Sylvan Baker

Dr Sylvan Baker is an Artist, Practitioner and Researcher who has been working in Applied Arts & social justice for over 30 years.

He is a Senior Lecturer at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, London. Beyond Central, his practice has taken place in the UK and globally in sites across Brazil and the US. He has delivered projects in a diverse range of communities and contexts from favelas to hospitals, and has a specific interest in participatory collaboration, transitional justice and interventions in sites of conflict. His current research projects work with young researchers with experience of the UK care system, and separately with neurodivergent young people to develop resources to support positive adolescent mental health.