MPhil/PhD at the Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship

The Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship has a strong research base in all areas of cultural policy; creative, cultural and social entrepreneurship; cultural diplomacy; and arts management.

The Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship (ICCE) provides a unique environment to study and research, with world leading academic thinkers within a university globally recognised for its research excellence.

ICCE is the editorial home of leading journals Theory Culture & Society – ranked No.1 in Cultural Studies over the last five years – and Body & Society.

The department welcomes proposals from highly qualified individuals who wish to pursue PhD degrees. These research projects should be of the highest quality, in keeping with Goldsmiths' reputation as a leading producer of exceptional research.

We are particularly interested in hearing from people interested in carrying out research into:

• cultural and creative entrepreneurship
• creative industries
• business models for the creative economy
• social entrepreneurship
• cultural tourism
• culture and regeneration
• cultural relations and diplomacy
• audience development
• cultural policy
• consumer culture
• the body
• visual culture
• urban culture

Current PhD studies being undertaken in ICCE include:

• 21st century competencies
• leadership of arts and cultural organisations
• personalisation of the arts offer
• value and how to assess this in the creative industries
• audience development
• the business of comedy
• applied conceptual art
• cultural diplomacy
• urban mobility experience and transport
• urban culture and the open city
• food culture

Students should normally have (or expect to be awarded) a taught Masters in a relevant subject area. Students might also be considered for some programmes if they aren’t a graduate or their degree is in an unrelated field, but have relevant experience and can show that they have the ability to work at postgraduate level.