Impact & public engagement
From international broadcast and press to peace-focused initiatives, bringing the study of emotion, tourism and conflict to wide public audiences.
Public voice
Across radio, television, national press and The Conversation, the work has reached audiences in English, Dutch and Romanian, explaining why people travel to places of turmoil, what dark tourism reveals about us, and how emotion shapes the way we encounter the world.
Watch the TEDx talk: (Dark) Tourism and Emotions in Places of Turmoil
Initiative
An ongoing strand of engagement connecting the research on emotion, memory and conflict to the role museums and heritage sites can play in peace-building, using affective and emotional understanding to help interpret difficult histories and foster empathy, dialogue and reconciliation.
Two museums in the Dead Sea area of Jordan.
A short documentary on the Museum of History and Ethnography in Călărași. Executive Producer: Dorina-Maria Buda · Producer and Director: Rowan Jacobs · With support from the University of Essex.
Media & press
For interviews, talks, collaborations or media enquiries, I'd be glad to hear from you.