Karen Brown is Professor of Art History at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, specialising in Museum and Heritage Studies. She has previously been employed at Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, and the University of Cambridge. She has (co-)edited several volumes relating to community museums, ecomuseums, and sustainability, including Brown, K., Cummins, A. and González Rueda, A. (eds). 2023, Brown, K., Davis P. Raposo, L. (eds),2019, On Community and Sustainable Museums, Lisbon. An Honorary Research Fellow at the McDonald Institute, University of Cambridge, and a Board Member of ICOM Ireland, she has also served as Chair of the International Committee for Museology of the International Council of Museums (ICOFOM). Karen has coordinated several large international team research projects, including EU-LAC Museums (EC Horizon 2020, 2016-2021, and Shared Island Stories between Scotland and the Caribbean: Past, Present, Future (ERC / UKRI 2022- 2027).