Past PhD Students

2011: Ying-Chieh Chiu’s PhD research examined the dynamics in the process of cultural policy concerning the museum sector in Taiwan and Scotland by applying a case-based cross-national comparative methodology. It explored the factors influencing policy development in relation to individual national contexts covering historical outcomes and structural issues. It also specified causes and consequences of a museum’s operations in response to forces in the policy process. The research revealed the complexity of the subject by discussing the diversity of the museum sector, the impact of nationalism, underlying challenges within the political systems, and the creativity agenda. Prior to her PhD, Ying-Chieh received her degrees in Cultural Management (MA) from the University of Northumbria at Newcastle and Drama and Theatre (BFA) from the National Taiwan University.

2011:  Christine Lohmeier's PhD was titled Migrant Communication: Cuban-Americans and the Media.  She 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.

2010: Floris Langen's PhD research was on the objectives of the cultural policy of the European Union, focusing specifically on the development of the EU’s Culture Programme (2007-2013).  Floris has since been appointed to a Lectureship in Arts Policy and Management at Stenden University in the Netherlands.

2009: Caitriona Noonan's work charted the historical evolution of religious programming on both radio and television, drawing on debates relating to the concepts of ‘public service broadcasting’.  It also focused on specific cases which are unique to the British experience of religious broadcasting and the BBC in particular.  Caitriona has since been appointed to a Lectureship in Communication, Culture and Media at the University of Glamorgan.

2009: Lynne Hibberd's AHRC-funded PhD was linked to the CCPR creativity project. Her Phd examined creative policy and practice in the film and television industries in Scotland, considering how ideas of cultural creativity and its economic significance have developed and exploring how these ideas have affected policy debate. The work investigates the connections between UK and Scottish levels of creative industries policy in light of the current debates over the future of public service broadcasting and the Scottish Executive’s cultural policy framework. The research investigated what impact the differences in UK and Scottish policy have on creative practice in two institutions, BBC Scotland and Scottish Screen.

2009: Rebecca Robinson held an AHRC-funded PhD studentship in collaboration with the National Theatre of Scotland (NTS). The research documented the formative years of this new and unique cultural institution, exploring how the NTS responded to its ‘national’ remit within the context of both post devolution Scotland and an increasingly globalized world in which the significance and boundaries of the ‘nation’ are often ambiguous and contested.  Previous to academic study, Rebecca trained and worked as an actress and is a co-founder and former board member of ‘benchtours’ Theatre Company. Since 2005, Rebecca has been a Specialist Drama Advisor to the Scottish Arts Council.

Available through Enlighten: 

Hibberd, Lynne A. (2009) Creative industries policy and practice : A study of BBC Scotland and Scottish Screen. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.

Noonan, Caitriona. (2008) The Production of Religious Broadcasting: The Case of the BBC. PhD thesis, University of Glasgow.

Robinson, Rebecca. (2009) 'From theory to practice: the National Theatre of Scotland 1999-2008', PhD, University of Glasgow.