Cultural Policy and Management PhD Programme

The Department of Cultural Policy and Management is host to a vibrant research community concerned with current debates affecting:

  • "Quality of life"
  • Access and education
  • Globalisation and identity
  • The politics of heritage
  • The management and governance of the creative and cultural sectors

 

The Department welcomes applications for research that is underpinned by empirical and/or theoretical methodologies. We have a strong commitment to the development of interdisciplinary approaches that take account of culture, policy and management as historical and social processes.

About the PhD programme

The Department's PhD programme offers the support and resources you need to complete your doctorate, including:

  • Tailor-made supervision by our nationally- and internationally-renowned staff
  • Research training within the department
  • Use of a specialist reference archive of more than 6,000 items unique to City University, as well as access to University libraries and major London collections such as the British Library and the Arts Library of the Barbican Centre
  • Membership of the Department Seminar group, who meet regularly to participate in seminars given by research students and/or invited speakers from academe and the industry
  • The chance to publish your research in the Department's peer reviewed journal Culture, Criticism and Management
  • The support of the School's knowledge transfer programmes to provide insight into applied research
  • Working as part of a lively research community made up of students from all over the world with diverse educational and career backgrounds

 

For further information about studying for a PhD at the Department of Cultural Policy and Management, including MPhil information, click here.

Current and recent research

At present we have 16 students registered for research.

Examples of current research include:

  • Management in Museums in Africa - case study: National Museums & Monuments Zimbabwe
  • Ghostly Texts: Representations of Illness in Contemporary Art
  • Curating the Balkans: Representing the Gaze
  • Corporate Social Responsibility in the Creative Industries in London
  • Self-regulation of the Antiquities Trade in the UK

Recently completed PhDs include:

  • Njordur Sigurjonsson, Variations on the act of listening: Twenty-one orchestra audience development events in light of John Dewey’s ‘art as experience’ metaphor
  • Mohammed Bounhiss, Sustainable Development, Cultural Heritage and Community Empowerment: Current Trends & Practices in Moroccan Culture 

Further information