معرفی
Maia Mackney is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Guildhall School of Music & Drama, joining in 2019 through a research collaboration with the Barbican Centre. Her Esmée Fairbairn Foundation-funded work examines Barbican-Guildhall Creative Learning’s National Development Programme, using place-based partnerships (HOME Manchester, Harlow Playhouse, Creative Arts East) to enhance young people’s cultural access across regional contexts.
Education:
- Doctorate from Royal Holloway, University of London (AHRC-funded project on sustainability in cultural engagement)
Research Interests:
Her work spans Cultural Policy, participatory arts, and theatre with specific focus on disability, youth, veterans, and PTSD. Key themes include public engagement, knowledge exchange, durational theatre, and the slow movement, addressing sustainability through Henri Bergson’s time theory and Doreen Massey’s spatial relationality.
Publication Trends:
2018-2024 outputs reveal consistent focus on cultural policy implementation, with evolving emphasis from local sustainability (2018) to national partnership models (2021) and ethical decision-making frameworks (2024). Cross-cutting themes include evaluation methodologies for socially engaged arts and systemic barriers to cultural access.
Grants and Advising:
Currently accepting PhD students, her research is supported by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation and Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC). She collaborates with funders including Heritage Lottery Fund and organizations like Graeae Theatre Company, Southbank Centre, and Mahogany Opera Group.
Collaborations:
Works within Barbican-Guildhall Creative Learning’s national expansion framework, leading research on regional partnership models while maintaining independent consultancy practice since 2011 across arts-education and community engagement sectors.
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