Institute for Media and Creative Industries
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Professor Thomas Tufte
Institute Director for the Institute for Media and Creative Industries
Professor Thomas Tufte is an internationally leading scholar in the field of communication for social change.
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Professor Jo Tacchi
Associate Dean of Teaching and Professor of Media and Creative Industries
Professor Jo Tacchi is a media anthropologist with a record of research collaboration with academic, commercial, government and community partners.
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Dr Burçe Çelik
Reader in Media and Creative Industries
Dr Burçe Çelik teaches social movements and media, media cultures in the global south, and politics of communication. She is the Programme Director for all taught programmes in the Institute for Media and Creative Industries.
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Dr Clelia Clini
Research Associate in the Institute for Media and Creative Industries
Dr Clelia Clini is a Research Associate on the project “Migrant Memory and the Postcolonial Imagination (MMPI): British Asian Memory, Identity and Community after Partition”.
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Dr Ana Cristina Suzina
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow
Dr Ana Cristina Suzina is specialist in communication for social change with expertise in grassroots social movements, popular and participatory communication, communication epistemologies, media and democracy and power asymmetries.
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Dr Eric Ewoh Opu
Teaching Fellow
Eric is currently module leader for Social Identities and Media, and Media Audiences and Users.
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Dr Fanni Toth
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Dr Fanni Toth is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Insititute for Media and Creative Industries (IMCI).
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Dr Jessica Noske-Turner
Senior Lecturer in Media and Creative Industries
Dr Jessica Noske-Turner is a senior lecturer with expertise in media and communication for development and social change.
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Rohit Dasgupta
Visiting Fellow
Rohit is a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Media and Creative Industries.
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Dr Lora Markova
Research Associate, Institute for Media and Creative Industries
Dr Lora Markova is a Research Associate at the Creative Research and Innovation Centre (CRAIC).
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Professor Angela McRobbie
Visiting Professor
Angela is a fellow of the British Academy, specialist in feminist cultural theory, popular culture, the fashion industry and creative economy.
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Dr Amalia G Sabiescu
Lecturer in Media and Creative Industries
Amalia is a media and communications scholar specialising in the study of information technology adoption and influences in cultural and creative practice, international and community development.
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Professor Graham Murdock
Professor Emeritus of Culture and Economy
Professor Graham Murdock is a well known Professor of Media and Communication, having been fundamental in the setting up of Media postgraduate programmes within the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at the Loughborough (East Midlands) campus.
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Dr Ronan Lee
Doctoral Prize Fellow
Dr Ronan Lee is a Doctoral Prize Fellow at Loughborough University London’s Institute for Media and Creative Industries where his research focuses on the Rohingya, genocide, hate speech, migration, and Asian politics.
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Professor Graham Hitchen
Director of Policy
Graham Hitchen is Director of the Loughborough University Policy Unit and a senior member of the London School, where he is Professor of Practice within the Institute for Media and Creative Industries.
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Professor Cuthbeth Tagwirei
Marie Curie Fellow
Professor Cuthbeth Tagwirei is an Apartheid Studies Scholar and a Marie Curie Fellow for the Institute for Media and Creative Industries.
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Dr Eduardo Yuji Yamamoto
Visiting Professor
Dr Eduardo Yuji Yamamoto is a Visiting Professor for the Institute for Media and Creative Industries.
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Dr Juan Zhou
Associate Professor
Dr Juan Zhou is an academic visitor to the Institute for Media and Creative Industries.
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