Research Interests
I am open to PhD applications in the fields of…
- Popular/folk music and politics
- Creative industries, production and labour
- Performance and identity
- Globalisation, cosmopolitanism and social/political movements
- Aesthetics, genre and improvisation
Public outreach & key achievements
- https://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1733/
- https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/professor-of-physics-stephen-smartt-speaks-during-a-news-photo/861967648#/
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- https://astronomynow.com/2017/10/16/gravitational-waves-from-colliding-neutron-stars-usher-in-new-era-of-astronomy/
- http://www.pessto.org/
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-38292733
Research students
PhD Title | ‘Refugees’ Musicking: Meanings and Encounters in a Greek Reception Centre’ Years of Study (eg. 2017-2018): 2018-2021 |
Name | Chrusi Kratsou |
Country | Greece |
Years of Study | 2018-2021 |
Student profile online | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chrysi_Kyratsou2 |
PhD Title | Cultural intimacy and the country music scene in West Ulster |
Name | Hannah Gibson |
Country | Northern Ireland |
Years of Study | 2016-2020 |
Student profile online | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hannah_Gibson18 |
PhD Title | Recent Experimental Electronic Music Practices in Iran: An Ethnographic and Sound-based Investigation |
Name | Hadi Bastani |
Country | Iran |
Years of Study | 2016-2019 |
Student profile online | https://www.hadibastani.com |
Alumni: Where are they now
PhD Title | ‘Sounding Dissent: Music, Resistance, and Irish Republicanism’ |
Name | Dr Stephen Millar |
Graduated | 2016 |
Country | Scotland |
Current Position | Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow, Cardiff University |
Student profile online |
https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/1276609-millar-stephen |
PhD Title | ‘Re-imagining identity through singing: Community choirs in post-conflict Northern Ireland’ Years of Study: 2013-2018 (Part-time) |
Name | Dr Sarah-Jane Gibson |
Graduated | 2018 |
Country | UK |
Current Position |
Post-Doctoral Researcher, York St John University Choir conductor and music educator (QUB, Northern Ireland) |