Chloe Duckworth

After receiving her BA (Hons) in Archaeology, Duckworth was awarded funding from the AHRC to study for an MSc and subsequently a PhD at the University of Nottingham.[1]

Duckworth joined Newcastle University in 2016,[2] following her position at the University of Leicester as a postdoctoral researcher on European Research Council funded Trans-Sahara project at Leicester.[3] She held a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship in 2015.[4] She is the director of two field projects at UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Spain: the Madinat al-Zahra Survey Project [5] and The Alhambra Royal Workshops project.[6] Her research group at Newcastle University aims to reconstruct the technology of glass in the past by using experimental reconstructions, texts, and scientific analysis.[7] She is a member of the editorial board of World Archaeology journal,[8] and an external examiner for the University of Oxford. She currently supervises four PhD students.[9] She was elected as a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London on 5 May 2017.[10] She is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy[10] and a Member of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists. Until September 2021, she co-directed the Newcastle University Centre for Heritage.[11]

As well as her academic career, Duckworth is a television presenter and public speaker. In 2017 she was part of the BBC Expert Women[12] and in 2019 was a presenter at the New Scientist Live Show.[13] Since 2020 she has presented Channel 4's The Great British Dig with Hugh Dennis.[14] She has authored a book to accompany the series, to be released on 3 March 2022.[15]

Duckworth is an active campaigner. In 2021, she launched the 'Dig for Archaeology' campaign, which seeks to promote the positive aspects of commercial, academic and community archaeology in the UK, and to raise awareness of the threats it faces.[16] She is openly bisexual, and advocates increasing diversity and representation in archaeology.[17]

• Duckworth, C.N. The Great British Dig: History in Your Back Garden. Conway Publishing. Released 3 March 2022.
• Garcia Porras, A., Duckworth, C.N. and Govantes-Edwards, D. 2022. The Royal Workshops of the Alhambra. Boydell & Brewer. Released 25th Feb 2022.
• Duckworth, C.N., Cuenod, A. and Mattingly, D.J. 2020. Mobile Technologies in the Ancient Sahara and Beyond. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
• Duckworth, C.N. and Wilson, A., eds. 2020. Recycling and Reuse in the Roman Economy. Oxford, Oxford University Press.