An academic home for ecoacoustics

My work connects ecological research, sound art, and teaching. I investigate what the sounds of soils, rivers, and other habitats can reveal about ecological processes, and develop artistic approaches that make these relationships accessible to experience.

I am interested in bringing this work into a long-term academic setting where it can grow through collaboration, research, and teaching. I welcome conversations about a professorship or a comparable academic position with the scope and resources to develop a distinctive programme in ecoacoustics and environmental arts.

Building on an established practice

Over many years, I have developed a research and artistic practice encompassing field studies, investigations into the acoustic signatures of habitats, sound installations, and participatory projects. Publications, exhibitions, and international collaborations provide a foundation for the next stage: building a sustained programme that brings these activities together and creates opportunities for students and fellow researchers.

My work extends from listening to soils and studying underwater soundscapes to developing research instruments, analysing environmental recordings, and creating installations through which ecological relationships can be encountered in new ways. Moving between scientific investigation and artistic experimentation allows me to pursue different, complementary forms of inquiry into environments and our relationships with them.

Research, art, and teaching

I envision a programme in which empirical environmental research and artistic inquiry develop alongside one another, each contributing its own questions, methods, and ways of evaluating outcomes.

Research could explore the acoustic dimensions of soils and aquatic ecosystems, environmental change, and relationships between connected habitats. Artistic inquiry would investigate how listening, composition, installation, and participation generate knowledge and shape our experience of environments.

Teaching would bring students into direct contact with these questions. Through fieldwork, acoustic analysis, technological experimentation, and artistic practice, they would learn to formulate research questions, develop methods, interpret findings, and create their own approaches to ecological inquiry.

The aim is to cultivate a setting where students and researchers from environmental sciences, art, and media can work together while developing depth in their respective disciplines.

An institutional opportunity

A professorship connecting ecoacoustics, acoustic ecology, and environmental arts could establish a distinctive focus within a university or research institution. Depending on its academic context, the programme could be based in environmental sciences, art and media, or an interdisciplinary unit, with substantive collaboration across departments.

I would bring an established body of work, experience in interdisciplinary teaching, international collaborations, and a commitment to developing this field with others. Together, we could build a programme that connects research and teaching with field-based partnerships, cultural institutions, and public engagement.

I am particularly interested in institutions ready to support this development through dedicated research time, infrastructure, fieldwork, and opportunities to build a research team and a coherent teaching programme.

An invitation to connect

I welcome conversations with universities and research institutions interested in developing this field and exploring a long-term academic appointment.

If this perspective aligns with your institution’s ambitions—or you know someone with whom I should speak—I would be pleased to hear from you.

Please contact me directly for a confidential conversation about the possibilities for research, teaching, and institutional development.