International Summer School: ‘Giving Voice? Facilitating Social and Community Resilience,’ Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen
2017, Panel Speaker: “Scotland at a Crossroads - Heritage Past and Futures" Intercultural Research Centre, Heriot-Watt University
2015, Paper: 'An Emerging Policy Context for the Traditional Arts in Scotland' British Forum for Ethnomusicology, University of Newcastle
2013, Paper: ‘Songs and Sustainability: Exploring a Cultural-Ecological Approach in a Scottish Context.’ Traditional Song Forum Spring Meeting, Edinburgh
2012, Paper: ‘Affective Heritage as Embodied Process: The Traditional Expressive Arts.’ Association of Critical Heritage Studies, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
2012, Paper: ‘From Representation to Experience: A New Perspective in Scottish Ballad Study.’ Innovative Learning Week, University of Edinburgh
2011, Paper: ‘Together in Sang: The Embodied Song Experience as Singularly Plural.’ European Society for Ethnomusicology, Aberdeen
2011, ‘What a voice, what a voice, what a voice I hear’: Deep Listening and the Ballad Experience in a Scottish Context.’ International Council for Traditional Music, Londonderry, Ireland