Julie Samuels

About

Julie has extensive experience teaching and leading degree-level courses in digital media and creative arts, as well as corporate training for clients such as FDM Group Plc., the BBC Academy, and Prudential. She worked for the world's first digital terrestrial television network pay-tv service ITV Digital as an interactive television developer. Whilst her career has always been in the creative sector, it has often taken her on a non-practice-based artistic path. Her passion lies in that area. Whether for personal enjoyment or public sharing, her first true love, making art, has been rekindled through every opportunity.  

Julie’s theoretical research is in the field of social sciences. Her research has been presented at conferences in the UK and internationally, and she has written numerous articles within this field. She is the author of Adoption in the Digital Age: Opportunities and Challenges for the 21st Century  (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018. ISBN: 3319704125).

She holds a BA Hons in Visual and Performing Arts, a Masters in Fine Art, a Post Graduate Diploma in European Digital Media, a Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning, and a Master of Philosophy research degree. 

Julie is a fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce (RSA). She is the co-lead of the Augmented Society Network, a RSA Fellows Thematic Network based in the US that explores ideas, activity, and research, in an attempt to understand and influence how society is augmented now and into the future. 

Julie is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Lincoln, International Business, UK. 

She holds a voluntary position as Head of Research for Special Guardians and Adopters Together, a peer-led campaigning group that aims to create awareness and achieve dialogue about systemic problems within UK permanence through a lived experience research-based approach.