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Director: Impacts 08 - The Liverpool Model (since April 2006; contributor as external collaborator since July 2005). Longitudinal research programme into the long term cultural, social, economic and environmental impacts of Liverpool's becoming 2008 European Capital of Culture. The programme has been commissioned by the Liverpool City Council and is jointly developed by the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University. [Programme website] [Personal Image archive site]
 

Research Council funded research

Principal Investigator (with Dr Steven Miles and Dr Alan Southern) Cultural Sustainability? Liverpool in 2008 - AHRC and ESRC Impact Fellowship to study the cultural policy implications of hosting the 2008 European Capital of Culture in Liverpool. [Research Background]

Principal Investigator: Experiencing arts and culture. Understanding and measuring quality in physical and virtual environments (2008-2009) – AHRC and ACE funded Impact Workshops to study the visitor and audience experience and impact of engaging with arts and humanities activities. [Project Summary]

 

Other Charities funded research

Cultural programming at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games  (2008) - Research funded by the Universities' China Committee in London. This project involves field work during the Beijing Olympic Games. This work involves working as an embedded journalists/researcher within the Non-Accredited Media Centre at the Olympic Games, through which the communication of cultural aspects of the Games takes place.