Staff in ICCE In this section Academic staff Associate lecturers PhD students Professional staff Academic staff Associate lecturers PhD students Professional staff Staff list Professor Victoria Alexander Programme Convenor, BA Arts Management V.Alexander (@gold.ac.uk) Victoria’s research combines sociology of the arts, visual culture, sociology of organisations and culture. Dr Aleksandar Brkić Lecturer a.brkic ( (@gold.ac.uk) Alex is creatively balancing between the worlds of arts management and cultural policy research, teaching and practice. Dr Paul Clements BA MA PhD Lecturer p.clements (@gold.ac.uk) Paul is a lecturer in arts and cultural policy, spending many years working with marginalised communities. Claire Cooke Lecturer in Arts Management c.cooke (@gold.ac.uk) Claire is interested in magic, ritual, public space, performance (and its history), contemporary art and film. Adrian De La Court Director, MA Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship and Director, SYNAPSE a.delacourt (@gold.ac.uk) Originally trained as an artist and dancer, Adrian has developed a strong portfolio career in the creative industries Dr Cecilia Dinardi Senior Lecturer in Cultural Policy c.dinardi (@gold.ac.uk) Cecilia focuses on cultural policies, creative economy, heritage, cities, urban regeneration & creative methodologies Professor Mike Featherstone Professor in Sociology m.featherstone (@gold.ac.uk) Mike’s current interests are consumer culture, ageing, the body, global culture and knowledge formation. Dr Carla Figueira Director MA Cultural Policy, Relations and Diplomacy | Director MA Cultural Policy and Tourism c.figueira (@gold.ac.uk) Carla examines international cultural relations as a transdisciplinary field & is interested cultural/language policies. Dr Michael Franklin Lecturer in Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship m.franklin (@gold.ac.uk) Michael investigates the conceptualisation and management of risk in the film industry and related creative businesses Michael Hitchcock, BA Hons, DPhil Professor m.hitchcock (@gold.ac.uk) Michael conducts research on cultural tourism with particular regard to museums & heritage. Interests in SE Asia & China Dr Richard Hull Director, MA Social Entrepreneurship, ICCE r.hull (@gold.ac.uk) Richard explores social and sustainable enterprise and emerging alternatives to shareholder-focused forms of capitalism. Oliver Kempton Visiting Tutor o.kempton (@gold.ac.uk) Oliver’s focus is on using social research, evaluation and analysis to help organisations understand their impact. Dr Sylvia Lahav Lecturer s.lahav (@gold.ac.uk) Sylvia remains interested in the way in which museums of art use textual explanation to interpret their collections. Gerald Lidstone BA MA ATC Dr h. c. FRGS Director of the Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship (ICCE) g.lidstone (@gold.ac.uk) Gerald teaches across four programmes in ICCE, supervises PGR, also researching in areas of cultural policy & practice Sara Linden Lecturer s.linden (@gold.ac.uk) Sara’s interests include city branding, gender and urban spaces, and representation of cities in the media Dr. Kelly Meng Parnwell Lecturer in Luxury Brand Management k.meng (@gold.ac.uk) Kelly's current research focuses on international business development and strategic management in the luxury industry. Jonathan Meth Associate Lecturer j.meth (@gold.ac.uk) Jonathan has over 25 years’ experience as a Senior Arts manager working internationally. Dr Pauline Muir Lecturer p.muir (@gold.ac.uk) Pauline's research interests are in culture, religion & include a focus on congregational singing in Africa megachurches Dr Oonagh Murphy Lecturer in Arts Management o.murphy (@gold.ac.uk) Oonagh’s research has explored best practice on the scalability of emerging technologies for cultural organisations Dr George Musgrave Lecturer g.musgrave (@gold.ac.uk) George researches mental health and the music industry, artistic entrepreneurship and conditions of creativity. John Newbigin, OBE Visiting Fellow j.newbigin (@gold.ac.uk) John was awarded an OBE for “services to creative industries and the arts” in the Queen’s 2015 New Years Honours L Oliver Peterson Gilbert Post-Doctoral Research Assistant for UNCHARTED project o.pertersongilbert (@gold.ac.uk) Sociology of art, cultural policy, curatorial practice, ethnomusicology, cultural history and the creative industries. Siân Prime Deputy Director of the Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship, Academic Lead: Enterprise s.prime (@gold.ac.uk) Siân has worked with creative and social enterprises to find financial models to ensure impact and value creation Dr Nicola Searle Digital Economy Fellow n.searle (@gold.ac.uk) Nicola specialises in economics of intellectual property, with a focus on the creative industries and trade secrets. Dr Martin Smith Visiting Fellow msmit053 (@gold.ac.uk) Martin works in the media, cultural and creative sectors in various advisory, executive, and non-executive capacities Dr Tomoko Tamari Senior Lecturer in Sociology t.tamari (@gold.ac.uk) Tomoko’s interests are Japanese culture & society; consumer culture; visual culture; technology and the body. Article
Professor Victoria Alexander Programme Convenor, BA Arts Management V.Alexander (@gold.ac.uk) Victoria’s research combines sociology of the arts, visual culture, sociology of organisations and culture.
