Thursday 9th February - Michael Boyd Lecture at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
Complimentary tickets for staff and students for the Michael Boyd Lecture, 9th February at 6pm prompt at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
CCPR awarded ESRC research grant to work on multi-platform convergence
CCPR has been awarded a grant of £445,000 by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to carry out research on economic and policy aspects of digital media convergence.
Study on Trade in Audiovisual Services for OECD
Gillian Doyle presented a report commissioned by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on Audiovisual Trade and Cultural Policy
The future of the digitised press talk
Philip Schlesinger gave the concluding talk at the conference on 'The future of the digitised press' held at the Conservatoire national des arts et metiers in Paris on 13 December.
Gillian Doyle chairs OECD Workshop
Gillian Doyle Chaired a Technical Workshop on the Economics of Regulation at the OECD in Paris in December where experts discussed how recent developments in the economics can inform the construction of the OECD STRI in network industries and in sectors characterised by two-sided platforms.
Thursday 1st March 2012, Aleks Krotoski, New Media writer on The Observer and BBC Presenter
As part of The Glasgow Lectures on Culture 2011-2012 Aleks Krotoski will joins us to take a look at the internet and social life.
Sir Clive Gillinson, Carnegie Hall, New York
As part of The Glasgow Lectures on Culture 2011-2012, Sir Clive Gillinson of Carnegie Hall, New York joined us at The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall to examine funding of the arts in Europe and America.
Post-doctoral success
Congratulations to Christine Lohmeier who received her PhD earlier this year and has now been appointed to a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Munich. Christine will work in the editorial office of the journal Communication Theory as well as pursuing her own research projects.
The Glasgow Lectures in Culture 2011-12
CCPR's director, Professor Philip Schlesinger, is co-directing this new lecture series by leading cultural figures. The lectures are intended to create a new space for discussion.
CCPR research portrayed on YouTube
Interviews following CCPR's seminar on 'Music and Dance – beyond copyright text?' are now featured on the AHRC's Beyond Text site on YouTube.
Norwegian Ministry of Culture - Media Concentrations
Gillian Doyle was invited to give a presentation on media ownership regulation to the Expert Committee on Media Concentrations at the Norwegian Ministry of Culture in Oslo on October 11, 2011.
Expert advises on Scotland Bill
Professor Philip Schlesinger, Director of the Centre for Cultural Policy Research, has been appointed to advise the Scotland Bill Committee of the Scottish Parliament on broadcasting issues.
Local TV and the Scottish Digital Network
See Philip Schlesinger's analysis on the LSE's media policy project's blog.
New documentary on creative work published
'Performers on the edge', a documentary short produced by Professors Philip Schlesinger and Charlotte Waelde, has been published by the peer-reviewed journal, Audiovisual Thinking.
Workshop on the crisis of public service media
Philip Schlesinger opened the 2011 academic meeting of the European Working Group on 'Public Service Media and in the Information and Knowledge Society'
CCPR hosts Beyond Text seminar
The Centre’s AHRC-funded research on ‘Music and Dance: Beyond Copyright Text?’ concluded with an end of project seminar on 6 September.
New Research into Sport and Media Management
Raymond Boyle (with Richard Haynes) have a new research chapter entitled Sport, the Media & Strategic Communications Management in a new sports management book, Managing Sport Business (eds. Linda Trenberth and David Hassan) (Routledge).
Debate on the Scottish press
Philip Schlesinger commented in the Sunday Herald on the implications of recent cuts at the Record and Sunday Mail. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/does-scotland-need-the-record-1.1106410