We support a vibrant community of PhD researchers whose work explores comedy across diverse areas. Our doctoral researchers are central to the Centre’s research culture, contributing original scholarship, public engagement, and collaborative projects that connect academic research with industry and wider audiences.
Comedy, Humour, Working-class Culture, Television Studies, Television Industry, Cultural Inequalities, Social Justice, Comedy and Identity, Creative Labour, Gatekeeping and Access, Scriptwriting
humour/banter, masculinity, peer dynamics, mental health
stand-up comedy, comedy theory, ethics, freedom of speech
Performance, Disability, Comedy, Autobiography, Creative Writing, Trauma, Wellbeing, Health, Agency, Identity, Resistance, Storytelling, Lived Experience, Arts in Health
Dark comedy, Politics, Cultural sociology, Film, Crime
Humour, Mental Health, Creative Writing, Comedy Writing, Comic Novels
Name: Dr Rebecca Higgie
Area of research: Democratic Function of Political Satire and Comedy in Australia and Britain; funded by an Endeavour Research Fellowship; 2015-2016.
Links: https://rebeccahiggie.com.au/
Email address: rebecca.higgie@gmail.com
Name: Dr Christelle Paré
Area of research: International Survey of Comedy Festivals: Economic and Artistic Models, Publics and Territories; funded by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC); 2016-2018
Links: TBC
Email address: TBC
Name: Mateus Paul
Home Institution: UNESP-Univ Estadual Paulista, Assis, Brazil
Visit funded by: Brazilian Higher Educational Personnel Improvement Coordination
Area of research: The Discourse of Politically Incorrect Humor in the Contemporary World
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Name: Nikita Lobanov
Home Institution: University of Bologna, Forli
Visit funded by: Self
Area of research: Language, Humor and Contemporary Political Issues: New Media and the British “Alt-right”
Name: Anastasiya Fiadotava
Home Institution: University of Tartu
Visit funded by: Archimedes Foundation Dora Plus Scholarship
Area of research: Family Humour in Belarus: 19th Century to the Present Day
Links: https://www.etis.ee/CV/Anastasiya_Fiadotava/eng/
Email address: anastasiya.fiadotava@folklore.ee
Name: Lucy Spoliar
Home Institution: Radboud University Nijmegen
Visit funded by: Christine Mohrman Stipend
Area of research: Representations and self-representations of Jewish and Muslim women in British TV comedies and stand-up comedy since 2010
Links: https://www.ru.nl/en/people/spoliar-a
Email address: lucy.spoliar@ru.nl