Richard Sandell

Richard Sandell is Professor of Museum Studies at the University of Leicester.  His research and practice, frequently carried out in collaboration with museums, galleries and heritage organisations, explores the social roles and potential of cultural organisations and, in particular, the capacity for museums to build support for human rights, social justice and equality. His most recent books are Museums, Moralities and Human Rights (2017) and Museum Activism (2019), edited with Robert Janes. With colleagues in the Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG) at the University of Leicester, Richard has led a range of projects that interrogate the potential for museums to offer new ways of seeing and understanding difference and to inform contemporary public debates about rights and equality.