Dr Laura Hodsdon
Research Fellow
Dr Laura Hodsdon is a Research Fellow focusing on issues of social justice. Her research draws on a range of disciplines and contexts, using lenses including socio-spatiality, organisational policy and skills, and literature and narrative to explore (in)equality in organisations, socio-cultural landscapes, and heritage.
This research draws on a background in equality and diversity and professional and organisational policy research in higher education. After a BA in English Literature at the University of York and PhD in Classics at the University of Leeds, she worked in various policy research roles at the Higher Education Academy (now AdvanceHE) before becoming a researcher and policy advisor at the University of Oxford. At Oxford, work addressed race and gender equality, implicit bias, and professional development. She co-authored the University of Oxford's Race Equality Charter Mark Bronze Award; led the Diversifying Portraiture project; designed, ran and analysed Oxford's first staff experience survey; and designed and ran online and face-to-face Race Awareness and Implicit Bias workshops. She is also a licensed Springboard trainer and ILM Level 5 certified coach, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Associate for AdvanceHE, and Research Consultant for Trinity College London where she undertakes qualitative and quantitative project and product evaluation. She joined Falmouth University in Spring 2018.
This research draws on a background in equality and diversity and professional and organisational policy research in higher education. After a BA in English Literature at the University of York and PhD in Classics at the University of Leeds, she worked in various policy research roles at the Higher Education Academy (now AdvanceHE) before becoming a researcher and policy advisor at the University of Oxford. At Oxford, work addressed race and gender equality, implicit bias, and professional development. She co-authored the University of Oxford's Race Equality Charter Mark Bronze Award; led the Diversifying Portraiture project; designed, ran and analysed Oxford's first staff experience survey; and designed and ran online and face-to-face Race Awareness and Implicit Bias workshops. She is also a licensed Springboard trainer and ILM Level 5 certified coach, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Associate for AdvanceHE, and Research Consultant for Trinity College London where she undertakes qualitative and quantitative project and product evaluation. She joined Falmouth University in Spring 2018.
Research Outputs
Publications and research outputs
Article
| Hodsdon, Laura (2019) ‘I expected … something’: imagination, legend, and history in TripAdvisor reviews of Tintagel Castle. Journal of Heritage Tourism, 14. pp. 1-14. ISSN 1747-6631 Item availability may be restricted. | ![[img]](http://repository.falmouth.ac.uk/style/images/fileicons/text.png) |
| Rofe, Michael, Geelhoed, Erik and Hodsdon, Laura (2017) Experiencing Online Orchestra - Communities, Connections and Music-Making through Telematic Performance. Journal of Music, Technology and Education, 10 (2-3). pp. 257-276. ISSN 17527066 | |