CFP #RN07 & #RN02 Symposium: New perspectives and interventions: The state of play in cultural sociology and sociology of the arts 31st August – 1st Sept 2023 📅 Deadline: 20th March 2023 ℹ️ bit.ly/41h1cTz 📍Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridsky” #socart #socculture

been hard to keep this one quiet. Dave O'Brien, @socscimcandrew and i will be leading the “The Arts, Cultural & Heritage sectors” research from The University of Sheffield. watch this space!

New Rushton Working Paper on Equality and Public Funding for the Arts: artsjournal.com/worth/2023/03/… #arts #artsnews A short, low-tech paper available for free download here on SSRN. The abstract: Suppose a reasonably wealthy country did not have an arts council that...

In an era of global flows of policy, the central question is not only whether a city will adopt the policy or not, but rather how it will mix available components. In this new paper Daniel Silver and I examine how do cities assemble public art policy sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Fascinating new paper from Joanna Woronkowicz on the impact and value of arts degrees journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

News! Delighted to say I’m joining School of Arts, Languages and Culture as Professor of Cultural and Creative industries on 1st Aug, where Art History UoM & Institute for Cultural Practices are launching a creative industries MA & BA! & I’ll be doing cool research stuff with Creative Manchester & sharing ideas with Uni Manchester Sociology @uomsociology.bsky.social too!

אני שמח וגאה לשתף שהצעת מחקר שכתבנו ד"ר אמיל ישראל ואני ושמבוססת על עבודותי הקודמות על אי-שיוויון, נגישות לתרבות ומדיניות תרבות זכתה במענק מחקר של ה-ISF. יהיה מעניין! ודמוקרטי! #מדיניותתרבות

A new book by O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs Professor Michael Rushton asks whether there is a moral imperative for government to support the arts. blogs.iu.edu/oneillschool/2…

JOB! Two year quants postdoc based in Sheffield Methods Institute - University of Sheff working on arts, culture and heritage with me, @SocSciMcAndrew, Dave O'Brien, and the rest of the Creative Industries Policy & Evidence Centre team . Deadline 22 August 2023, full details jobs.ac.uk/job/DBT078/res…, Qs welcome, DMs open. (please retweet!)

feel like “it hopes” is the extent of the evidence base for most of the initiatives in the cultural sector aimed at improving accessibility tbh

Exciting news from the Center for Cultural Affairs! We're thrilled to unveil the Fall 2023 Workshop in Cultural Affairs series schedule. Join us for the 6-session journey, exploring a rich tapestry of perspectives and topics in cultural affairs and policy.

“Systematic Suppression: Hungary’s Arts and Culture in Crisis”  artisticfreedominitiative.org/projects/artis…

📢 Join us TODAY at 12 pm! We're hosting a workshop with Patricia Banks from Mount Holyoke College, diving into "Diversity Capital and Corporate Support of Black Culture." Stay tuned for insights and discussions! [Register for the event: bit.ly/3RfyEHk]

4 takeaways from our panel on cultural diversity & accessibility: we need better data to monitor diversity; diversity is limited without inclusive practice; resistance to change begs the question what are we afraid of; we need to make a stronger case for culture to other sectors

So proud to have contributed with Dave O'Brien Dr Orian Brook Tal Feder, Siobhan McAndrew and Mark Taylor to this great new book ➡️'Pandemic culture'. Free download available here: manchesterhive.com/display/978152… Key points from chapter 2 🧵...

Pandemic Culture is launched!!!

New paper! "The Parenthood Penalty in Creative Occupations: How the Covid-19 Pandemic Made Existing Inequalities Worse" by Tal Feder Rebecca Florisson mark taylor Siobhan McAndrew and me journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/07…