
Dr Rachael Ironside
@drironside
Associate Professor; PhD in Social Interaction and Paranormal Experience; Researcher Dark Tourism/ Heritage/ Experience; love of life and chocolate!
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Excellent opportunity to apply for a Chancellor's Fellowship in research with Robert Gordon University (RGU) based in Orkney (£43-51k) #research #orkney rgu.ac.uk/chancellors-fe…

Delighted to see our Culbin project featured in this blog! Check some of the fascinating projects in last years 'Year of Stories' programme below Moray Council Professor Peter Reid 🏳️🌈🇩🇰🏴😻 Robert Gordon University (RGU) RGU Research

Delighted to see our new edited collection arrive in print today. Thank you to our wonderful contributors for making this book possible - such a joy to bring together #folklore #place #tourism Routledge Books


Delighted to share this fully funded SGSAH PhD studentship opportunity - a collaboration between Edinburgh Napier University Robert Gordon University (RGU) and Peterhead Prison Museum. Applications close 6th June. findaphd.com/phds/project/t… #darktourism #tourism #heritage #museums #phd #research


A special issue, "Dark Tourism and Spectral Geographies", coming soon to #TourismGeographies led by Dr. Nitasha Sharma, Annaclaudia Martini and Dallen Timothy. tgjournal.com/dark-tourism--…


Happy to share our most recent blog post from the Talking about Prison's project. Reflecting on our time collecting data at Peterhead Prison Museum and visit to Cruden Bay - lnkd.in/eR4NNpkx Robert Gordon University (RGU) #CA #interaction #darktourism #research #prison #heritage


A fascinating exploration of the future possibilities of dark tourism! Delighted to contribute a chapter, "The Virtual Afterlife: Dark Tourism in the Hereafter" with Craig leith . Available to pre-order now at the link below.

A research project is underway to help explore how people engage and deal with a range of challenging issues and ‘difficult heritage’, all set within an eerie preserved prison setting. Find out more ➡️ loom.ly/-RkL160 Dr Rachael Ironside | Alöna Roitershtein | Phd Prison Museum


Thank you to @ThatsTVScotland for featuring our project 'Talking about Prisons' last week! Robert Gordon University (RGU) #talkingaboutprisons

Our project 'Talking about Prisons' is featured on BBC Scotland News! Funded by The British Academy , the project is a collaboration between Robert Gordon University (RGU) and Peterhead Prison Museum exploring how visitors interact and make sense of difficult heritage. #darktourism #heritage

Delighted to share our Special Issue published last week in Revenant Journal exploring Supernatural Cities! Available to access and read following the link below... #darktourism #supernatural #placemaking #gothic #urban #cities #storytelling

'the temporal layering of cities creates fertile ground for supernatural rupture. The layering of history in urban space forces us to remember that which has been hidden by time or what has yet to come' Dr Rachael Ironside & Dr Aly Edwards-Boon Revenant Journal revenantjournal.com/contents/intro…


Do you think Scotland could be the supernatural tourist destination of the world? 👻 🎃 Dr Rachael Ironside, in today's The Scotsman, says Scotland, with its "character, identity, landscapes and heritage" makes a very strong case... In full ➡️ bit.ly/3UyC5Ki

