Paul H. O’Neill Professor IU Center for Cultural Affairs, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University – Indianapolis
Doug Noonan is the Paul H. O’Neill Professor at the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University Indianapolis. His research focuses on a variety of policy and economics issues related to cultural affairs, the built environment, and quality-of-life. Recently, his work has focused on economic impacts of arts and culture, financial support for the arts workforce, inequities in the cultural sector, crowdfunding platforms and artistic labour in a gig economy. He has written extensively on value of cultural resources, historic preservation, and entrepreneurship in the arts. He is currently the co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of Cultural Economics, co-founder and Faculty Director IU Center for Cultural Affairs, and co-director of the Arts, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation Lab. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.
