Dr Mary Richards
Divisional Lead / Reader

Research area(s)

• I am Principal Investigator for the Evaluating Student Knowledge Exchange project which commenced in September 2020 and runs until March 2024. A conference with community stakeholders and students took place in Kitwe, Zambia in September 2023. The project was funded by Research England and the Office for Students (£326,244) with additional funding from Brunel University London. Find out more about our activities, community engagement and the impact on former refugee resettler farmers and other stakeholders please visit our website.  https://eskeproject.com/

• I was a Co-Investigator on the Royal Academy of Engineers project led by Dr Olwenn Martin (PI) https://www.brunel.ac.uk/research/projects/sustainable-livelihoods-in-refugee-resettlements

  I have been a Co-Investigator on the Science and Technology Facilities Council (2015-2017) funded project to work with the particle physicist Dr Jo Cole (PI) from the College of Engineering Design and Physical Sciences. Together we developed a project entitled The Elusive Ms Higgs: a detective fiction of elementary truths which sought to investigate the use of immersive theatre practice as a tool to engage school pupils with the particle physics associated with the discovery of the Higgs boson. I have published papers and articles on live art and performance. Most recently, a article which considers, Tino Sehgal's approach to producing without producing objects: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/intellect/chor/2017/00000008/00000002/art00002#

  A fully revised and updated second edition of my monograph on Marina Abramović (Routledge) was published in 2019 and is available here

• I have published papers and articles on live art and performance. Most recently, a article which considers, Tino Sehgal's approach to producing without producing objects: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/intellect/chor/2017/00000008/00000002/art00002#

• Supporting the development of food security in low resource settings 
• Participatory practice and social justice
• Durational performance
• Outreach and the communication of science

Research Interests

My research interests include a food security in low resources settings, the politics of participatory practice, social justice and representation. I would be happy to hear from potential research students with corresponding interests.

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