We are pleased to introduce the 2026 DLA and ARCS Researchers Cohort. To learn more about them and their doctoral theses, click on their names.
Amy Millar
Russian Populism, the Tsarist Judicial Courts and the Battle for Socio-Political Legitimacy, 1874-1894 HEI:University of Stirling School: School of Humanities … More
Annika Brunner
Stepping Stone? Investigating the cultural, natural and intangible heritages of Fair Isle. HEI:University of the Highlands & Islands School: UHI … More
Darcy Emery
Developing hyper-local systems for sustainable textile production in primary healthcare settings: a community-focussed approach HEI: University of Strathclyde School: Design … More
Emma Harrison
Crafting Communities: Investigating Pictish Craft and Evaluating Community Engagement through Experimental and Experiential Archaeology HEI: University of Aberdeen School: Archaeology … More
Fred Morrish
“Dr Randell gave me a choice – man or woman?”: Trans Health Activism in Modern Britain, 1966-1997. HEI: University of … More
Genevieve Carver
What the flame-shell bed said: human and nonhuman voices from coastal ecotones in contemporary poetry HEI:University of Aberdeen School: School … More
Grace Proudfoot
Reinvigorating scholarly publishing in Scottish Gaelic: language, community and impact HEI: University of Edinburgh School: Celtic and Scottish Studies Supervisors:Professor … More
Lucy Madeleine Swale
The Forgotten Daughters of Empire: Anglican Sisterhoods, Christianity and Empire in India, 1890 – 1970 HEI:University of Edinburgh School: Theology, … More
Margaret Aimar
Archiving and Advancing the Glasgow Improvisors Orchestra: Creative Practice and the Psychology of Large-Group Improvisation HEI:Abertay University, University of Glasgow … More
Marija Nemčenko
Land and Landscape in Lithuanian and Lebanese films during the Soviet influence era HEI:University of Edinburgh School: College of Art … More
Polat Jan
Rethinking Rebel Governance: Legitimacy and Democratic Rule in Civil War through the Case of Rojava HEI:University of St Andrews School: … More
Ruari Green
Archiving and Advancing the Glasgow Improvisors Orchestra: Creative Practice and the Psychology of Large-Group Improvisation HEI: Royal Conservatoire of Scotland … More
Sarah Craske
How can interdisciplinary creative practice cultivate entanglement with living systems? HEI:University of Aberdeen School: School of Divinity, History, Philosophy & … More
Tasmin Petrie
Syncretic Spiritual Synergies: Charting the Occult Turn in Healing Impact of Latin American Contemporary Art 1980 – present HEI:University of … More
Thomas Evans
From Factory Committees to Rank-and-File Unions: Oral Histories of Grassroots Labour Struggles in Post-Dictatorship Greece HEI: University of Strathclyde School: … More
Wenqi Zhang
Whose Avant-Garde? Feminist Film Practices, Curatorial Networks and Archival Memory at the Edinburgh International Film Festival HEI:Queen Margaret University, University … More