Susan Luckman is Professor of Culture and Creative Industries, Director of the Creative People, Products and Places Research Centre (CP3), and the Cultural and Creative Industries Research Platform Leader of the Hawke EU Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at the University of South Australia.
Susan is an interdisciplinary cultural studies scholar whose research focusses on cultural and creative work, with specific interests in gender, intersectionality, technology, and cultural and creative employment; craft and making; and rural and regional cultural and creative work. She has been a Chief Investigator on 6 ARC and 3 EU awarded projects. Current projects include the ARC Discovery Projects ‘The Value of Craft Skills to the... Read more
About me
Susan Luckman is Professor of Culture and Creative Industries, Director of the Creative People, Products and Places Research Centre (CP3), and the Cultural and Creative Industries Research Platform Leader of the Hawke EU Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at the University of South Australia.
Susan is an interdisciplinary cultural studies scholar whose research focusses on cultural and creative work, with specific interests in gender, intersectionality, technology, and cultural and creative employment; craft and making; and rural and regional cultural and creative work. She has been a Chief Investigator on 6 ARC and 3 EU awarded projects. Current projects include the ARC Discovery Projects ‘The Value of Craft Skills to the Future of Making in Australia’ (DP190100349, 2019-2023) which is identifying how the craft skills required to sustain and grow skilled Australian making can be maintained and extended, as well as 'Artisanal Making and the Future of Small-Scale Local Production' (DP220100110, 2022-2025, with Dr Michelle Phillipov, University of Adelaide) which aims to identify the consumer identities, decision-making and sustainable artisanal production models underpinning contemporary demand for locally made goods. Previously, she was Chief Investigator on the 4 year Australian Research Council Discovery Project 'Promoting the Making Self in the Creative Micro-economy’ (2015-2018) which explored how online distribution is changing the environment for operating a creative micro-enterprise and, with it, the opportunities for mobile working lives and the impacts upon the larger relationship between public and private spheres this entails. Susan is currently a member of the Australian Research Council’s College of Experts (2022-2025) and is an expert reviewer for the Research Executive Agency of the European Commission (REA).
Susan is the author of Craftspeople and Designer Makers in the Contemporary Creative Economy (Open Access - Palgrave 2020), Craft and the Creative Economy (Palgrave Macmillan 2015), Locating Cultural Work: The Politics and Poetics of Rural, Regional and Remote Creativity (Palgrave Macmillan 2012), co-editor of Craft Communities (Bloomsbury 2024), Pathways into Creative Working Lives (Palgrave 2020), The ‘New Normal’ of Working Lives: Critical Studies in Contemporary Work and Employment (Palgrave 2018), Craft Economies (Bloomsbury 2018), and Sonic Synergies: Music, Identity, Technology and Community (Ashgate 2008), and author of book chapters, peer-reviewed journal articles and reports on online labour, cultural work, creative industries and creative micro-entrepreneurialism.
About me
Editorial Board Member:
International Journal of Cultural Studies
Continuum: A Journal of Media and Cultural Studies
Australian Feminist Studies
Member of:
ACS – Association for Cultural Studies
CSAA – Cultural Studies Association of Australasia
ICA - International Communication Association
MECCSA - Media, Communications and Cultural Studies Association, UK
World Crafts Council Australia
About me
Date | Title |
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27/07/2018 |
How craft is good for our health, https://theconversation.com/how-craft-is-good-for-our-health-98755 |
05/05/2018 |
"The would-be artisans who ditch day jobs to chase a dream", https://www.theage.com.au/business/workplace/the-would-be-artisans-who-ditch-day-jobs-to-chase-a-dream-20180509-p4ze5e.html |
23/02/2018 |
ABC News February 2018 - "Digital technologies cut tyranny of distance out of makers' scene across remote north" , http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-02-23/digital-tools-enable-makers-renaissance-across-remote-north/9465314 |
08/10/2016 |
LSE Review of Books - Book Review: Craft and the Creative Economy by Susan Luckman, http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2016/10/07/book-review-craft-and-the-creative-economy-by-susan-luckman/?platform=hootsuite |
About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of Queensland
Master of Arts University of Queensland
Bachelor of Arts University of Melbourne
Susan Luckman and Nicola Thomas eds. (2024), Craft Communities, Bloomsbury
2022-2025 ARC Discovery Project DP220100110: 'Artisanal Making and the Future of Small-Scale Local Production'
2019-2024 ARC Discovery Project DP190100349: 'The Value of Craft Skills to the Future of Manufacturing in Australia'
Recent open access publications and public reports:
Taylor, Stephanie and Susan Luckman (2024), 'Mentoring as affective practice', Internaitonal Journal of Cultural Policy
Phillipov, Michelle, Susan Luckman and Jessica Loyer (2023), ‘Agile producers and heroic consumers’, Media International Australia.
