Rumen Rachev

Rumen Rachev is a transdisciplinary performance-scholar, researcher, and creative practitioner based in Australia.

Currently, he is undergoing PhD studies at WAAPA, Edith Cowan University, in Boorloo/Perth. His practice-led PhD titled "Not All Clouds Are Created Equal" explores how speculative and transdisciplinary methods can deepen and reframe human and more-than-human engagements with weather through clouds, particularly in the context of Perth/Boorloo and Western Australia. With an academic background rooted in public health, performance studies, practice-led research, urban creativity, and socio-ecological systems, his research explores themes of atmospheric governance, place-based research, and weather technologies through speculative, artistic, and critical lenses.

Rumen's approach blends research rigour with playful experimentation, often involving feminist, anti-colonial, and speculative methodologies. He advocates for collaborative and artistically grounded research that fosters conviviality, critical reflection, and transformative futures.