About Us

We are educators interested in promoting and prioritizing joyful learning experiences for young adults and students in higher education. We believe creative methods can provide an answer to the alarming need for emotional support for students within universities. We feel that if we address the heart of the matter, we can offer students moments of connection and lifelong learning and bring magic back to the classroom and beyond.

Dr. Subir Dey

Project Investigator

Assistant Professor

Department of Design

IIT Delhi

Subir has a background in Comics Studies, graphic design, and illustration. He remains active as a comic book artist and illustrator. His research areas are graphic narratives for communication, the visual language of graphic narratives, and designing for education through storytelling. He teaches courses in visual communication design. More information at www.subirdey.net

Photograph by Ashish Allen Kujur

Dr. Eleanor Chiari

Project Investigator

Associate Professor (Teaching)

SELCS, UCL

Eleanor is an Associate Professor (Teaching) and the Programme Director for the BA language and Culture in the School of European Languages, Cultures and Society at University College London. She has been teaching interdisciplinary modules on history, photography, and visual culture for the past 16 years. In her non-academic life, she runs creative workshops and secular rituals to improve wellbeing and connection in small groups in London and the South East.

Photograph by Tony Tree