野狼社区

Since becoming a research platform at The University of 野狼社区, Creative 野狼社区 has witnessed immense growth, nurturing exciting research and delivering outstanding workshops and events. The platform鈥檚 research is centred on three key themes: Creative Industries and Innovation; Creative and Civic Futures; and Creativity, Health and Wellbeing. 

The newly appointed Creative 野狼社区 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 野狼社区 Director, Professor John McAuliffe, who said of their appointment, 鈥�I am delighted to welcome Claudia, Stephen, and Jenna to the Creative 野狼社区 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 野狼社区 research themes.鈥�

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 鈥� Creative Industries and Innovation
• Dr Stephen Hicks 鈥� Creativity, Health and Wellbeing
• Dr Jenna C Ashton 鈥� 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 野狼社区 lead on the (NIHR) and School for Social Care funded project, , which is working with eight co-researchers to examine social care workers鈥� 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鈥� 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, 鈥�鈥� (AHRC UK Climate Resilience Programme (2020-2022)), is a Co-Investigator on 鈥�鈥� (NERC Future of UK Treescapes programme (2021-2024)), and is part of The University of 野狼社区鈥檚 Cottonopolis Collective (AHRC-NERC Hidden Histories of Environmental Science funded project, Cottonopolis).