Nan Sheppard
- nsheppard1 at bournemouth dot ac dot uk
- http://orcid.org/0009-0000-4364-5237
- PGR - Anthropologist
Biography
As a child in Trinidad I'd run away from home to visit my friends nearby, who would tell me wonderful tales from the Ramayana, feed me roti and treat my hair with coconut oil. To this day, I'm fascinated by communication and storytelling, a big fan of world systems research and human rights, and have great hair.
I teach anthropology, globalisation, qualitative research methodology, criminology and international policy and intervention seminars, and have extensive tropical rainforest and urban experience. My PhD research will encompass Caribbean music, communications and anthropology.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person's work contributes towards the following SDGs:
Quality education
"Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all"
Peace, justice and strong institutions
"Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels"
Partnership for the Goals
"Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the Global Partnership for Sustainable Development"
Reports
- Schwandner-Sievers, S., Berry, M., Sheppard, N. and Thartori, K., 2023. Local Perspectives on Young Albanian Serious Organised Crime (SOC) Risks (Results of Focus Group Discussions). Bournemouth - Tirana: Centre for Seldom Heard Voices. Available from: https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/research/centres-institutes/centre-seldom-heard-voices/centre-working-papers-resources.
- Schwandner-Sievers, S., Amelidis, P. and Sheppard, N., 2023. Creating Soundscapes: Report on piloting the ‘FAM-Strategy’ in a Participatory Action Research Workshop Fostering Creative Thinking and Non-Verbal Storytelling with Young People at Risk of Criminal Exploitation in Shkodër, Albania, Sept 2022. Bournemouth - Tirana: Centre for Seldom Heard Voices. Available from: https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/research/centres-institutes/centre-seldom-heard-voices/centre-working-papers-resources.
Public Engagement & Outreach Activities
- Universidad de Las Américas (UDLA) and BU Media Summer Academy 2022 (15 Jul 2022-05 Aug 2022)
Conference Presentations
- Global Food Systems in Local Contexts: Understanding Contemporary Food Systems Through Time, Claiming Agency in the World-System: Sustainable Resistance through Chocolate Making in Trinidad and Tobago, 16 Feb 2021, Online
Qualifications
- LLM in Public International Law (Bournemouth University, 2019)
- BA (Hons) in Anthropology and Sociology (Bournemouth University, 2018)