I love using participatory creative practices to connect research with everyday life. My work focuses on making academic ideas more accessible and sparking conversations that help bridge the gap between universities and the communities we aim to serve. Here are a few recent examples.
Bradford City of Culture 2025 meets Railway 200, a nationwide campaign marking 200 years of the Stockton & Darlington Railway. To mark the occasion, this quiz brought Bradford’s railway history to life. Beyond trivia, it revealed untold stories of migration, social change, and socio-spatial evolution. Framing Bradford within wider regional and national geographies, the quiz aimed to foster connection, transforming our perception of the railways as ‘infrastructure’ into a lived and evolving experience.
This event was hosted as part of the Pint of Science Festival in May 2025 in the historic Waterstones building in central Bradford. It was co-organized by Dr. Nirali Joshi, Abo Akademi University, Finland.
Not only is Bradford the UK City of Culture 2025, but it has recently been classified as the UK's first Cultural City of Sanctuary. Despite these tremendous achievements, much is still not known about the experiences of sanctuary seekers in the city. This two-day event seeks to explore the everyday life (challenges and assets) of sanctuary seekers in Bradford and imagine futures using the medium of a co-designed board game.
This event will be hosted in November 2025 in Bradford, and funded by a grant from the Being Human Festival. It is co-organized with Dr. Nirali Joshi, Abo Akademi University, Finland, and SBC Theatre, the UKs first Theatre Company of Sanctuary
Despite being rooted in United States military and seafarer tradition, the American traditional style (characterized by bold lines, limited color palettes, and iconic imagery such as anchors) has gained a particulalry large following in the North of England. This project seeks to understand why by interviewing tattoo artists and tattooees from across the north.
I am co-I with Dr. Douglas Schulz on this University of Bradford REIDA funded project. My role is to create the online exhibition which will be live in September 2025.
Inspired by the theatre of the oppressed practices, I have developed this session which introduces basic photography concepts while challenging participants to critically reflect on the stories they are telling with their photos. There is a particular relevance to the representation of power relations and thinking deeply about perspective.
I have presented this work at the University of Bradford's Unify festival, and the UB REIDA funded project 'Not my Hero', led by Dr. Maria Ambrozy.
A podcast from the Global Security Research Group at the University of Bradford which hosts conversations on vital global security issues.
The podcast can be accessed here.
I am currently producer and frequent co-host of the podcast.
Conversations on vital global security issues hosted by the Global Security Research Group at the Department of Peace Studies and International Development at the University of Bdford
I am frequently invited to host readings of my scripted plays in learning spaces. Thus far, these have been produced/ performed/ read over 50 times in theatre venues and universities in India, the US and the UK.
More information can be found here