Susan Luckman (2023), 'Making bodies, craft skills and the legacies of policy ‘blokeism’, Continuum:... Read more
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
UniSA Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, Erasmus+ - Jean Monnet Projects, 01/07/2022 - 30/06/2025
Artisanal making and the future of small-scale local production, ARC - Discovery Projects, 01/01/2022 - 31/12/2024
The Value of Craft Skills to the Future of Making in Australia, ARC - Discovery Projects, 11/02/2019 - 30/06/2024
Research Evaluation of GuildHouse Catapult Mentorship Program, Guildhouse Incorporated, 18/01/2019 - 30/11/2022
Promoting the making self in the creative micro-economy, ARC - Discovery Projects, 19/01/2015 - 30/06/2019
Hawke EU Centre for Mobilities, Migrations and Cultural Transformations, European Commission, 01/07/2014 - 28/02/2018
2022-2025 UniSA Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence - Professor Luckman leads Work Package 3 which explores the creative economy and workplace transformation.
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
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2024 |
Open access
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2024 |
Open access
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2023 |
Open access
4
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2022 |
Open access
1
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2015 |
Luckman, S 2015, Craft and the creative economy, Palgrave Macmillan, US.
21
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Year | Output |
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2024 |
Luckman, S & Thomas, N 2024, Craft communities, Bloomsbury Visual Arts, UK. |
2020 |
Open access
42
|
2020 |
Taylor, S & Luckman, S 2020, Pathways into creative working lives, Palgrave, UK.
28
|
2018 |
Luckman, S & Thomas, N 2018, Craft economies, Bloomsbury, UK.
19
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2018 |
51
|
2015 |
Luckman, S 2015, Craft and the creative economy, Palgrave Macmillan, US.
21
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2012 |
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2008 |
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Year | Output |
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2024 |
Open access
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2020 |
Open access
2
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2020 |
Open access
3
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2020 |
Open access
1
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2020 |
Open access
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2018 |
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2018 |
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2018 |
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2018 |
Open access
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2018 |
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2017 |
6
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2016 |
11
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2015 |
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2014 |
8
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2013 |
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2013 |
3
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2012 |
7
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2010 |
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2008 |
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2008 |
7
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2008 |
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2008 |
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Year | Output |
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2024 |
Open access
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2024 |
Open access
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2023 |
Open access
4
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2023 |
Open access
9
|
2022 |
Open access
1
|
2022 |
Open access
2
2
7
|
2021 |
Open access
26
21
27
|
2020 |
Open access
6
5
4
|
2020 |
Open access
10
7
46
|
2018 |
Open access
34
24
8
|
2015 |
28
31
2
|
2013 |
Open access
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2012 |
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2011 |
Open access
24
17
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2011 |
Open access
9
9
|
2010 |
Open access
42
39
|
2010 |
84
67
|
2010 |
5
|
2009 |
Open access
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2009 |
Open access
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2009 |
Open access
4
|
2009 |
Open access
93
73
|
2009 |
4
2
|
2008 |
Open access
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2008 |
5
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2008 |
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2008 |
Open access
20
17
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2016 |
Open access
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2010 |
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2023 |
Open access
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2022 |
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2021 |
Open access
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2020 |
Luckman, S 2020, Mentor mentee: a creative relationship, University of South Australia, Australia.
