Reka Polonyi

Reka Polonyi

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  • Research Associate, Drama

Personal profile

Overview

Reka is an Associate Researcher at the Drama Department, University of Manchester.

She is also a freelance practitioner in socially engaged theatre and applied drama. Her work focuses primarily on immigrant rights advocacy through theatre. Her recent PhD research investigated creative and playful disruptions in public spaces as forms of civil disobedience. Her interests are in bridging the knowledge gap between scholars and practitioners of socially engaged performance practices, and the role of researchers-as-activists.

Reka is the recipient of the Emerging Scholars Award (2020) Common Grounds, Arts in Society Research Network, and the New Scholars Prize (2021), International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR).

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

External positions

Executive Committee member, Theatre and Performance Research Association

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