About

Hello! My name is Antonia Liguori and this is my personal website, a place where I’ll try to include the most recent publications, videos and experiences I have been part of… in Academia and beyond.

Photo taken by Judy Hume – Teesside University

Here a few lines about myself:

I work at Teesside University, in the UK, as a Professor of Participatory Storytelling and Public Policy, and Co-Director of the interdisciplinary research Institute for Collective Place Leadership – with a focus on Innovative and Imaginative Places.

Over the past 20 years, I have had the privilege to experience a very diverse and exciting career pathway, in the cultural sector and the media industry in Italy, and in academia in the UK. I have been drawn to the space where Education and Technology intersect, and opportunities for methodological innovation arise. Having been immersed in a truly interdisciplinary environment provided me with a broad range of skills and knowledge that have allowed me to develop a growing international reputation and a record of excellence in research, teaching and enterprise within the field of digital storytelling, applied within experimental pedagogy, heritage education and audience engagement. My research has been focusing on three main strands: digital storytelling in formal and non-formal education; co-creation, participation and resilience to address environmental issues; applied storytelling and mental health literacy. Since 2015, after having joined HEART – Healing Education Animation Research Therapy, I’ve been exploring digital storytelling as a therapeutic intervention and, more recently, its application within social prescribing.
In the past 5 years, I have been involved (as Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator) in more than 20 projects of various sizes, ranging from a few thousand euros to over a million euros in value, funded by AHRC, NERC, ESRC, MRC and the European Commission.

Here you can download my latest CV and publication list.

A list of my research projects is available here.

You can find me online via the links below: feel free to connect and say hi.