Clare Duffin

Area of research expertise 

I am a music lecturer with programme leader experience on both postgraduate and undergraduate taught degrees.  My research focuses on women's participation in the music industries and on equality, diversity and inclusion more broadly.  My research interests and activities relate to the enhancement of inclusion activities using community music approaches and policymaking.

My current research focuses on community drum circles and liminality. I am PI on an interdisciplinary project called A Mother's Place, where I facilitated drum circles alongside traditional research methods within an interdisciplinary research team and co-created a Charter for Excellence for Mothers in the Workplace. I have led on an institution-wide consultation process resulting in the approval of a pilot scheme being implemented across the University of the West of Scotland. Externally, the project has also been recoginsed by the Athena Swan Network.

My research goals relate to making meaningful contributions to enhancing EDI practices and policy change within the music industry using the values of community music practice. More specifically, I would like to explore the applications of community drum circles to enhance wellbeing and inclusion in a broad range of settings.