Dr Harriet Atkinson is a historian of art, design and culture, with a particular interest in  the uses of design for propaganda and protest, nation building and  diplomacy, from the 1930s to the present day.  She leads the research project '"The Materialisation of Persuasion": Modernist Exhibitions in Britain for Propaganda and Resistance,  1933 to 1953', which is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and will result in two books, a film and a podcast series. She co-leads the research strand on Graphic Design Histories at  University of Brighton's Centre for Design History.