Brona Martin

Brona Martin is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Music and Audio Technology at the University of Kent's School of Arts. She leads the AHRC-funded project ‘A Sonic Palimpsest: Revisiting Chatham Historic Dockyards’, focusing on narrative electroacoustic music, acoustic ecology, and spatial audio techniques to create inclusive soundscapes. Her work bridges heritage preservation and emerging technologies, exploring VR, smartphone apps, and streaming platforms for community engagement.

Her research outputs include installations, conference presentations, and published works in interdisciplinary venues like International Computer Music Conference and (In)tangible heritage(s). Brona collaborates with the IKO Spatial Audio group at the University of Greenwich and received Arts Council England funding for an immersive VR project. Her website bronamartin.org showcases her creative and academic work.