Key details
Dr Rosamund Davies
Associate Professor, Media&Creative Writing; Associate Head of School of Stage and Screen, Research and Knowledge Exchange
Rosamund Davies has a background in professional practice in the film and television industries, in which she worked with both independent production companies and public funding bodies. As script editor and story consultant for Film London, she oversaw the development of around 100 projects.
Rosamund’s research encompasses theory and practice across writing and audiovisual media and she has a particular interest in writing as a collaborative practice and writing and place. As an original member of the International Screenwriting Research Group, she has been active in the development of screenwriting as a distinctive area of research and teaching. She is co-editor of the award-winning Palgrave Handbook of Screenwriting Studies (2023).
Rosamund is also co-editor and contributor to the flash fiction anthology Story Cities. A city guide for the imagination (Arachne Press, 2019), part of a project to explore reading as a narrative spatial practice. Both the stories and the book itself were designed and edited to encourage readers to take the book into the city and read the stories in situ, facilitating a shared conversation between the reader, the printed page and the environment.
Other recent publications include:
Davies, Rosamund (2023), ‘Collaboration, cooperation and authorship in screenwriting aka how many people does it take to create an author?’. In: Rosamund Davies, Paolo Russo, Claus Tieber (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Screenwriting Studies. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan
Brown, Lucy, Davies, Rosamund, Oyebanjo, Anuoluwapo Olufunke (2022), ‘Recognising and addressing unconscious bias and structural inequalities: a case study within television idea development’. Alphaville Journal of Film and Screen Media, 8: 6 (24). pp. 97-117
‘Small Presses and their Reader Communities’ (2021) In: Georgina Colby, Kaja Marczewska, Leigh Wilson (eds.) The Contemporary Small Press – making publishing visible. London: Palgrave
‘The Screenplay as Boundary Object’ (2019) in Journal of Screenwriting, 10: 2 pp. 149-164
Responsibilities within the university
- Associate Professor, Media and Creative Writing
- Associate Head of School of Stage and Screen, Research and Knowledge Exchange
- Programme Leader, PhD Film and Screen Practices
- Module Leader, Writing for the Screen
Awards
- 2024: International Screenwriting Research Network Award for Best Monograph/Edited Book
Recognition
- Member of International Screenwriting Research Network
- Member of RSA
- Reviewer, Journal of Screenwriting, Convergence, Media International Australia
- Peer Review College Member, UKRI Talent
- External examiner, Film, Oxford Brookes University
Research / Scholarly interests
Rosamund's research interests are in the theory and practice of narrative (through text and audiovisual media). This research is broadly practice-led, in the sense that its primary aim is to produce insights that relate to the practice of writing and to its conditions of production.
As an original member of the International Screenwriting Research Group, Rosamund has been active in the development of this new research discipline, which brings together scholars from diverse disciplines, including film studies, literary studies, creative writing, media practice, business, creative industries and cultural studies. She co-edited the award-winning Palgrave Handbook of Screenwriting Studies (2023). Her research often involves interdisciplinary collaboration and partnerships, including with colleagues from computer science, social sciences and cultural heritage, as well as creative practitioners.
Research outputs related to her current exploration of narrative as a spatial practice include an edited collection of flash fiction, Story Cities. A city guide for the imagination (Arachne Press 2019), and a journal article ‘Locative narratives and storied cities’ (2022). In Writing in Practice: the journal of creative writing research. She is currently working on two locative (gps enabled) narrative pieces and co-editing a book on collaborative creativity in film and television.
Key funded projects
2024 Changing the Narrative – Immersive Storytelling Pilot Project (supported by Greenwich Research and Innovation Impact Development Fund)
A project in collaboration with immersive documentary and drama studio Trial and Error to articulate key principles of meaningful and inclusive audience engagement in immersive dramatic and narrative experiences. This involved co-designing a workshop with creative practitioners to present creative work that exemplifies these principles and facilitate exploration of approaches to applying these principles in practice.
Recent publications
Article
Brown, Lucy , Davies, Rosamund, Oyebanjo, Anuoluwapo Olufunke (2022), Recognising and addressing unconscious bias and structural inequalities: a case study within television idea development. University College York. In: , , , . University College York, Alphaville Journal of Film and Screen Media, 8: 6 (24) . pp. 97-117 ISSN: 2009-4078 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.33178/alpha.24.06).
