In May 2022, two new research projects with funds from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) were granted to explore key DCMS policy areas. This will finance two academics, through a short -term financed research opportunity called Scholarship. The investigation scholarships have been established as part of the main objective of the DCMS scientific advisor office to create stronger links between the academy and the government in the use of evidence to inform government policy. Both academics will work with policy officials and conduct research, which leads to results, including academic documents, presentations and blogs.
Dr. Susan Oman It is the cultural diplomacy team in arts, heritage and tourism, to explore digital culture within and beyond pandemic, and went to involve the international public. Susan has worked in areas of commercial, community and university association of the cultural sector. His interest in social impact led her to a master’s degree in cultural policy and her doctorate investigated how we could better understand cultural participation using national welfare data. Following his doctorate at a scholarship with the England of Arts for the correct improvements in diversity and data in the arts and is now data professor, AI and Society at the University of Sheffield.
Dr. Sofya Shahab It is the Cultural Heritage Protection Team in Arts, Heritage and Tourism, to explore the ways in which the DCMS and the British Council that focus on international cultural heritage contribute to human rights.
Sofya is a social anthropologist based in the Institute of Development Studies of the University of Sussex. His research is promoted by feminist approaches and a desire to understand the lived experiences of conflict, migration and oppression. This has led to an approach in the ways in which marginalized peoples in fragile contexts and affected by conflicts navigate their daily lives. She has experience in the use of several research methods to demonstrate different forms of violence and affection, and how they are found through incorporated processes, for more information on how they can be mobilized in poppel as part of politics and periopace. His most recent research body explores community-based responses to the destruction of heritage between ethno-religious minority groups in Iraq and Syria.
“DCMS intends to continue promoting R&D in creative and cultural sectors.
Our unlimited creativity report. I am very happy that we have a leg capable of appointing Dr. Susan Oman and Dr. Sofya Shahab to start a new job, based here in DCMS, to benefit the sectors of culture and heritage. “
– Lord Neil Mendoza, Cultural Recovery and Renewal Commissioner
