Paul's areas of research interest are in interdisciplinary approaches to art and performance, such as science and philosophy; applied drama, including theatre and performance in museums and heritage sites and theatre with and for young people; and experimental performance in Europe and the USA .
Convenor of Science and Performance Working Group from 2019 - 2023 (Theatre and Performance Research Association)
Peer Reviews undertaken for organisations including Art and Humanities Research Council, British Academy, Bloomsbury, Palgrave MacMillan, National Research Foundation (South Africa), Studies in Theatre and Performance, Somatechnics Journal, Mosaic Interdisciplinary Critical Journal, Higher Education Academy, Austrian Science Fund.
Scientific committee Theatre about Science: theory and practice conference, Coimbra, Portugal November 2021, November 2023
Advisor to International Theatre Engineering and Architecture Conference 2022
Invited keynote in conversation with Michael Frayn, Performing Science: Dialogues Across Cultures University of Lincoln, 2014
PhD/EdDoc Examiner (Universities of Leeds, Plymouth, Wolverhampton, Chester)
9 PhD/EdDoc completions