Davies, Rosamund , Rehal, Kam, Potts, Cherry (2022), Locative narratives and storied cities. National Association of Writers in Education (NAWE). In: , , , . National Association of Writers in Education (NAWE), Writing in Practice: the journal of creative writing research, 7: 6 . pp. 56-72 2058-5535 (Online) (doi: https://www.nawe.co.uk/writing-in-education/writing-at-university/writing-in-practice/current-issue.html).
Oyebanjo, Anuoluwapo Olufunke , Brown, Lucy, Davies, Rosamund (2021), Teaching media production: understanding unconscious bias in creative idea development. Bournemouth University. In: , , , . Bournemouth University, Media Education Research Journal, 10 (1&2) . pp. 1-11 2754-0073 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5763747).
Davies, Rosamund and , (2019), The screenplay as boundary object. Intellec. In: , , , . Intellec, Journal of Screenwriting, 10 (2) . pp. 149-164 ISSN: 1759-7137 (Print), 1759-7145 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1386/josc.10.2.149_1).
Davies, Rosamund , Chrysanthi, Angeliki, Berggren, Asa, Earl, Graeme P. , Knibbe, Jarrod (2016), The camera "at the Trowel's Edge": Personal video recording in archaeological research. Springer US. In: , , , . Springer US, Journal of Archeological Method and Theory, 23 (1) . pp. 238-270 ISSN: 1072-5369 (Print), 1573-7764 (Online) (doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10816-015-9239-x).
Book
Davies, Rosamund and , Sorrentino, Miriam (2019), Publishing and Digital Culture: Agility, Community, Collaboration. The Stephen Lawrence Gallery. In: , , , . The Stephen Lawrence Gallery, University of Greenwich , 1 (1st) . ISBN: 9780957343023 (doi: https://blogs.gre.ac.uk/creativeconversations/).
Book section
Davies, Rosamund and , (2023), Collaboration, cooperation and authorship in screenwriting aka how many people does it take to create an author?. Palgrave. In: , , In: Rosamund Davies, Paolo Russo, Claus Tieber (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Screenwriting Studies. Palgrave, Cham (1st) . pp. 73-92 . ISBN: 9783031207693 (doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20769-3_4) NB Item availability restricted.
Davies, Rosamund and , (2020), Nordic noir with an Icelandic twist: Establishing a shared space for collaboration within European co-production. Palgrave Macmillan. In: , , In: Craig Batty, Stayci Taylor (eds.), Script Development: Critical Approaches, Creative Practices, International Perspectives. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK (1st) . ISBN: 9783030487126 (doi: ) NB Item availability restricted.
Davies, Rosamund and , (2020), Small presses and their reader communities. Palgrave Macmillan. In: , , In: Georgina Colby, Kaja Marczewska, Leigh Wilson (eds.), The Contemporary Small Press: Making Publishing Visible. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK (1st) . ISBN: 9783030487836 (doi: https://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9783030487836) NB Item availability restricted.
Davies, Rosamund and , (2019), Trapped: a case study in international co-production. Palgrave Macmillan. In: , , In: C. Batty, M. Berry, K. Dooley, B. Frankham, S. Kerrigan (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Screen Production. Palgrave Macmillan, (1st) . pp. 281-291 . ISBN: 9783030217433 (doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21744-0_22) NB Item availability restricted.
Davies, Rosamund and , (2017), Collaborative production and the transformation of publishing: The case of Wattpad. University of Westminster Press. In: , , In: James Graham, Alessandro Gandini (eds.), Collaborative Production in the Creative Industries. University of Westminster Press, London, UK . pp. 51-67 . ISBN: 9781911534303 (doi: https://doi.org/10.16997/book4.d).
Edited book
Davies, Rosamund , Russo, Paolo, Tieber, Claus (2023), The Palgrave Handbook of Screenwriting Studies. The Palgrave Handbook of Screenwriting Studies. In: , , , . The Palgrave Handbook of Screenwriting Studies, Cham (1st) . ISBN: 9783031207693 (doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20769-3).
Davies, Rosamund , Potts, Cherry, Rehal, Kam (2019), Story Cities: A City Guide for the Imagination. Arachne Press. In: , , , . Arachne Press, UK (1st) . ISBN: 9781909208780 (doi: https://storycities.com/).