Katharina Massing

Dr. Katharina Massing serves as Senior Lecturer in the Department of Humanities within Nottingham Trent University's School of Social Sciences, where she leads modules in the Museum and Heritage Development Masters program including Global Heritage Management, Engaging Local and Global Communities, and Sustainable Heritage, Well-being and Place.

Her academic foundation includes a PhD in Museum, Gallery and Heritage Studies from Newcastle University, with doctoral research examining ecomuseum development in China's Hainan Province, and a Master of Arts in Chinese Studies (major), Chinese Language (minor), and East Asian Art History from Freie Universität Berlin.

Massing's research centers on community-led approaches to safeguarding landscapes and traditional knowledge through sustainable heritage practices, with specialized expertise in ecomuseums. She investigates innovative museum-community engagement strategies for communicating anthropogenic environmental changes, drawing from international fieldwork in Vietnam, China, and Uzbekistan.

Her publication trajectory reveals consistent focus on ecomuseum applications across Asian contexts and UK implementations, particularly examining community participation in intangible heritage protection and the translation of theoretical frameworks into practical conservation models like Southwell's ecomuseum development.

No scientific awards were documented in available sources.

She actively supervises postgraduate research including Victoria McMillan's 2025 PhD thesis on UK ecomuseum potential, and has secured involvement in international research collaborations and local Midlands initiatives such as the narrative-diversification project with Birmingham Botanical Gardens.

Massing maintains active partnerships with community organizations including Southwell and Birmingham Botanical Gardens, developing participatory heritage practices that integrate artistic engagement with community knowledge systems.