Team
The International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation brings together a dynamic international research team of 58 scholars from 30 academic institutions. The project team includes postdoctoral fellows, students, research associates, as well as over 40 community research partners. Currently, there are eight formal research sites: University of Guelph; Carleton University; McGill University; Memorial University; Queen’s University Belfast; 17, Institute of Critical Studies; University of British Columbia; and University of Regina. Below are the Research Team members involved in some capacity during some or all of the grant periods listed below.
Director
ICASP Research Team (2007–2013)
The Improvisation, Community, and Social Practice (ICASP) initiative, supported by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada: Major Collaborative Research Initiatives Grant, played a vital role in defining a new field of interdisciplinary inquiry, hypothesizing that musical improvisation is a crucial model for political, cultural, and ethical dialogue and action. ICASP played a leading role in defining a new field of interdisciplinary inquiry.
Roger Dean
MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development, Western Sydney University; and austraLYSIS, Sydney/London
