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08
September
2022
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13:40
Europe/London

Creative ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp appoints new research leads

The Creative ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp research platform has appointed three new research leads from The ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp to oversee each of its key research themes.

Since becoming a research platform at The ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp, Creative ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp has witnessed immense growth, nurturing exciting research and delivering outstanding workshops and events. The platform’s research is centred on three key themes: Creative Industries and Innovation; Creative and Civic Futures; and Creativity, Health and Wellbeing. 

The newly appointed Creative ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp Research Leads will support and grow strong multidisciplinary communities around each key theme, and provide strategic direction to each area.

The research leads will work closely with Creative ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp Director, Professor John McAuliffe, who said of their appointment, “I am delighted to welcome Claudia, Stephen, and Jenna to the Creative ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp team. They bring with them a huge amount of knowledge and expertise, and I am looking forward to working closely with each of them across the three Creative ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp research themes.â€

The new research leads took up their appointment on 1 September 2022, each of whom will be leading their respective research theme:

  • Dr Claudia E Henninger – Creative Industries and Innovation
  • Dr Stephen Hicks – Creativity, Health and Wellbeing
  • Dr Jenna C Ashton – Creative and Civic Futures

is a Reader Lecturer in Fashion Marketing Management, holding interest in sustainability and the circular economy within a fashion context. She has been published in internationally leading journals, such as the and the , and has disseminated her work at various leading conferences. Claudia is also an Executive Member of the and the Chair of the .

is a Senior Lecturer in Social Work in the School of Health Sciences, . He is also a member of the and, until recently, was the Senior Postgraduate Tutor for the . He is currently the ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp lead on the (NIHR) and School for Social Care funded project, , which is working with eight co-researchers to examine social care workers’ assessments of the welfare needs of older LGBTQ+ people. Stephen has also carried out research into community belonging and questions of place with colleagues from Sociology, Anthropology, and Architecture, and has written extensively on LGBTQ+ parenting.

is an artist and Lecturer in Heritage Studies in the . Jenna's research contributes to evolving creative and community methods within heritage and cultural studies for addressing social and ecological (in)justice. Her work is often site-specific, highlighting experiences and knowledge(s) of place, and she has over 15 years’ experience in community collaboration and co-production. Jenna also holds advisory and trustee roles in the UK and internationally, and is currently leading the project, ‘’ (AHRC UK Climate Resilience Programme (2020-2022)), is a Co-Investigator on ‘’ (NERC Future of UK Treescapes programme (2021-2024)), and is part of The ¼â½ÐÊÓƵapp’s Cottonopolis Collective (AHRC-NERC Hidden Histories of Environmental Science funded project, Cottonopolis).