Dr
Caroline PudneyProfile page
Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
- Senior LecturerFaculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
BIOGRAPHY
Senior Lecturer in Archaeology. Working on widening impactful access to heritage and cultural opportunities and exploring the social value of archaeology in today's world. Amongst other things, Caroline is currently leading a multidisciplinary project exploring archaeology, prison education and justice capital.
Caroline joined the academic team in 2014 moving from her role as Community Archaeologist for Cadw, The Welsh Government’s Historic Environment Service. She has a background in Iron Age and Roman archaeology, commercial archaeology, and public and community engagement (among other things).
Caroline has experience communicating archaeology to the public through a range of media and is passionate about providing opportunities for people to get involved in, and inspired by, archaeology. Her research specialisms and teaching interests cover Iron Age and Roman Britain, the archaeology of material culture, and aspects of public archaeology including exploring neurodivergence and archeaological reconstructions, archaeology and education, as well as the conttribution archaeology can make to wellbeing.
UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER APPOINTMENTS
- Programme Leader - MA Archaeology and Heritage PracticeUniversity of Chester, Chester, United Kingdom1 Aug 2024
- Course Leader - MA Public ArchaeologyUniversity of Chester, UK1 Aug 2025
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- External ExaminerBangor University, Bangor, United Kingdom1 Sep 2024
- External ExaminerUniversity of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom29 Sep 2025
DEGREES
- PhDCardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom2011
- MA ArchaeologyUniversity of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom2006
- BA (Hons) Archaeology & Ancient HistoryCardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom2005
- PGCert Teaching and Learning in Higher EducationUniversity of Chester, Chester, United Kingdom2016
CERTIFICATIONS
- FHEAHigher Education Academy, York, United KingdomFellow of the Higher Education Academy
- FSASociety of Antiquaries of LondonFellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London
RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE INSTITUTE
- Culture and Society Research and Knowledge Exchange Institute
SCHOOL
- School of Humanities and Social Sciences