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Biography Nelson has over 20 years' experience in the Media and Communication sector, working with factual television production, documentaries, and corporate communication in the UK, and as a television news reporter and editor in Brazil. He has undergraduate degrees in Journalism (UFSC, Brazil) and Television (Edinburgh Napier), and postgraduate master's degrees in Information Technology (Glasgow Caledonian) and Media Communication (Staffordshire University).

Nelson's PhD research project, 'Film Bang Communities of Practice', started in 2021, investigates the development of the freelance film and television workforce in Scotland over the last half-century. The project is a collaboration between Edinburgh Napier University, the University of Edinburgh and the National Library of Scotland Moving Image Archive and was awarded an Applied Research Collaborative Studentship (ARCS) by the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities (SGSAH).
Research Interests Film and Television
Teaching and Learning 2022/23: Communication and Digital Content Creation (JAC 07123), Associate Lecturer/Tutor