Stephen Greer

Professor Stephen Greer is a Professor of Theatre and Performance at the University of Glasgow, affiliated with the School of Culture and Creative Arts and the Department of Theatre, Film & Television Studies. His research focuses on contemporary theatre and performance, queer theory, cultural politics, and Live Art. He is the author of Contemporary British Queer Performance (2012) and Queer Exceptions (2018), and has published widely on queer performance, digital art, and neoliberalism's impact on the arts.

Greer serves as a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and holds editorial roles in journals like RiDE: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance. He co-chairs the Board of Company of Wolves and is a trustee of Take Me Somewhere, an international live art support organization. His AHRC Leadership Fellowship (2021) supported the Live Art in Scotland project, exploring Live Art history and funding resilience in the UK arts sector.

His teaching spans undergraduate and postgraduate courses, emphasizing the intersection of theory and practice. He has received awards for teaching excellence, including the STA Award for Best Feedback and the College of Arts Individual Teaching Excellence Award.

• Key Research Themes: Queer performance studies, Live Art historiography, decolonial performance, and neoliberal cultural economies.
• Grants: AHRC Leadership Fellowship for Live Art in Scotland (2021).
• Supervision: Advises PhD students on queer performance, Live Art, and applied theatre.