Research in the School of Culture and Creative Arts

We are a leading research School in the University of Glasgow’s College of Arts and Humanities, excelling in Film and Television Studies, Cultural Industries, Theatre Studies, Music and History of Art. CCA is also home to two world-class research centres – the Centre for Cultural Policy Research and the Kelvin Centre for Conservation and Cultural Heritage Research.

In REF 2021, the overwhelming majority of our research was recognised as being either ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’.

Diverse in form, our interdisciplinary work unites cultural, critical and creative research, blending traditional arts scholarship with cutting-edge forms of practice-research and policy enquiry. Our collaborative projects engage with a wide range of industry and community partners as well as researchers from other disciplines, making key contributions to College research themes that include Culture and Creativity, Landscape and Environment, Medical Humanities and Digital Humanities.

This work is fostered through our close engagement with ArtsLab and involvement in or leadership of cross-disciplinary projects supported by the AHRC, ESRC, Wellcome, NERC and other external funding bodies.

With a research community ranging from early-career academics to internationally recognised senior scholars, we welcome post-graduate students and visiting scholars to join us in Glasgow.

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News

  • 21 Nov

    Shanghai Journalism Review interviews Philip Schlesinger

    In a lengthy interview published in Chinese (translated by CCPR PhD Wei Zhao, now lecturing at Beijing Metropolitan University), Philip Schlesinger reflected on the post-public sphere and the turn towards digital neo-regulation. He was also quizzed about the relevance and challenge of ethnographic research on regulators.
  • 20 Nov

    Congratulations to Kun Fan

    Congratulations to Kun Fan on the successful defence of his thesis at the Centre for Cultural Policy Research. This achievement reflects his hard work, insight, and dedication. The examination was conducted by Professors Philip Schlesinger and Graham Meikle. Well done, Dr Fan!
  • 05 Sep

    MeCCSA Exceptional Contribution Award

    Gillian Doyle has been awarded an Honorary Lifetime Membership of the Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association (MeCCSA) in recognition of exceptional contribution over time to the Association and subject area.
  • 30 Jul

    New podcast - Can AI Cure Baumol's disease?

    In the latest episode of the Media Industries Podcast on Spotify, Professor Gillian Doyle of CCPR, Glasgow and Sabine Baumann, Professor of Digital Business, Berlin School of Economics and Law, investigate to what extent recent developments in AI, by potentially reducing costs and raising productivity in inflation-prone media content creation activities, challenge the concept of Baumol’s disease.
  • 30 May

    Economics and Management of Media in Turbulent Times

    As current President of the WMEMC, Gillian Doyle oversaw the 2025 World Media Economics and Management Conference in Warsaw in which major themes included the economics of platformisation, challenges of misinformation, AI and sustainability of journalism.
  • 08 May

    New Book Chapter on Sport and Social Media

    Raymond Boyle (with Richard Haynes) have a new book chapter entitled Journalists, Social Media and Formula One: Life Inside the Piranha Club
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