Freelance researcher and journalist based in the UK.
With a background in academia, and experience in arts and outreach roles, I'm interested in uncovering social and environmental justice stories, and sharing them with audiences.
With a background in academia, and experience in arts and outreach roles, I'm interested in uncovering social and environmental justice stories, and sharing them with audiences.
The author of two books and numerous articles, I also appear across a range of online, print, and broadcast media (including Sight & Sound, BBC radio channels, and various podcasts) as an expert commentator and arts critic. I have a PhD in Film Studies (UCL, 2014) and am currently studying for a Natural Sciences qualification. My pronouns are she/her.
I am interested in working with a broad range of organisations (such as charities and NGOs, schools, FE colleges, HE institutions, trade unions, news outlets, film and television production companies, and activist groups) to provide:
- research, from planning to delivering
- report and grant application writing
- workshops, training sessions, and lectures
- curated arts and festival programmes
- public engagement, outreach, and impact support
- campaigns and events (media training, press releases, etc.)
- consultancy on social justice and ecological issues
- policy analysis and review
- learning and other pedagogical materials
(Please note that I do not take on projects that involve materials manufactured using generative-AI, and I never consent to materials that I create being shared with LLMs).
Recent work includes: the Environmental Impact of Filmmaking project (which was funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council); a report on redundancy processes and staff experiences in Higher Education; media coverage of recent political demonstrations; a book exploring the history and impacts of of the Star Wars franchise through its production in Britain. I am also making a short documentary, which explores the potential for solidarity between human and wild lives—animals, plants, fungi—in a story about trauma, bodies, and land.
My most recent publication (which is open access) traces the ecological footprints of practical and digital Star Wars assets, and uncovers how the screen industries overstate the possibilities of both sustainable digital mediamaking and sustainable blockbuster-scale production. The article is open access and free to read:
Rebecca Harrison and Siti Syuhaida Mohamed Yunus, “Artoo-Detoo's Footprint: Star Wars and the Environmental Impacts of Practical and Digital Filmmaking,” Media and Environment 8, no.1 (2026): https://doi.org/10.1525/001c.158695.
My most recent publication (which is open access) traces the ecological footprints of practical and digital Star Wars assets, and uncovers how the screen industries overstate the possibilities of both sustainable digital mediamaking and sustainable blockbuster-scale production. The article is open access and free to read:
Rebecca Harrison and Siti Syuhaida Mohamed Yunus, “Artoo-Detoo's Footprint: Star Wars and the Environmental Impacts of Practical and Digital Filmmaking,” Media and Environment 8, no.1 (2026): https://doi.org/10.1525/001c.158695.
