#  Emily Pringle 

Freelance Museum Consultant and Researcher

 

 

 



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**Dr. Emily Pringle** trained as a painter and worked for several years as an artist, educator, researcher and programmer. In 2010 she joined Tate as Head of Learning Practice and Research. In that role she convened the Tate Research Centre: Learning and researched and wrote specifically on the role of artists in museum education and creative learning more broadly. In 2017 Emily was awarded a ten-month AHRC Leadership Fellowship to examine research practices in art museums. The publication from this research 'Rethinking Research in the Art Museum' was published by Routledge in July 2019. From February 2019 to December 2023 Emily was Head of Research at Tate, during which time she created and implemented a five-year research strategy and delivery plan and oversaw research projects and activity across Tate. Emily now works as a freelance museum consultant and researcher and maintains her [PRAM research blog](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__practitionerresearchintheartmuseum.wordpress.com&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=af0bZcv_riCqS8Q9vf5d9FGTr1iFqMLjyvoaub5YXOg&m=o7hi_Ugto3sXtRX8X_qURN2B80Vn8CaA2xYvNlyk68wKG5TazppP7wpIdMKD5Eak&s=_R_31K__TyZUN34sQIiRP-95ZJsRhl_HUqzkGTMODG4&e=). Emily is an Honorary Professor at the University of Nottingham and an Associate Research Fellow at the School of Advanced Study, University of London.