After 9 years (110 months) of personal and professional growth at Loughborough University, School of Design and Creative Arts (former School of the Arts, English and Drama), I am delighted to start a new chapter at Teesside University, School of Social Sciences, Humanities & Law, as Professor of Participatory Storytelling and Public Policy.
From the 5th of February, I am part of the leadership team for the Institute for Collective Place Leadership (IfCPL). This newly formed research institute brings together the School of Social Sciences, Humanities, and Law, Teesside University International Business School (TUIBS) and the School of Arts and Creative Industries (SACI). The institute responds to a key pillar of the university research strategy around ‘People and Place’. Academics and the PGR community work across three themes within the IfCPL: ‘Imaginative and Innovative Places’, ‘Empowered and Inclusive Places’ and ‘Sustainable and Resilient Places’. The IfCPL is built on principles of lived experience, empowering change through evidence-based solutions, and partnership and collaboration and local, regional, national and international levels. The strategic direction of TU research in this space recognises that regions are undergoing significant transition and transformation is required to alleviate ongoing social, cultural and economic inequalities while aspiring towards shared, inclusive and prosperous futures.
The IfCPL will provide academic leadership across all thematic areas, through its Director, Professor Natasha Vall and Research Director, Dr Kieran Fenby-Hulse.
Antonia Liguori / Participatory Storytelling 