My research sits at the intersection of ethics, storytelling, and creative practice. My doctoral project, conducted through a creative practice methodology, explores the ethical responsibilities of screenwriters. Drawing on cognitive psychology, film philosophy, and the philosophy of cultural appropriation and wrongful harm, it examines how fictional narratives shape real-world understanding. The project includes a feature-length screenplay that exercises, tests, and refines the ideas explored in its exegetical counterpart. I also contribute to ongoing research into how the exegesis functions within creative practice doctorates in Australia. …
My research sits at the intersection of ethics, storytelling, and creative practice. My doctoral project, conducted through a creative practice methodology, explores the ethical responsibilities of screenwriters. Drawing on cognitive psychology, film philosophy, and the philosophy of cultural appropriation and wrongful harm, it examines how fictional narratives shape real-world understanding. The project includes a feature-length screenplay that exercises, tests, and refines the ideas explored in its exegetical counterpart. I also contribute to ongoing research into how the exegesis functions within creative practice doctorates in Australia. This work forms part of a broader effort to support and clarify creative practice research as an evolving academic field.
Increasingly, my focus is turning toward questions about how stories mean, for whom, and under what conditions. I’m interested in the ethical and imaginative demands of care, interpretation, and understanding across difference, both in creative practice and in everyday life.
