About us.
The idea for CAOS - Campus on Stage comes from an innovative best practice adopted at the University of Turin (Italy), financed by the Teaching and Learning Centre (TLC) and put into practice by the School of Law, Politics and Socio-Economic Sciences.
In 2024, thanks to the support of the Exeter Global Classroom, the University of Exeter (UK) joined forces with the University of Turin. This international collaboration involved over 20 educators and hundreds of university students.
It is aimed at promoting the use of educational theatre to engage students and 'stage' complex, interdisciplinary subjects. CAOS is open to all individual academics and universities that share our aim of creating more inclusive, international, participatory instruments for active learning and more engaging teaching. By joining CAOS, anyone can contribute to creating meaningful and innovative activities for Higher Education (HE) students, creating supportive environments for experiential global learning.
Biographies
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Nick Bailey
THEATRICAL EXPERT University of Birmingham
Nicholas is an actor, consultant, lecturer, facilitator and coach, specialising in responsible leadership and drama-based pedagogies. Nicholas has an MBA and is a Ph. D. candidate at Birmingham Business School.
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Livia Regina Batista
PROJECT LEAD University of Exeter
Lívia is a Lecturer in Sustainable Management at the Business School. Her interests are in environmental justice, transformative social innovation, intellectual activism and critical pedagogy. She is the project lead for CAOS at the University of Exeter, having obtained the Global Classrooms Fellowship for the project.
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Silvia Casarone
THEATRICAL EXPERT University of Turin
Silvia is a drama therapist and trainer in applied theatre. She coordinated the theatre part of the CAOS project and proposed theoretical and practical training for teachers and supervised their theatre practice with students in the classroom.
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Mario Cedrini
PROJECT CO-LEAD University of Turin
Mario is Professor of Economics at the University of Turin, where he also teaches macroeconomics and ecological economics. His research focuses on economics as a science, approached from a philosophy-of-science perspective.
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Laura Colombo
CO-COORDINATOR University of Exeter
Laura has a background in Social Economics. She serves as Programme Director for the BSc Business and Environment and Associate Editor at the Academy of Management Learning and Education Journal.
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Caroline Keenan
CO-COORDINATOR University of Exeter
Caroline is a law educator and interdisciplinary researcher with expertise in Criminal and Environmental Law. Committed to inclusive, active learning and advancing legal education through student-centred design and trauma-informed teaching practices.
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David Monciardini
CO-PARTNER University of Turin
David is a social scientist based at the University of Turin. He is interested in applying drama-based pedagogy to corporate environmental justice and accountability. David created the link between Turin and Exeter. His role in CAOS is to coordinate the collaboration between the Universities.
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Alice Scavarda
PROJECT CO-LEAD University of Turin
Alice has a background in Qualitative Methodology and Sociology of Health and Illness from the University of Torino. During her postdoc research studies, she used many creative methods, particularly comics and applied theatre. Her interests revolve around mental health, disability, trust in healthcare practices, and creative methods.
Get in touch.
It all begins with an idea. We would love to hear from you! Please get in touch by sending us an email at caoscampusonstage@gmail.com.