Clare Hearn

Senior Lecturer, Business and Experience Design

Clare Hearn is Senior Lecturer in Business and Experience Design. She leads on MA Creative Events Management, a new digital international postgraduate programme, and and teaches on BA(Hons) Creative Events Management, which she co-wrote, and on BA(Hons) Music, Theatre & Entertainment Management.

Clare is passionate about developing creative events practitioners who can bring a combination of academic theory, practical ability and a flair for innovation to the global creative industries. 

Clare came to her current role at Falmouth University as a highly experienced event and project manager working with the cultural sector and creative industries. She has a strong background in the museums and galleries sector in particular and was co-founder of an award winning events company which delivered a breadth of projects throughout the cultural, corporate and community sectors. 

She continues to act as industry consultant on sustainable experience design and community engagement.

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Contact details

Telephone 01326 255910
Email clare.hearn@falmouth.ac.uk

    Qualifications

    Qualifications

    Year Qualification Awarding body
    2000 MA Classical Heritage Bristol University
    1998 BA Classical Studies Bristol University
    2015 PGCHE Falmouth University

    Membership of external committees

    International Festivals and Events Association Global Student Chapter Committee

    Research Interests

    Research interests and expertise

    Clare is currently working on a range of projects including:

    Death and Experience Design
    Co-creating Sustainable Festivals 
    Digital learning: designing fluid collaboration

    Research Outputs

    Publications and research outputs

    • Hearn, Clare

      (2021), Re-imagining the Feast: ritual commensality and funerary experience, In: The 15th Annual Conference on the Social Context of Death, Dying and Disposal: Diversity and Decolonisation, 1st - 4th September 2021, Manchester Met University, (Published)

    • Hearn, Clare

      (2019), Death & Experience Design: a case study of trans-disciplinary teaching & learning, In: AEME Conference 2019, 3rd July 2019, University of Hertfordshire

    • Hearn, Clare

      (2019), Death, design and the funeral event, In: AEME Conference 2019, 3rd July 2019, University of Hertfordshire

    • Hearn, Clare

      (2018), digital events studies: �from constructivism to connectivism, In: AEME conference 2018, 4th - 5th July 2018, Leeds, (Submitted)

    • Hearn, Clare

      (2019), Experience Design at the End of Life, In: An Extra PLace at the Table, MOTH, Falmouth

    • Hearn, Clare

      (2016), Digitisation of City of Lights (Arts Council England grant evaluation report)

    Events

    2018

    Association of Event Management Education conference 2018

    Teaching

    Areas of teaching

    • Critical Context
    • Cultural Theory
    • Professional Practice

    Courses taught

    • BA(Hons)Creative Events Management
    • BA(Hons) Music Theatre & Entertainment Management
    • MA Creative Events Management
    • BA(Hons) Technical Theatre Arts

    Professional Engagement

    Independent professional practice

    Clare continues to undertake freelance consultancy on a number of cultural projects. She also trains cultural managers across the south west region.