Research Grants Awarded:
AHRC, MUSICFUTURES, Rachel McLean, Richard Koeck, Sabine Jacques, Jennifer Davies, Mathew Flynn, Grant value (£): 6.2 Million, Duration of research project: 5. 2025
Liverpool John Moore QR research fund, The Veiled Selfie Project, Grant value (£): 2000, Duration of research project: 12 Months. 2021
Conference presentation:
The Veiled Selfie Project, MeCCSA Manchester 2024, MMU, Oral presentation, https://www.schoolofdigitalarts.mmu.ac.uk/events/meccsa-conference-2024/. 2024
You have friends on different levels, 'World In Flux', Kings College London, Oral presentation. 2018
The impact of CMC on the Pashtun Diaspora, Digital Cultures: Knowledge / Culture / Technology, Leuphana University Lüneburg Germany, Oral presentation. 2018
Maintaining Long Distant Relationships through Social Networking, Morgan Centre for the Study of Relationship and Personal Life. Proximities: Thinking about Relationality, University of Manchester, Oral presentation. 2011
Use of Social Networking Technologies for Maintaining Social Relationships, The Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis: 6th UK Social Networks Conference, Manchester, Oral presentation. 2010
‘Maintaining Relationships, Social Networking and Computer-Mediated Technology, The Manchester Business School Annual Postgraduate Conference, The University of Manchester, Oral presentation. 2009
Conference organisation:
UNIFEST / Film Conference Indonesia. 2022
Award:
QR, Liverpool John Moores University. 2022
Other Professional Activity:
Consultant Art Director: VR INK CAMPAIGN
SouthernGFX was commissioned by Logitech to test their new VR pen, VR INK and to create, design a social media campaign to promote VR INK. https://www.logitech.com/en-us/promo/vr-ink/enterprise-pioneers.html. 2020
Consultant Art Director: GRAVITY ANGEL
SouthernGFX was commissioned by HTC to develop a 3D Alien Angel which was to be used as part of a promotional campaign for the HTC headset.. 2019
External PGR Supervision - completed students:
Leeds Beckett University, Professional MRes, An Investigation into the principles and best practice methods of digital marketing with particular focus on the Facebook platform. 2019
External collaboration:
Leeds Trinity Unversity, SouthernGFX and Gravity Sketch - UKRI Funded project (500k) my role was an external collaborator/consultant: Documenting and drafting a report for a new VR tool created by GravitySketch and tested by SouthernGFX.. 2019
Fellowships:
Senior Fellowship, Higher Education Academy, https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/. 2017
Teaching qualification:
Post Graduate Certificate in Post 16 Education. 2004
