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Research and findings

Image of Sue Tibballs at Docfest 2023, Kate Pelen
Image of Sue Tibballs at Docfest 2023, Kate Pelen
Image of Sue Tibballs at Docfest 2023, Kate Pelen

Storytelling through research

Storytelling through research

Our research programme aims to foster real world change through developing theories, methods and toolkits for storytellers and campaigners to use further afield

We will share what we find through public events and media such as podcasts, blogs and videos, as well as traditional academic research outputs.

Storytelling Impact Autopsy - Sheffield DocFest

For Summer 2023 Sheffield Documentary Festival, we co-designed an experimental event format with the help of campaigners to test out our approach with different artists in front of a live audience.

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Image of Social change grid, Sue Tibballs
Image of Social change grid, Sue Tibballs

Horizon Impact Lab - in association with NT Studio

We ran an Impact Lab along with the National Theatre in Spring 2023. National Theatre Studio and the AKO Storytelling Institute invited theatre collective Opening Statement to spend a week with us and programmed an intensive series of workshops testing out that hypothesis.

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Image of Samir Veen presenting
Image of Samir Veen presenting