Natasha Vall Head of Department for Humanities | Teesside University

Natasha Vall is Professor of Urban and Cultural History and Head of Department for Humanities at Teesside University. She has a longstanding interest in the history of cultural policy and culture-led regeneration with a special focus on post-industrial cities. She has published widely in this field, including her 2011 critically acclaimed monograph, ‘Cultural Region’. She has supervised a number of PhD students working on the history of arts policy, cultural policy and urban regeneration. She currently part of the AHRC FUSE Teesside team, is the academic lead for the AHRC Heritage Consortium at Teesside University and is working in partnership with Tees Valley Combined Authority to deliver the Great Places: Greater Tees project.