Prof Karen Brown

Professor

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 2355

Email

keb23@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Selected publications

• Open access

  The growing role of museums and community-led cultural organisations as agents of social and environmental change

  Brown, K., 1 Jan 2026, Voices for change: community action, biodiversity, and the future of food. Borrelli, N., Brown, K., Cena, H., Koch, P. & Schusler, T. (eds.). Milan: Ledizioni LediPublishing, p. 39-55 (Biodiversità, cibo e cultura).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Open access

  Voices for change: community action, biodiversity, and the future of food

  Borelli, N. (Editor), Brown, K. (Editor), Cena, H. (Editor), Koch, P. (Editor) & Schusler, T. (Editor), 1 Jan 2026, Milan: Ledizioni LediPublishing. 107 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

• Open access

  Empowering museums in achieving the SDGs through youth by means of social inclusion and climate action

  Brown, K. & Brown, J. A., 12 Nov 2025, 3 p. Paris : International Council of Museums.

  Research output: Other contribution

• Open access

  Introduction: sea of islands and poetics of relation: rethinking islandness

  Bertin, M. & Brown, K., 30 Jun 2025, In: ICOFOM Study Series. 53, 1-2, p. 7-18

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

• Open access

  Museums at the forefront of cultural, digital and ecological diplomacy

  Brown, K. E., Brown, J. A., Ali Malheya, R., Bobohojiev, A., Hassan Al Sulaiti, F., Cummins, A., Garlandini, A., Franco, S. & Bertin, M., 4 Mar 2025, 3 p. Zenodo.

  Research output: Other contribution

• Open access

  Sea of islands and poetics of relation: rethinking islandness

  Bertin, M. (Editor), Brown, J. A. (Editor), Brown, K. E. (Editor), Gonzalez Rueda, A. S. (Editor), Lagarde, L. (Editor) & Tissandier, M. (Editor), 30 Jun 2025, In: ICOFOM Study Series. 53, 1–2

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review

• Open access

  Introduction: transnational island museologies

  Brown, K. E. & Gonzalez Rueda, A. S., 27 Apr 2024, Transnational island museologies. Brown, K., Brown, J. A. & González Rueda, A. S. (eds.). Paris: ICOFOM, p. 9-14 6 p. (ICOFOM materials for discussion).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Open access

  Transnational island museologies

  Brown, K. E. (Editor), Brown, J. A. (Editor) & Gonzalez Rueda, A. S. (Editor), 26 Apr 2024, Paris: ICOFOM. 206 p. (ICOFOM materials for discussion)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

• Open access

  Communities and museums in the 21^st century: shared histories and climate action

  Brown, K. E. (Editor), Cummins, A. (Editor) & González Rueda, A. S. (Editor), 18 Aug 2023, Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 380 p. (ICOM advances in museum research)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

• Open access

  Community crafts and cultures in Costa Rica: community resilience in response to climate change

  Brown, K. E., Brown, J. A., Davies, A., Villalobos, M. L. & Villarreal , R. M., 24 Feb 2023, Ecomuseums and climate change. Borrelli, N., Davis, P. & dal Santo, R. (eds.). Milan: Ledizioni LediPublishing, p. 237-264

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

 

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