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Dr. Astrid Breel serves as an Impact Research Fellow in the Research and Enterprise department at Bath Spa University, specializing in Performance Studies with a focus on participatory arts, audience meaning-making, and impact evaluation methodologies.
Her academic credentials include:
- PhD in Performance Studies from the University of Kent
- Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education from the University of Kent
- MA from the University of Chester
- BA (Hons) from University College Chester
Her pioneering Emergent Value framework redefines how personal meaning is captured in live performance through participant-led, non-instrumental evaluation strategies. This interdisciplinary work bridges performance analysis, audience research, and practice-led methods to explore the ethics-aesthetics nexus in participatory contexts, emphasizing context-dependent agency and embedded reflection processes.
Current initiatives include the AHRC-funded Emergent Value Fellowship developing evaluation toolkits with Coney and Trinity Community Arts, the AHRC Impact Accelerator Account enhancing institutional impact culture, Telling Our Story co-creating cultural confidence metrics, and the Erasmus+ Codename: Seedling project addressing youth climate engagement through arts-based advocacy.
Key recognition:
- AHRC Research, Development and Engagement Fellowship
As Co-Investigator on major impact grants, she designs participant-centered evaluation frameworks while advising researchers on impact strategies. Her external collaborations span Coney, MAYK, Pudding, and Trinity Community Arts, with international partnerships across five European countries for climate engagement projects. She also contributes as an Associate of Coney and member of Bristol's artist-led Residence collective.