Dr Aleksandar Brkić Lecturer a.brkic ( (@gold.ac.uk) Alex is creatively balancing between the worlds of arts management and cultural policy research, teaching and practice.
Dr Paul Clements BA MA PhD Lecturer p.clements (@gold.ac.uk) Paul is a lecturer in arts and cultural policy, spending many years working with marginalised communities.
Claire Cooke Lecturer in Arts Management c.cooke (@gold.ac.uk) Claire is interested in magic, ritual, public space, performance (and its history), contemporary art and film.
Adrian De La Court Director, MA Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship and Director, SYNAPSE a.delacourt (@gold.ac.uk) Originally trained as an artist and dancer, Adrian has developed a strong portfolio career in the creative industries
Dr Cecilia Dinardi Senior Lecturer in Cultural Policy c.dinardi (@gold.ac.uk) Cecilia focuses on cultural policies, creative economy, heritage, cities, urban regeneration & creative methodologies
Professor Mike Featherstone Professor in Sociology m.featherstone (@gold.ac.uk) Mike’s current interests are consumer culture, ageing, the body, global culture and knowledge formation.
Dr Carla Figueira Director MA Cultural Policy, Relations and Diplomacy | Director MA Cultural Policy and Tourism c.figueira (@gold.ac.uk) Carla examines international cultural relations as a transdisciplinary field & is interested cultural/language policies.
Dr Michael Franklin Lecturer in Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship m.franklin (@gold.ac.uk) Michael investigates the conceptualisation and management of risk in the film industry and related creative businesses
Michael Hitchcock, BA Hons, DPhil Professor m.hitchcock (@gold.ac.uk) Michael conducts research on cultural tourism with particular regard to museums & heritage. Interests in SE Asia & China
Dr Richard Hull Director, MA Social Entrepreneurship, ICCE r.hull (@gold.ac.uk) Richard explores social and sustainable enterprise and emerging alternatives to shareholder-focused forms of capitalism.
Oliver Kempton Visiting Tutor o.kempton (@gold.ac.uk) Oliver’s focus is on using social research, evaluation and analysis to help organisations understand their impact.
Dr Sylvia Lahav Lecturer s.lahav (@gold.ac.uk) Sylvia remains interested in the way in which museums of art use textual explanation to interpret their collections.
Gerald Lidstone BA MA ATC Dr h. c. FRGS Director of the Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship (ICCE) g.lidstone (@gold.ac.uk) Gerald teaches across four programmes in ICCE, supervises PGR, also researching in areas of cultural policy & practice
Sara Linden Lecturer s.linden (@gold.ac.uk) Sara’s interests include city branding, gender and urban spaces, and representation of cities in the media
Dr. Kelly Meng Parnwell Lecturer in Luxury Brand Management k.meng (@gold.ac.uk) Kelly's current research focuses on international business development and strategic management in the luxury industry.
Jonathan Meth Associate Lecturer j.meth (@gold.ac.uk) Jonathan has over 25 years’ experience as a Senior Arts manager working internationally.
Dr Pauline Muir Lecturer p.muir (@gold.ac.uk) Pauline's research interests are in culture, religion & include a focus on congregational singing in Africa megachurches
Dr Oonagh Murphy Lecturer in Arts Management o.murphy (@gold.ac.uk) Oonagh’s research has explored best practice on the scalability of emerging technologies for cultural organisations
Dr George Musgrave Lecturer g.musgrave (@gold.ac.uk) George researches mental health and the music industry, artistic entrepreneurship and conditions of creativity.
John Newbigin, OBE Visiting Fellow j.newbigin (@gold.ac.uk) John was awarded an OBE for “services to creative industries and the arts” in the Queen’s 2015 New Years Honours L
Oliver Peterson Gilbert Post-Doctoral Research Assistant for UNCHARTED project o.pertersongilbert (@gold.ac.uk) Sociology of art, cultural policy, curatorial practice, ethnomusicology, cultural history and the creative industries.
Siân Prime Deputy Director of the Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship, Academic Lead: Enterprise s.prime (@gold.ac.uk) Siân has worked with creative and social enterprises to find financial models to ensure impact and value creation
Dr Nicola Searle Digital Economy Fellow n.searle (@gold.ac.uk) Nicola specialises in economics of intellectual property, with a focus on the creative industries and trade secrets.
Dr Martin Smith Visiting Fellow msmit053 (@gold.ac.uk) Martin works in the media, cultural and creative sectors in various advisory, executive, and non-executive capacities
Dr Tomoko Tamari Senior Lecturer in Sociology t.tamari (@gold.ac.uk) Tomoko’s interests are Japanese culture & society; consumer culture; visual culture; technology and the body.