Centre for Culture and Media Policy Studies at the University of Warwick
Heidi is a culture and creative ecology scholar at the Centre for Culture and Media Policy Studies at the University of Warwick. Her research interests span a range of issues from macro perspectives focusing on the ideologies driving policy and the impact that these have on culture and creative practice and participation to specific issues facing the freelance workforce as key workers in the sector. Research on access to arts and culture in education has been cited in national broadsheet press as has her work on freelancer’s access to social security. She has written blogs and a policy discussion paper for PEC comparing pay and conditions for freelance workers in the UK and USA and has presented her research at the palace of Westminster, which was also cited in the House of Lords. She has also worked extensively as a freelance worker within the cultural and creative sectors.
