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Doctor of Philosophy - PhD / DPhil
The University of Manchester - Main Campus
Full Time
Sep 2027
3 Year
Our PhD Creative and Cultural Industries programme supports advanced research into the social, economic, political and cultural dynamics shaping contemporary cultural production. The programme approaches the creative and cultural industries as fields of labour, policy, digital innovation and value making. It provides an interdisciplinary doctoral environment that brings together perspectives from the arts, humanities and social sciences. You will undertake an original research project within the broad field of creative and cultural industries. Areas of research may include: creative labour, inequality and structural inclusion; digital transformation and artificial intelligence; cultural policy and governance; intellectual property and regulation; cultural leadership and organisational change; global creative economies and the creative industries in the Global South; creative-industry infrastructures and regional development; media, performance, festivals and events; cultural value, participation and sustainability. You will benefit from supervisory expertise in creative justice, including inequalities of race and class, as well as cultural policy, digital cultures, creative labour, festivals and events, media and performance industries, and regional and global cultural production. You will also be able to participate in research seminars, workshops and interdisciplinary networks across the University.
