Re-Sounding Identities: VR Music-Making & Storytelling with Asylum-Seeking Communities in NI
Prof Franziska Schroeder (SARC/AEL) and Dr Kim Spence (AEL, Cultural Policy/Music Industry) have been awarded a 2026 QUB Collaborative Studentship by Queen’s Business and Alliance Team/Research and Enterprise Directorate
The project is entitled Re-Sounding Identities: VR Music-Making & Storytelling with Asylum-Seeking Communities in Northern Ireland and will investigate how immersive technologies can foster inclusion, belonging, and skills development for marginalised groups in Northern Ireland. The focus is on asylum-seeking communities, with particular attention to young women and girls, who often face compounded challenges of displacement, gender inequalities, and cultural invisibility.
Starting in 2026, the successful researcher will sit within Prof Schroeder's "Performance without Barriers” research group and be based at SARC.
For further information contact Prof Franziska Schroeder f.schroeder@qub.ac.uk
