Independent Researcher
Dr Olivia Gable has a research background in creative industries, cultural policy, popular music, and insecure and precarious work. She currently leads research at Paul Hamlyn Foundation (PHF) on young people’s futures, and she’s interested in creative, participatory, storytelling, and futures methods. Before joining PHF, Olivia spent four years at the Work Foundation at Lancaster University. There she co-authored major reports on social mobility for the PEC and led developmental research for the foundation’s insecure work strand. Olivia has also been a consultant for music charities and social enterprises, co-authoring the 10-year evaluation of PRS Foundation’s Women Make Music fund and creating evaluation tools for the Music Leaders Network. Olivia is an Associate of YSWN. In 2021, she received a New Scholar’s Fellowship from the Bristol+Bath Creative R+D Cluster. Olivia holds a PhD in Sociology from Open University and an MA in Cultural and Creative Industries from King’s College London.
Research Fellows Network
Rupert Oliver Allen
Manager of Economic Analysis, Creative Industries Sector, Department of Canadian Heritage
Simona Iammarino
Visiting Professor at the Department of Geography & Environment of the LSE;
Marlen Komorowski
Senior Research Fellow, Centre for the Creative Economy, Cardiff University
David Throsby
Distinguished Professor of Economics at Macquarie University
Raquel Ortega-Argiles
Chair of Regional Economic Development at Alliance Manchester Business School
Hye-Kyung Lee
Professor of Cultural Policy at the Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries, King’s Col…
Jian Lin
Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Pier Luigi Sacco
Professor of Biobehavioral Economics, Department of Neuroscience, University of Chieti-Pescara
Diana Marcela Rey Vásque – Colombia-Canada
Cultural Statistics Expert at UNDP for Saudi Arabia, Associate Researcher at Lado B
Dwinita Larasati
Lecturer and Researcher at Industrial Design Program, FSRD ITB, Indonesia Tita is a product designer…
Roberta Comunian
Professor, Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries King’s College London Roberta …
Anthony Fung
Professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at the Chinese University of Hong Kong Antho…
Avril Joffe
UNESCO Chair, Cultural Entrepreneurship and Policy, and a Research Associate (and former Head of Dep…
Anne Green
Professor of Regional Economic Development at the City-Region Economic Development Institute (City-R…
Heidi Ashton
Centre for Culture and Media Policy Studies at the University of Warwick Heidi is a culture and crea…
Cynthia Carter
Dr, School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff University Dr Cynthia Carter is Reader in the S…
Rowena Crawford
Manager, Frontier Economics Rowena is an experienced professional economist, passionate about using …
Jun Du
Professor of Economics at Aston Business School Jun Du is Professor of Economics at Aston Business S…
Olivia Gable
Independent Researcher Dr Olivia Gable has a research background in creative industries, cultural po…
Geoffrey Crossick
Distinguished Professor of Humanities in the School of Advanced Study at the University of London
Andy Pratt
UNESCO Chair of Global Creative Economy, and Professor of Cultural Economy, City, University of Lond…
Harman Sagger
Head Economist for Culture and Creative Industries (CCI), DCMS
Paul Owens
Co-Founder and Director of BOP Consulting Paul Is Co-Founder and Director of BOP Consulting, an inte…
Trilce Navarrete
Assistant Professor, the Erasmus University, Rotterdam Dr. Trilce Navarrete is a specialist in the e…
Karol J. Borowiecki
Professor of Economics Department of Economics, University of Southern Denmark Professor Karol J. Bo…
Paul Moore
Professor/Director Future Screens NI, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Ulster Univer…
Stuart Cunningham
Professor, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology Stuart Cunningham is D…
Douglas Noonan
Paul H. O'Neill Professor IU Center for Cultural Affairs, O'Neill School of Public and Environmental…
Elisabetta Lazzaro
Professor, Business School for the Creative Industries, University for the Creative Arts
Patrycja Kaszynska
Senior Research Fellow, University of the Arts London Dr Kaszynska is Senior Research Fellow at Univ…
Graeme Evans
Professor Emeritus, Research University of the Arts London
Mark Spilsbury
Research economist Mark has been working on a variety of projects relating to the creative industrie…
Ricky Lawton
Director of Economic Valuation, Public Affairs Evaluation, Ipsos Dr. Ricky Lawton is a Cultural Econ…
Terry Flew
Professor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, The University of Sydney Terry Flew is Professor of …
Jen Snowball
Professor of Economics Department of Economics and Economic History Rhodes University, South Africa …
Jason Potts
Professor, Blockchain Innovation Hub, RMIT University Jason Potts’ work is broadly centred on …
Tom Fleming
Director, TFCC Dr Tom Fleming is a global authority on cultural policy and the creative industries. …
Valentina Montalto
Associate researcher, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne Researcher and consultant in policy an…
Joanna Woronkowicz
Associate Professor, Faculty Director, Center for Cultural Affairs, O’Neill School of Public a…
Michael Rushton
Professor, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University Michael Rush…
Leandro Valiati
Researcher and Senior Lecturer in Creative and Cultural Industries School of Arts Languages and Cult…
Tom Campbell
Consultant and BOP Associate Tom Campbell is a consultant and BOP Associate. Until recently he was H…
Trine Bille
Full Professor, PhD Department of Business Humanities and Law, Copenhagen Business School Trine rece…
Kristofer Erickson
Professor of Social Data Science and Deputy Director for CREATE
Patrizia Casadei
Senior Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Geography and Environment of the London School o…
Salvatore Di Novo
Lecturer in Culture, Media and Creative Industries at King's College London
Hyojung Sun
Lecturer in the Business of the Creative and Cultural Industries, School of Arts and Creative Techno…
Frank Lyons
Dean of Research and Impact in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Ulster University
Martin Kretschmer
Professor of Intellectual Property Law at the University of Glasgow, and Director of CREATe
Stuart Allan
Professor and Head of the School of Journalism, Media and Culture at Cardiff University
