Dean’s research crosses several fields of engagement. He is invited globally to talk on community engagement and pedagogy, and won a prestigious Universitas 21 Fellowship at The University of Melbourne to spend three months visiting and lecturing at community engagement programs in the UK, Canada and the USA.
Collaboration and higher education highlights include:
Mobilising Knowledge for Policy and Practice: Research Impact and What this Means for Graduate Researchers and ECRs. Invited panellist, The University of Melbourne, 2019
Co-creation as Encounter, Impact 10 – Encuentro Conference and Exhibition, Santander, Spain, 2018
Merlino D., and Stewart S., Book Chapter, ‘Creating the Global Network: Developing Social and Community Practice in Higher Education’, in The Everyday Practice of Public Art: Art, Space and Social Inclusion, eds. Cameron Cartiere and Martin Zebracki, Routledge, 2016
Creating the Global Network: Social Practice in Higher Education, Open Engagement Conference Session Chair, Pittsburgh, USA, March 2015
Sound studies and sonic engagement highlights include:
... And the Trumpet Shall Sound: The Cosmological Function of Sound and Music, PhD, Monash University
Counterpoints and Cacophonies: Public Art and the Porous Boundaries of Sonic Territorialities, Conference of the Association of American Geographers, Chicago, USA
Merlino D., and Duffy M., Listening for a Change: Sound and Agency at the Urban/Rural Interface, IASPM Conference Proceedings, 2011
Sound Methodologies: Youth, Wellbeing and Social Connection at the Urban/Rural Interface, International Conference on Health, Wellness and Society, University of California, Berkeley, USA
For rigorous research which produces new and cutting-edge perspectives on engagement, send Dean an enquiry through the CONTACT PAGE to arrange a discussion.
