Research Interests
Open to PhD applications in:
- Journalism and documentary
- Radio & podcasting
- Sound, sound design and sound studies
- Animation
- Narrative hybrids (docu-fiction, verbatim theatre, etc.)
- Mediated memory
- Irish language and media
- The Middle East (society, media, politics)
- LGBT identity and representation
Public outreach & key achievements
- “Ulster Gaelic: It’s Yours Too” – directed 10 x short factual animations on use of Irish by Protestants and unionists in East Belfast (Broadcast on BBC and RTÉ | 2020)
- “Civil Rights, Climate Wrongs” - produced 2 x short factual animations about youth disenfranchisement in the face of climate damage in Northern Ireland. (Feb. 2020 – Oct. 2021) https://vimeo.com/showcase/8713350
- “A Sign” (fiction short film| Writer & director | 2014) Screened at 20+ festivals worldwide; won eight prizes https://qft.vhx.tv/free/videos/a-sign
- “Democracy Derailed - Egypt's Unravelled Revolution” (Documentary | Producer, Director, Writer | The Wall Street Journal | 2012)
- “All that is Solid Melts Into Air” (writer, director, performer | 2019): an experimental live, spoken word/pre-recorded sound hybrid documentary presented at the HearSay International Audio Arts Festival
- 20+ years as a freelance journalist and documentary filmmaker
- Former Middle East foreign correspondent (based in Beirut, Lebanon). Clients included: TIME Magazine, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal The Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, Le Monde Diplomatique NPR, BBC, CBC, RTÉ, among others
Discover More
- Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
- School of Arts, English and Languages
- www.donduncan.net
- Centre For Documentary Research
- Centre for Sustainability, Equality and Climate Action (SECA)