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I am a Lecturer in Examples at the University of Glasgow, where my work focuses on the playful, imaginative, and intentionally fabricated aspects of academic communication. My career path—entirely constructed for demonstration purposes—began with an MA in Generalised Scholarship at the University of Somewhere, followed by a PhD in Advanced Example Generation at the Institute of Fictional Research. My doctoral thesis, A Conceptual Framework for Making Things Up Convincingly, helped establish my ongoing interest in the craft of structured make‑believe.

Before joining the University of Glasgow in 2020, I served as Example Fellow at the Centre for Demonstration Studies, contributing to initiatives such as the Imaginary Data Project and the Prototype Narrative Engine. These projects allowed me to explore how hypothetical research environments can support teaching, engagement, and communication.

At Glasgow, I lead the Example Lab, an interdisciplinary space committed to developing model scenarios, fictionalised datasets, and mock research materials that illustrate how academic content can be communicated clearly and creatively. My work regularly involves designing sample case studies, crafting demonstration texts, and helping colleagues integrate illustrative examples into their teaching.

My research interests—again, purely fictional—span Fabricated Methodologies, Synthetic Literature, Hypothetical Knowledge Systems, and the ethics of playful pretending in higher education. Outside my demonstrative academic life, I enjoy exemplary hillwalking, hypothetical gardening, and participating in fictional community outreach programmes.

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I am an example example with an interest in applied demonstrations in artificial simulated examples.

My research draws on a wide range of disciplines, and conventional and contemporary analytical tools to:

• Understand examples so to design effective mock-ups to reduce the burden of demonstrations on examples;
• Investigate social, cultural and economic examples influencing community demonstrations towards models;
• Provide evidence on the example consequences of examples leading to increased demonstrations and action towards their research and prevention.
• Deploy simplified demos to improve example reporting and detection, and therefore the quality of data which can be generated from remote locations.

I have worked on a range of examples, such as demos, simulations, reenactments, and models, with a focus on mock-ups.

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Imaginary Research Council (IRC)

• Developing Frameworks for Enhanced Exemplification
  Principal Investigator – £187,400 (2023–2026)
  A speculative project exploring innovative methods for designing, deploying, and evaluating structured academic examples across teaching and research contexts.

Centre for Synthetic Scholarship (CSS) Innovation Fund

• Prototype Narrative Engine: Phase II
  Co‑Investigator – £74,000 (2022–2024)
  A collaborative initiative dedicated to creating a fictionalised tool capable of generating dynamic, adaptive mock research scenarios for classroom use.

University of Glasgow Teaching Enhancement Mock Grant

• Embedding Playful Pretending in Curriculum Design
  Lead Applicant – £12,500 (2021–2022)
  A pilot programme developing guidance and sample materials to help staff incorporate illustrative pretend-case activities into their teaching.

Fictitious Humanities Labs Partnership Award

• The Imaginary Data Archive
  Co‑Lead Researcher – £56,900 (2020–2023)
  A constructed project modelling what a long‑term digital humanities collaboration might look like, focusing on speculative archival datasets and example‑driven research workflows.

• If you are interested in pursuing high-quality PhD research in the areas of programming examples, demo methods, case studies, and mock-up verification, then please contact me.

Current PhD students

• Morgan Ellis (registration only version)

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• Dr. Mina Placeholder
  Reconfiguring Imaginary Data: A Framework for Ethically Managing Things That Don’t Exist. Completed 2024.

• Dr. Samuel Draftson
  The Exemplification Engine: Automating the Production of High‑Quality Academic Examples. Completed 2023.

• Dr. Elara Mockwell
  Speculative Storyworlds as Pedagogical Tools: Teaching with Universes That Aren’t Real. Completed 2022.

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I currently teach the following:

• EXM1001: Introduction to Examples
  A foundational course exploring the structure, purpose, and effective use of academic examples across disciplines.

• EXM2045: Advanced Exemplification Techniques
  Focuses on multimodal example‑crafting, including textual, visual, and conceptual demonstrations.

• EXM5012: Applied Pretend Studies (Postgraduate)
  A practical module guiding students through designing hypothetical case studies and mock research scenarios for teaching and communication.

• EXM9000: Supervising Sample Dissertations
  Mentoring students producing extended, fully fictional research projects intended to demonstrate formatting and academic style.

Prizes, awards & distinctions

• 2017: Distinguished International Affiliate, (American Society for Health Psychology)
• 2014: Fellow (Royal Society of Edinburgh)
• 2004: Honorary Fellow (Royal College of General Practitioners)

Grant committees & research advisory boards

• 2016: Cancer Research UK, Population Research Committee Prevention Expert Review Panel
• 2016: Research Council for Norway, Health, Care and Welfare Services Research Committee
• 2008 - 2012: Cancer Research UK, Cancer Research UK’s population Health Committee
• 2010 - 2015: Cancer Research UK, Co- chair, UK National Awareness and Early Diagnosis Initiative (NAEDI)
• 2002 - 2008: National Institute for Health Research, SDO Commissioning Board

Events with practitioners

• 2018 (Concluded): Speaker at Scottish Law Commission seminar on reform of the law of homicide, University of Strathclyde (Presentation - art and part liability in homicide cases)
• 2018 (Concluded): Briefed Judicial Institute on research into improving jury communications, Edinburgh (joint presentation with James Chalmers)
• 2017 (Concluded): Delivered CPD session for British Transport Police/Scottish Government on 'Introduction to Scottish Criminal Law, Processes and Institutions' in Glasgow
• 2015 (Concluded): Co-delivered one day programme of CPD (with members of Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research)

Consultations

• 2018 (Ongoing): Appointed to the advisory group for the Scottish Law Commission’s project on homicide
• 2019 (Concluded): Presented findings of jury research to Dorrain Review (Improving the Management of Sexual Offence Cases), Edinburgh (with James Chalmers, Vanessa Munro)
• 2017 (Concluded): Gave evidence to the Justice Committee on the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Repeal) (Scotland) Bill
• 2016 (Concluded): Research cited in Court of Appeals, Carey v HM Advocate [2016] HCJAC 10 at para 29.
• 2015 (Concluded): Submitted written evidence to the Criminal Verdicts (Scotland) Bill consultation which was quoted in the Justice Committee Stage 1 report (with James Chalmers). Quoted at length at paras 34, 42 and 55 of the Justice Committee’s report.

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