Funded PhD opportunities thread!
1) Creative Bridges: Are you passionate about shaping the future of the screen industries? Applications are now open for Creative Bridges CDT, an AHRC-funded doctoral training programme from the University of Leeds and University of Warwick. creativebridges-cdt.ac.uk
The deadline to submit papers for the Creative PEC Research Symposium 2026 is fast approaching.
Send your extended abstract of ~500 words to [email protected] by Monday 2nd February.
For more information and to register for the Symposium, email [email protected].
📈 New research published today by Creative PEC shows that the Creative Industries account for almost a tenth of UK firms classified as having ‘high-growth potential’, higher than both the Life Sciences (5.1%) and Advanced Manufacturing (2.4%).
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what a lineup in this thread
another quick boost for this - closes 18 Feb. please send to quantitatively-oriented culture people in your life! they can email me!
this closes in two weeks. the offer to email me with any Qs remains open!
culture is bad for you is £6:59! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526177810/
work with me and @drdaveobrien.bsky.social as part of @creativepec.bsky.social! we're recruiting a postdoc to work on the arts, culture and heritage sectors using quantitative methods. please share, please feel free to email me directly with any Qs! jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Sheffiel...
Come at do a PhD with Sam Hind, Riza Batista-Navarro and me! "Artificial Inequality? AI and its impact on the UK Creative Industries" Deadline 30th March www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Research Associate in Creative Industries (Quantitative)
work with me and @drdaveobrien.bsky.social as part of @creativepec.bsky.social! we're recruiting a postdoc to work on the arts, culture and heritage sectors using quantitative methods. please share, please feel free to email me directly with any Qs! jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Sheffiel...
work with me and @drdaveobrien.bsky.social as part of @creativepec.bsky.social! we're recruiting a postdoc to work on the arts, culture and heritage sectors using quantitative methods. please share, please feel free to email me directly with any Qs! jobsite.sheffield.ac.uk/job/Sheffiel...
PhD Project - Artificial Inequality? AI and its impact on the UK Creative Industries (CreativeAI Studentship) at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com
Out today, from editors Bård Kleppe, Jaka Primorac, Mikka Pyykkönen and me. The book combines cross-national writing teams and focussed case studies across Europe to examine the rhetoric and reality of creative work. A contents thread 👇 www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
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This book gathers evidence and case studies from various parts of Europe and across the different sectors that comprise the creative industries, including the
📢 Call for submissions:
The Creative PEC Research Symposium 2026 will take place on 28–29 April at Newcastle University Business School and will provide a forum for researchers to present their latest work on the economics of the cultural and creative industries.
Find out more: shorturl.at/9xuYX
Creative PEC
The Creative PEC Research Symposium will be held at Newcastle University Business School 28-29 April 2026. Register or submit a paper.
