Professor Alexander Easton
Director
Alex Easton is a Professor of Psychology with a particular interest in episodic memory (the memory for personally experienced events in the past). His interests centre around neuroscience and cognitive psychology, but he is also involved in work to explore how interdisciplinary perspectives can inform a more complete understanding of these most personal of memories.
Professor Nayanika Mookherjee
Co-Director (Social Sciences)
The overarching theme that connects Professor Mookherjee’s work is an ethnographic exploration of public memories of violent pasts and aesthetic practices of reparative futures. She has explored these processes in relation to (a) gender-based violence in conflicts and (b) war crimes.
Professor Patrick Zuk
Co-Director (Arts and Humanities)
Patrick Zuk Director, Arts & Humanities, is Professor of Music. He is a cultural historian specialising in the study of music in Eastern Europe and Great Britain and Ireland. His research has from the outset transcended traditional disciplinary boundaries.
Professor Karen Johnson
Co-Director (Science)
Karen Johnson is a Professor in Environmental Engineering at Durham University. Karen’s research has a strong emphasis on using ‘wastes’ as resources. To date, much of her research has focussed on the passive treatment of contaminated waters and soils using clean ‘wastes’ which were previously destined for landfill.
Professor Gretchen Larsen
Co-Director (Business)
rofessor Gretchen Larsen is an interpretive and critical consumer researcher, with expertise in the relationship between consumption, marketplace cultures, and arts and culture. She has published in a range of leading journals and has co-authored a book, ‘Music, Markets and Consumption” as well as a number of book chapters. Gretchen’s teaching is in the area of marketing theory and consumption.
Ms Linda Crowe
Institute Manager
Linda is the Manager of the IAS, which is a multifaceted role which sees her take responsibility for overseeing the operational running of the Institute, its Fellowship schemes and day to day management of administrative functions. She is a member of the senior management team supporting, in particular, the Director of the IAS in strategic activities.
After completing her undergraduate degree in German and Sociology in the early 1990s, she moved to the North East to join the multinational corporation, Siemens. Following more than decade working in industry, she made the transition to Higher Education and joined Durham University in 2008.
Ms Julia Angel
Administrator
Julia joined the IAS in March 2022 as Administrator. She joined Durham University in 2019 and has worked in several academic departments before most recently completing a 2 year placement as the Departmental Administrator of CIS.
Prior to joining Durham University, Julia gained over a decade of experience as an administrator in several industries such as recruitment, marketing and engineering.
Professor Felicity Callard
University of Glasgow
Professor John Sutton
Macquarie University
Professor Veena Das
Johns Hopkins
Professor Dilip Menon
University of Witwatersrand
Professor Joanna Page
University of Cambridge
Professor Chris Rogers
University of Birmingham
Professor Barbara Czarniawska
University of Gothenburg
Professor Anya Hurlbert
Newcastle University
Professor Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly
University of Oxford
Professor Monica Grady
Open University
Professor Elizabeth Edwards
DeMontfort University
Professor Pat Unwin
University of Warwick
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