Ioannis’s main research has focused on the impact of globalisation and the world music market upon Greek subcultures and their conceptions of musical creativity. His current research is concentrating on the cross-cultural examination of the phenomenon of music professionalism and the way that it shapes understandings of musical competence, aesthetics, and the social dynamics of local ‘scenes’. Ioannis’ current focus is on the impact of economic/political crisis on ideas of transnationalism, cosmopolitanism, and eclecticism within popular music-making in Greece and the wider Mediterranean.

Disciplinary Research Field:

Anthropology and Ethnomusicology                                       

Sub-fields in which Iaonnis is active:

Popular Music Studies, Political Anthropology, Economic Ethnomusicology