Research economist
Mark has been working on a variety of projects relating to the creative industries, including defining the Creative Industries on behalf of the DCMS, Creative Skillset, Creative and Cultural Skills and Nesta, which applied the Dynamic Mapping methodology to the UK. He provided consultancy on the official DCMS Creative Industries statistics: working on behalf of the DCMS to consult with a variety of sector and occupational bodies on the implications of the proposed definition of the Creative Industries. He estimated the GVA of the Creative economy on behalf of Nesta and applied the Dynamic Mapping methodology to defining the Information Technology industries and economy on behalf of Nesta and techUK. He worked on a project to define the Creative and Cultural Industries in Norway on behalf of the Norwegian Government and a series of projects on journalism (Journalists at Work, 2012, 2018 and 2023) and on the developing skills that journalists will require in the future (NCTJ, Emerging Skills for Journalists, 2023), the emerging freelance journalism market (NCTJ 2016) and an ongoing examination of the diversity of the Journalism workforce, including an examination of the ‘journalism pipeline’ to identify where the issue of diversity arises. He inputted into the development of a growth plan for the Screen Industries in Yorkshire. And worked on the development and delivery of research into skills and migration issues affecting the UK’s Creative Industries, working with Nesta, on behalf of the Creative Industries Council; and an analysis of those working in Craft occupations in the UK, on behalf of the Craft Council.
