News and events
October 2023 // Panel presentation // Sounds of water environments under stress
Panel presentation with Eleni-Ira Panourgia on Sounds of water environments under stress during UNESCO Week of Sound, Edinburgh 2023.
September 2023 // Listening project // 100 Found Sounds
100 Found Sounds is a listening project to seek out, record and share sonic snippets of daily life, every day for 100 days. Part of the 100daysprojectscotland2023.
July 2023 // Paper published // Impact of permeability evolution in igneous sills on hydrothermal flow
Ole Rabbel’s paper, combining geological field observations from Neuquén Basin (Argentina) and numerical modelling of hydrothermal fluid flow, is open access for all to enjoy.
June 2023 // Paper published // Creating Soundtracks for Geoscience
This project based on our Friction EP explores the use of non-speech audio as a tool for accessible or augmented learning. Read about the project or download pdf here.
May 2023 // EP release // Friction
Friction EP - a sonic exploration of frictional processes at play as geological faults slide (Termote E. and Mair K.) released on soundcloud and bandcamp
December 2022 // Launch // KarenMairDesign
Launch of my freelance company KarenMairDesign, Edinburgh, Scotland
November 2022 // Installation // Land Curves: Finse
Land Curves: Finse - Interactive sound sculpture, Territories Exhibition, Lydgalleriet Bergen, Norway (Holbrook, U.A.S. and Mair, K.)
November 2022 // Album release // Murmuration 3: Species
Compilation album of field recordings, Glenshee, Scotland (curated by Jez Riley French and released on Bandcamp). Responsible for track 14, Linn of Dee Tree (Mair K. and Sturgeon J.)
2022 // Exhibition // Our Porous World
Science communication exhibition, University of Bergen Museum, Norway (provided recordings of rock crushing sounds)
April 2022 // Invited Talk // Sonification for geoscience
Invited talk on Sonification for Geoscience: Turning data into sound, in GeoWednesday (Geoønsdag) lecture series, Science library, University of Oslo, Norway
January 2022 // Invited contribution // Ramsay lecture
My fold sonification work is featured in Professor Clare Bond’s moving tribute on the life and work of the iconic geologist Professor John G Ramsay at Tectonic Studies Group Meeting, 2022
November 2021 // Degree awarded // MScR
Awarded the degree of Master of Science by Research (MScR) in Sound Design, Reid School of Music, Edinburgh College of Art, The University of Edinburgh
Thesis: Fieldtrips through sound
November 2020 // Degree awarded // MA
Awarded the degree of Master of Arts (MA) in Design Informatics, Edinburgh College of Art, The University of Edinburgh
Thesis: Sounding out the environment
November 2018 // Public engagement // Interactive listening lab on rock music
Presented an Interactive Listening Lab on Rock Music during public engagement Science Saturday event as part of “Rip it up: The Story of Scottish pop” exhibition, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK, (Mair, K. and Barrett, N.)
September 2018 // Promotion //
Promotion to Full Professor in geomechanics at the University of Oslo, Norway