Dr. David Gauntlett
David Gauntlett is Tier I Canada Research Chair in Creative Practice at The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University. He was previously Professor of Creativity and Design, and Director of Research, at Westminster School of Media, Arts and Design, University of Westminster, UK. His teaching and research is about creative processes, self-initiated creative projects, and practice-based research. He is the author of ten books, including Creative Explorations (2007), Making is Connecting (2011, second edition 2018), Making Media Studies (2015), and Creativity (2022). He has made a number of popular online resources, videos, music and playthings, and has pioneered creative research and workshop methods. His research has been funded by multiple awards from Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), the European Union (Horizon 2020), and other funders. He has worked with a number of the world’s leading creative organisations, including LEGO, Tate, and the BBC. He runs the record label, Unfolding Records, and releases music as Sculpture Projects.
Public Profiles:
- Creative processes
- Self-initiated creative projects
- Practice-based research and research-creation
- Music production and distribution
- DIY creative industries
- David Gauntlett is the author of 10 books, as well as several further editions, translations, and edited volumes. According to Google Scholar, his work has been cited in over 10,800 academic books and papers. He has written or co-written over 80 articles, as well as hundreds of blog posts, and has been the Principal Investigator on 10 major funded research projects. See complete list of publications [ https://davidgauntlett.com/complete-publications/ (external link) ] and funded projects [ https://davidgauntlett.com/externally-funded-projects/ (external link) ].
- Website: https://davidgauntlett.com (external link)
- Unfolding Records website: https://www.unfoldingrecords.com (external link)
- Reframing Creativity (SSHRC project) website: https://www.reframingcreativity.com (external link)
- Tier I Canada Research Chair in Creative Practice (2018-2026).
- Since 2017, Gauntlett’s work on media, identity and creativity has been studied by every upper level Media Studies student in UK high schools, as he is one of the 10 media theorists essential to AS Level, and one of the 21 required for A Level – studied by tens of thousands of students each year.
- Dean’s Teaching Award (2021) for online innovation in the Covid-19 pandemic, launch of The Black Mosaic, Creativity Conversations, online workshops and the Creativity Everything podcast.
- ‘Ambassador of Creativity’ for Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, 2016-17."