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Thomas Tufte

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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Burce Çelik

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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Ana

Dr Ana Cristina Suzina

Lecturer in Media and Creative Industries

Dr Ana Cristina Suzina is a specialist in communication and social change with expertise in grassroots social movements, popular and participatory communication, science communication, advocacy, communication epistemologies, media and democracy and power asymmetries.
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Dr Fanni Toth

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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Jessica Noske-Turner

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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Dr Rohit K Dasgupta

Rohit Dasgupta

Visiting Fellow

Rohit is a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Media and Creative Industries.
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Dr Lora Marakova

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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Angela McRobbie

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

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

Dr Ronan Lee

Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow

Ronan Lee is a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow at Loughborough University London where his work focusses on Asian politics, the Rohingya, Myanmar, genocide, hate speech and migration.
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Graham Hitchen

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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Theresa Heath

Vice Chancellor Independent Research Fellow

Dr Theresa Heath is a post-doctoral researcher and film and creative industries scholar specialising in queer and feminist film festivals and cinemas; festivals, events and urban space; disabled access in the CCIs, and disability cinema and activism.
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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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