I work at the intersection of AI, education, and creative practice, with a background in cognitive science and consciousness research. My work is framed by an ongoing inquiry I call Mind, Media and Machines — an exploration of how artificial intelligence is reshaping the way we think, create, and learn. That inquiry plays out across teaching and advising in higher education on AI futures, developing a creative practice with AI tools, leading production strategy and innovation at a major international educational publisher, and writing about all of it through my newsletter.
Current Roles
- Production Innovation & Strategy Lead at a major international educational publisher
- Independent AI consulting and training for educational institutions
- Visiting lecturer and tutor — AI for creative practice at art school and university level
- Visiting Fellow in cognitive science research
Key Experience
Industry
- Digital transformation
- AI & automation technologies
- Change management
- Co-lead of AI in Learning & Education Special Interest Group
- Senior leadership consulting & advisory on AI
- Cambridge AI Network membership
Academic & Research
- MSc in neuroscience (altered states, floatation, meditation)
- Published in Nature Scientific Reports
- Visiting Fellow at Anglia Ruskin University
- Interdisciplinary perspective (science, technology, creative practice)
- Collaboration with international researchers and charities
- Led public-facing interdisciplinary exhibitions
Education & Teaching
- Visiting lecturer and tutor at art school and university level
- Designed and delivered AI courses for digital media and broader cohorts
- Curriculum design and assessment methodology
Selected Projects
Synthetic Dreams
A cross-Art School recorded lecture on AI, authorship and the future of creative practice for ARU's Critical Issues and Debates module. The lecture itself was a multimodal AI production — demonstrating the technology while teaching about it.
View project →EducationElectric Dreams
A 12-week AI and creative practice module for Digital Media students at Anglia Ruskin University. Designed using a meta-learning approach — teaching about AI, with AI, through AI — and anchored in Philip K. Dick's themes of dreams, consciousness and synthetic experience.
View project →ResearchNature Scientific Reports: Depersonalisation & the Bodily Self
Published research examining the association between depersonalisation traits and the bodily self in waking and dreaming — published in Nature Scientific Reports.
View project →ResearchFloatation & Meditation Research
A comparative study of alterations to self-consciousness during mindfulness meditation and Flotation-REST, with psychedelic comparisons — forming the basis of an MSc thesis in neuroscience.
View project →ResearchEssays on Dissociation and Depersonalisation
A multi-part collection of essays on the lived experience of dissociation and depersonalisation, produced in collaboration with Unreal Charity.
Read more →CreativeLiving in a Dream
An exhibition and event exploring consciousness, dreaming and depersonalisation — part of Cambridge Festival 2023. Featured in international press and marking the launch of a new eBook.
View project →CreativeEscaping the Dopaminferno
An exploration of technology, dopamine, and addiction. A practical guide to digital declutter and dopamine detox, co-authored by Matt Gwyther and Neal Taylor.
Read more →CreativeRipplty
A collaborative creative venture to challenge and support people to make the world a more creative and beautiful place.
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