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Background
Mark Dunkley is a Visiting Fellow affiliated to Cranfield Forensic Institute (CFI), one of the ten or so Centres that make up Cranfield Defence and Security - one of the Schools of Cranfield University. He is an experienced archaeologist with research interests covering the exploitation of cultural heritage across the spectrum of conflict. He is a former public sector archaeologist specialising in the management of underwater cultural heritage and he has investigated archaeological sites across the UK, overseas, and underwater and has published widely on cultural heritage protection. He has also worked with Police Forces, Border Force and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in the prosecution of heritage crime. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and a member of the UK National Commission for UNESCO's Expert Network. In 2014/15 he was the Heritage Consortium Fellow on the Clore Leadership Programme.
Current activities
Mark Dunkley's current research is focused on how both tangible remains (e.g. historic buildings and archaeological artefacts) and intangible heritage (e.g. rituals, customs and crafts) relate to human terrain analysis, human security, and actions by State and Non-State actors. He is working with the military to understand how actors can exploit cultural heritage across different Defence postures and within sub-threshold operations to achieve military, information, political, economic and diplomatic advantage.
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Dunkley M. (2023). Monumental Decisions: The Impact of the Russo-Ukrainian War on Soviet War Memorials. The Historic Environment: Policy & Practice, 14(2)
- Dunkley M. (2023). Culture, conflict and armed non-state actors: cultural heritage protection in a changing operating environment. Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development, 13(2)
- Dunkley M. (2015). Innes McCartney . The maritime archaeology of a modern conflict. Comparing the archaeology of German submarine wrecks to the historical text. 2015. xv+328 pages, numerous b&w illustrations. New York & Oxford: Routledge; 978-1-13-881435-6 hardback £85.. Antiquity, 89(346)