Richard Berger

Professor Richard Berger

  • Professor
  • Weymouth House W210, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BB
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Biography

Richard Berger is Professor of Media & Education in the Department of Media Production, Faculty of Media & Communication at BU. Richard also Chairs the University's Social Sciences and Humanities Research Ethics Panel.

Richard teaches and researches in the areas of media education, migrant studies, research ethics, literacy education and adaptation/remaking studies.

Richard has taught at universities in the US, South Africa, Singapore and Nepal. His research has been funded by Advance HE, the BBC Trust, the UK Literacy Association (UKLA), the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and most recently, the European Research Council (ERC).

An experienced doctoral supervisor and examiner, Richard is keen to work with any early career researchers who have interests in the lived-media experiences of refugee youth and neurodiverse youth - as well as those working in the fields of adaptation/remaking cultures and media education.

Richard is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), and has externally examined at the University of Bath, Bath Spa University, Teesside University, the University of Wolverhampton, the Open University and the University of Exeter...

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