About The Speakers
Panel: Sorting Fact from Fiction
Nick Jordan
Nick Jordan a multidisciplinary artist-filmmaker whose work explores the interconnections between cultural, social and natural ecologies. He has exhibited widely at international museums, galleries and film festivals, and has undertaken a number of international residencies and artist film commissions. With an interest in mutuality, shared agency and collaboration, Jordan's work often features cooperative input from practitioners in specialised fields, including life sciences, anthropology, history, architecture and healthcare. Nick Jordan studied Fine Art at Nottingham Trent University (BA) and Manchester Metropolitan University (MA), and is based in Manchester, UK.
www.nickjordan.info
@nickjordanart
Professor Ric Williams
Ric is a Professor in Ocean Sciences at University of Liverpool, conducting research on the ocean and the climate system. His climate research focuses on: how much carbon may be emitted before exceeding the Paris warming targets; how surface warming increases linearly with carbon emissions; and how there may be delayed warming even after carbon emissions cease. His ocean research focuses on how the ocean gains heat and how the overturning varies in the North Atlantic, and how Southern Ocean overturning affects atmospheric CO2. Ric Williams obtained a Physics degree at Bristol University, a Masters in Atmospheric Physics at Imperial College and a PhD in Physical Oceanography at University of East Anglia. He has worked as a research associate at Imperial College and won a 2 year fellowship at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and then moved to University of Liverpool. He has over 100 peer-reviewed publications and a textbook on ‘Ocean Dynamics and the Carbon Cycle’, and 13 of his papers were cited within the last Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment report 6 in 2021. He has been the Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor for Research and Impact for Science and Engineering at University of Liverpool for 5 years. He is currently the co-Director of the University of Liverpool research theme: Climate Futures.
https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/~ric/web_ric/Home.html
Talk: Developing SciArt Projects
Richard Evans
Richard is a electronic musician, writer and producer whose projects take inspiration from real-world science to explore biotechnology, machine intelligence and the environment.
He has raised funds for sci-art projects from a number of sources, including Arts Council England, the Wellcome Trust and the National Lottery Fund for Heritage supporting exhibitions, immersive performances, live music, a web series and artist commissions.
His production company, Cold Star Media, has received support from Creative UK and has been commissioned by the Science Museum Group, Light Night Leeds festival and the University of Manchester.
Twitter: @richardemusic
Instagram: @richardemusic
Panel: SciArt for Health & Wellbeing
Ramona Moldovan
Ramona is Professor of Clinical Psychology and Genomics at the University of Manchester, United Kingdom & Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania. Her academic, clinical and research activities are focused on psychiatric, neurodegenerative and rare conditions. She is also is part of the Whitworth Group (creators of the Rare/D podcast) which has combined expertise in the Media, Communications, Psychology, Genetic Counselling, Patient and Public Involvement, Narrative practices, Rare disease and Qualitative research methods.
https://international.info.icbas.up.pt/webinars/ramona-moldovan-university-of-manchester/
Twitter: @ramonazmoldovan
Deborah Pakkar Hull
has worked within the Applied Theatre sector for over 27 years. She has held three Artistic Director roles, leading small-scale theatre organisations in York, Birmingham and Leeds and now works as an independent theatre-maker.
Deborah has directed over 20 performances that have toured to schools, universities, theatre, heritage and community settings and has partnered with a range of organisations in the UK and internationally. A small sample includes: working with the Nigerian Popular Theatre Alliance to devise performances exploring issues relating to sexual health with young people in central Nigeria; engaging with survivors of the Partition of India in partnership with Yellowcat Theatre in Delhi to inform the development of The Vultures’ Song, an award winning performance for young audiences; and most recently working with Leeds Museums to create a city-centre storytelling walk for families, sharing hidden stories of Leeds diverse past. Deborah is currently a lead artist on Otherhood, a project exploring stories of those living without children, working alongside community and theatre partners in Bradford, Trafford and Huddersfield
Deborah is a regular associate university lecturer, is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has published several articles on her work.
https://otherhoodarts.wordpress.com
Twitter: @HullPakkar
Helen Foster
Helen Foster is a writer, researcher and poetry therapy practitioner who is interested in how we can share our stories creatively for wellbeing benefits. She currently runs the East Midlands Oral History Archive at the University of Leicester and a co-facilitates Surviving for Storytelling, a project led by the University of Nottingham in partnership with Writing East Midlands and Shine Lincoln which delivers creative writing workshops for people living with mental health challenges.
https://helenlouisefoster.com/2022/03/01/about/
Twitter: @dr_hlfoster
Panel: Brave New Worlds
Aisling Davis
Aisling is a multi-instrumentalist, artist, and writer from West Yorkshire. Her work uses sound, sculpture, and experimental art practice to engage with issues related to ocean health, flooding infrastructure, art-science, and utilitarian art and design.
In 2023, Davis will travel to Northern Finland to work with the Kilpisjärvi Biological Station of the Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki. The research produced will engage with theories of Arctic Futurism, Quantum Ecology, and Sámi reindeer culture.
Instagram - @styxthalia
Jason Parr
Jason is a clinical scientist, genomics enthusiast and a portrait artist. He is part of the Cancer Team and the North West Genomic Laboratory Hub -Manchester. Currently in his second year of this role, Jason has done many STEM events in the past and loves to get people talking about science and genomics.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jason-Parr
Chris Wright
Chris is an executive producer with FutureEverything, a year-round cultural programme focused on bringing people together to discover, share and experience new ideas for the future. Chris works with the team to develop and deliver their artistic work, creative output and engagement. He leads on the development of commissioned work and collaborates on the co-design and delivery of ideas and projects.
Chris joined the team in March 2020 following over 25 years as a creative producer and director working across a broad range of organisations, specialising in producing new theatre commissions, site-specific, installations, festivals, and events. He was a producer at the Royal Exchange Theatre for 9 years and has, recently, worked with MiF and Absolutely Cultured.
Twitter: @LeKoa