Dr Julie Brown
Senior Lecturer Cultural and Creative Industries
School of Journalism, Media and Culture
- brownj36@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2087 4756
- Two Central Square, Central Square, Cardiff, CF10 1FS
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Dr Julie Brown is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Industries in the School of Journalism, Media and Culture, and Director of the MA Cultural and Creative Industries. She is also part of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Creative Economy Team. She has researched, published and taught on the role of the cultural and creative industries in urban and regional place-making and economic development; sites and spaces of cultural and creative production; conditions of creative and cultural work, labour and employment; and cultural and creative sector policy development. She is currently undertaking a number of collaborative research projects on spaces of cultural and creative production, including arts and coworking spaces; on labour and skills in TV/film and related sectors; and is Co-I on the AHRC Clwstwr Creadigol project working closely with Creative Cardiff to support R&D in creative SMEs in the Cardiff city-region.
Dr Julie Brown is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Industries in the School of Journalism, Media and Culture and Director of the MA Cultural and Creative Industries. Prior to appointment in October 2017, she was Associate Professor of Creative Enterprise at Southampton Solent University. She has also been a Transformation Fellow in Cultural Economy at University of Leeds; and she spent 6 years as a Research Fellow at University of Birmingham. Her research has been funded by EU INTERREG IVA, AHRC Connected Communities, British Council, NESTA and Crafts Council UK and she has researched on large-scale, multi-disciplinary consortia projects for EPSRC and EU FP6.
She has researched, published and taught on the creative industries for over a decade. Her research interests include the role of the cultural and creative industries in urban and regional place-making and economic development; sites and spaces of cultural and creative production, including artist studios and coworking spaces; conditions of creative and cultural work, labour and employment; and cultural and creative sector policy development. She is currently undertaking a number of collaborative research projects on spaces of cultural and creative production; on labour and skills in TV/film and related sectors; and is Co-I on the AHRC Clwstwr Creadigol project working closely with Creative Cardiff to support R&D in creative SMEs in the Cardiff city-region.
Academic positions
2017 - present: Senior Lecturer, Cardiff University
2017
- Brown, J. 2017. Curating the "Third Place"? Coworking and the mediation of creativity. Geoforum 82, pp. 112-126. (10.1016/j.geoforum.2017.04.006)
- Matthews, P.et al. 2017. Evaluating legacy: The who, what, why, when and where of evaluation for community research. In: Pahl, K. and Facer, K. eds. Valuing Interdisciplinary Collaborative Research: Beyond Impact.. Bristol: Policy Press, pp. 43-62.
2016
- Brown, J. 2016. The Routledge companion to the cultural industries [Book Review]. Cultural Trends 25(2), pp. 138-139. (10.1080/09548963.2016.1170919)
- Brown, J. 2016. Home from home? Locational choices of international 'creative class' workers. In: Clifton, N., Chapain, C. and Comunian, R. eds. Creative Regions in Europe. Routledge, pp. 12-31.
2015
- Hale, J.et al. 2015. Delivering a multi-functional and resilient urban forest. Sustainability 7(4), pp. 4600-4624. (10.3390/su7044600)
2014
- Brown, J. 2014. Home from home? Locational choices of international "creative class" workers. European Planning Studies 23(12), pp. 2336-2355. (10.1080/09654313.2014.988012)
- Brown, J. 2014. Making it local: what does this mean in the context of contemporary craft?. Project Report. Crafts Council UK.
- Evans, K.et al. 2014. Mapping cultural and creative industries in Pakistan. Project Report. British Council.
2013
- Brown, J., Murphy, D. and Pradel, M. 2013. Capitalising on position: policies for competitive capital and non-capital creative cities. In: Musterd, S. and Kovacs, Z. eds. Future Policy Directions for Creative Cities: Debates and Challenges. Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 59-76.
2012
- Brown, J. and Barber, A. 2012. Social infrastructure and sustainable urban communities. Proceedings of the ICE - Engineering Sustainability 165(1), pp. 99-110. (10.1680/ensu.2012.165.1.99)
2010
- 2010. Making creative-knowledge cities. A guide for policy makers. Project Report. AISSR.
- Brown, J., Nadler, R. and Meczynski, M. 2010. Working on the edge? Creative jobs in Birmingham, Leipzig and Poznan. In: Musterd, S. and Murie, A. eds. Making Competitive Cities: Debates and Challenges. Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 208-231.
2009
- Brown, J. and Mczyski, M. 2009. Complexcities: locational choices of creative knowledge workers. Built Environment 35(2), pp. 238-252. (10.2148/benv.35.2.238)
Director of the MA Cultural and Creative Industries.
Module lead for: MA Introduction to Cultural and Creative Industries; Professional Development and Placement, Dissertation coordinator.
Module lead for: UG Creative and Cultural Industries
The role of the cultural and creative industries in urban and regional place-making and economic development;
Sites and spaces of cultural and creative production, including artist studios and coworking spaces;
Conditions of creative and cultural work, labour and employment;
Cultural and creative sector policy development.
She is currently undertaking a number of collaborative research projects on spaces of cultural and creative production, including arts and coworking spaces; on labour and skills in TV/film and related sectors; and is Co-I on the AHRC Clwstwr Creadigol project working closely with Creative Cardiff to support R&D in creative SMEs in the Cardiff city-region.
I welcome applications from prospective students in all areas of creative industries research.