Thomas Gebhart

Thomas Gebhart is a PhD Researcher at the University of the Arts London (UAL), based at Central Saint Martins and the British Library. His research explores how UK digital comics can leverage digital technologies to promote inclusivity and diversity by amplifying marginal voices. Supervised by Roger Sabin, Ian Hague, and Stella Wisdom, his work addresses challenges and opportunities for the British Library’s collection and preservation policies in the context of digital comics.

Thomas holds an MA in Modernism from the University of Sussex and has extensive experience in librarianship. He currently works as an academic liaison librarian at the University of Brighton. Previously, he catalogued special collections at the British Library for Development Studies and Tate Britain.

His research interests span comics studies, digital media, archive preservation, and subcultures, with a focus on how emerging formats can democratize cultural representation. No scientific awards or funded grants are explicitly mentioned in the provided text.