Meet the Team

 director, institute for gibraltarian studies

Name: Geraldine Finlayson Job title: Director, John Mackintosh Hall Cultural Centre Director, Institute for Gibraltarian Studies Co-Director of the Underwater Research Unit E-mail: gfjmh@gibraltar.gi
Geraldine Finlayson has been Director of the John Mackintosh Hall since 1993, during which time she has seen the Hall through conferences, exhibitions, concerts, and other public functions.   Geraldine is Co-Director of the Underwater Research Unit (URU) which is currently surveying of the seabed and caves for the Gibraltar Caves Project, conducting a comprehensive survey of Gibraltar’s Submerged Heritage for the Heritage Database, and carrying out wreck surveys and pre-disturbance surveys on archaeological sites.    As Director of the Institute for Gibraltarian Studies, she is responsible for the research into the Intangible Heritage of Gibraltar, including linguistic studies and directs the collection of Oral Histories.   An Advanced Diver and Open Water Instructor with BS-AC, she is also a Tutor with the Nautical Archaeology Society and is Senior Tutor at the Gibraltar Museum URU
Research Interests: · Relationships between climate, vegetation, landscape features and biodiversity; · Spatio-temporal distribution patterns of vegetation and animals, focusing mainly on the Southern Iberian Peninsula and the Quaternary; · Cultural influences on the development of the ‘Gibraltarian cuisine’ · Submerged/underwater cultural heritage · Underwater Archaeology
Academic Background: PhD awarded by Anglia Ruskin University.  Thesis title: Climate, Vegetation and Biodiversity – A Multiscale Study of the South of the Iberian Peninsula.
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