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Dr Mary Richards
Divisional Lead / Reader

Gaskell Building 108

  • Transdisciplinary Studies in Global Change

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 µÚÒ»³Ô¹ÏÍøUniversity London. Find out more about our activities, community engagement and the impact on former refugee resettler farmers and other stakeholders please visit our website.  
  • I was a Co-Investigator on the Royal Academy of Engineers project led by Dr Olwenn Martin (PI) /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: 

    A fully revised and updated second edition of my monograph on ²Ñ²¹°ù¾±²Ô²¹&²Ô²ú²õ±è;´¡²ú°ù²¹³¾´Ç±¹¾±Ä‡&²Ô²ú²õ±è;(Routledge) was published in 2019 and is available 

  • 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: 

  • 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.

Research grants and projects

Research Projects

Grants

Evaluating Student Knowledge Exchange
Funder: Research England and Office for Students
Duration: September 2021 -
Z-lab: co-designing sustainable livelihoods in rural Zambian refugee re-settlements
Funder: Royal Academy of Engineering
Duration: March 2020 - March 2021
A framework for designing Mixed Reality situated learning experiences in cultural heritage sites
Funder: Arts & Humanities Research Council
Duration: May 2019 - January 2020
M_The Elusive Ms Higgs: a detective fiction of elementary truths
Funder: Science and Technology Facilities Council
Duration: February 2015 - February 2017