Dr. Iseult Gillespie, Senior Communications Officer and Content Developer

Iseult is a writer and knowledge exchange specialist. She has developed educational and mission-driven content for research initiatives, national broadcasters, think tanks, and nonprofits. Having provided creative, editorial, and operational oversight for research-driven projects that bring together multidisciplinary partners, her career has centred on comprehensive knowledge sharing and incisive educational storytelling. 

Iseult previously worked with Harvard University to create multimedia content that facilitates professional learning and corporate responsibility. She has supplied editorial and communication services to organisations like Endeavor Education, Public Broadcasting Services, Wiley Publishing, The American Ballet Theatre, and TED, working with researchers, citizen scientists, artists, and advocates to communicate expert information to both public and specialist audiences. As a longstanding producer for TED's youth and education platform TED-Ed, she writes and develops short films and learning experiences that have received millions of views to date. She brings a passion for science communications and research impact to her role at Seascape Belgium, where she supports communication, outreach, and content development for selected EU projects. 

Iseult holds a PhD and an MA in Literary Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she focussed her research on feminist science studies. Her scholarship was recognised by the Mellon-Morgridge Foundation, the Institute for Research in the Humanities, and the UW-Madison Center for the Humanities. She received her BA from Trinity College Dublin.