Storytelling Academy – Interdisciplinary Research at Loughborough University
For many academics and practitioners, storytelling is more than a means of communication; it is a body of lived experience that reveals how we come to understand the world and how we position ourselves within it. When these stories are shared, they also shape the lived experiences of others. In this sense, storytelling becomes a powerful force for shaping our
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For the next academic year, the Storytelling Academy will be hosting an online reading group. The group will run fortnightly on Wednesdays for one and a half hours during the Autumn and Spring terms. For each meeting the group will read in advance a piece of writing relating to some aspect of storytelling theory and/or practice, which will then form
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It has been a busy few weeks on the UNESCO front. Following the highly successful week at the beginning of the month, when we welcomed our visitors from India and South Africa and held a whole day of events celebrating Loughborough’s growing relationship with UNESCO, and in particular the new UNESCO Chair in Storytelling Education for Sustainability, Professor Mike Wilson,
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Training a new generation of change makers: Utilising the power of storytelling to help people lead more sustainable, healthy, and meaningful lives Loughborough University will be launching a new doctoral researcher training centre that will utilise the power of storytelling to tackle two of society’s most pressing challenges: the climate crisis and mental health. The East Midlands Sustainable Living And
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Join Jisc’s digital research community for their next group meet up online titled Becoming a storytelling researcher, on 9 July 2025 at 11:00-12:00 GMT.emy In this participative workshop, they will be exploring how stories can be a really powerful way of engaging people with the outputs and processes of research and how you can develop the skills to become an
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