Olivia Maurer
Email: o.maurer.1@research.gla.ac.uk
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/olivialmaurer/
https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6591-4625
Research title: Capturing Felt Experience of Place
Grants
College of Social Sciences (CoSS) PhD Scholarship: 2023-2026
Conferences
Theatre and Performance Research Association (TaPRA) Annual Conference. “Using Theatre of the Oppressed in the Social Sciences as a Phenomenological Research Method” with the Theatre, Performance and Philosophy Working Group. London, September 2026.
BeNeLux Geography Conference, "Theatre of the Oppressed as Methodology for Surfacing the Felt Experience of Place". Leuven, Belgium, April 2026.
(Invited Talk) Practice as Research Seminar Series. "Theatre of the Oppressed: Reflections and Provocations from an Artist/Researcher". Online, March 2026.
International Creative Research Methods Conference, "Using Theatre of the Oppressed to Capture Felt Experience of Place". Manchester, September 2025.
Leibniz Institute for Research on Society and Space Spring Academy 2025: Spaces of Valuation and Authenticity, "Using Theatre of the Oppressed to Capture Felt Experience of Place". Erkner, Germany, June 2025.
Inaugural University of Mississippi Jane Austen Conference, "Myopic Miss Jane: Original Short Film". Oxford, MS, May 2022.
Mississippi Pi Sigma Alpha Regional Conference for Undergraduate Research, "The Case of Santiago de Chile: Pedestrian Deaths, Neo-Liberal Urban Design, and Insufficient Traffic Policy Reform". May 2022.
Mississippi Undergraduate Honors Conference: Back to the Future: Moving Forward with Academic Inquiry, "The Case of Santiago de Chile: Pedestrian Deaths, Neo-Liberal Urban Design, and Insufficient Traffic Policy Reform". March 2022.
Teaching
Graduate Teaching Assistant - SPP1A Foundations of Welfare & SPP2B Policy, Politics, and Power
Guest Lecturer - URBAN5156 Integrative City Planning Lab & SPP2B Policy, Politics, and Power
Teaching Assistance for CIVIS course "Co-creating Urban Futures: Citizen Participation in Local Governance" URBAN5137
Recognising Excellence in Teaching (RET) Associate Fellow
Additional information
University of the Highlands and Islands Green Freeport Hackathon Winner 2024 for Presentation “Green Freeport: Using Legislative Theatre to Build Bridges and Empower Community Action”