Open access
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2019 |
Open access
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2018 |
Open access
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2009 |
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2008 |
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Year | Output |
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2008 |
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Susan Luckman and Nicola Thomas eds. (2024), Craft Communities, Bloomsbury
Susan Luckman and Ash Tower (2023), The value of craft skills to the future of making in Australia
Susan Luckman (2022), Mentee: A Creative Relationship Final Report
Research
Susan Luckman and Nicola Thomas eds. (2024), Craft Communities, Bloomsbury
2022-2025 ARC Discovery Project DP220100110: 'Artisanal Making and the Future of Small-Scale Local Production'
2019-2024 ARC Discovery Project DP190100349: 'The Value of Craft Skills to the Future of Manufacturing in Australia'
Recent open access publications and public reports:
Taylor, Stephanie and Susan Luckman (2024), 'Mentoring as affective practice', Internaitonal Journal of Cultural Policy
Phillipov, Michelle, Susan Luckman and Jessica Loyer (2023), ‘Agile producers and heroic consumers’, Media International Australia.
Susan Luckman (2023), 'Making bodies, craft skills and the legacies of policy ‘blokeism’, Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies, DOI: 10.1080/10304312.2023.2220996
Mentor-Mentee: A Creative Relationship a collaboration with Guildhouse, supported by the Ian Potter Foundation
External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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Australian National University | AUSTRALIA |
Charles Darwin University | AUSTRALIA |
Curtin University | AUSTRALIA |
Falmouth University | UNITED KINGDOM |
Griffith University | AUSTRALIA |
La Trobe University | AUSTRALIA |
Murdoch University | AUSTRALIA |
Open University | UNITED KINGDOM |
Open University, UK | UNITED KINGDOM |
Queensland University of Technology | AUSTRALIA |
Swinburne University of Technology | AUSTRALIA |
The New Normal of Working Lives Critical Studies in Contemporary Work and Employment | UNITED KINGDOM |
The Open University | UNITED KINGDOM |
The University of Wollongong | AUSTRALIA |
University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
University of Exeter | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Melbourne | AUSTRALIA |
University of New South Wales | AUSTRALIA |
University of Newcastle | AUSTRALIA |
University of Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
University of Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
University of Technology Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
University of Wollongong | AUSTRALIA |
Western Sydney University | AUSTRALIA |
William Angliss Institute | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
Engagement/recognition | Year |
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Associate editorMedia and Creative Industries (Q1 Journal), Frontiers in Communication |
2023 |
Book series editorCreative Working Lives - Palgrave Macmillan |
2023 |
Editorial Board MemberAustralian Feminist Studies |
2023 |
Editorial Board MemberContinuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies |
2023 |
Editorial Board MemberInternational Journal of Cultural Studies |
2023 |
Expert reviewer for the Research Executive Agency of the European Commission (REA)European Commission |
2023 |
MemberACS – Association for Cultural Studies |
2023 |
MemberMECCSA - Media, Communications and Cultural Studies Association, UK |
2023 |
MemberWorld Crafts Council Australia |
2023 |
MemberANZCA – Australia and New Zealand Communication Association |
2023 |
MemberCSAA – Cultural Studies Association of Australasia |
2023 |
Member of International Scientific Advisory Board for European Commission HORIZON-CL2-2021-HERITAGE-01-03: Cultural and creative industries as a driver of innovation and competitiveness project: "IN SITU: Place-based innovation of cultural and creative industries in non-urban areas”, 2022-2028European Commission |
2023 |
Member, ARC College of ExpertsAustralian Research Council |
2023 |
Advisory Board MemberCreative Clarendon |
2022 |
Advisory Board Member - HORIZON-CL2-2021-HERITAGE-01-03: Cultural and creative industries as a driver of innovation and competitiveness project: "IN SITU: Place-based innovation of cultural and creative in non-urban areas”European Commission |
2022 |
Associate editorMedia and Creative Industries (Q1 Journal), Frontiers in Communication |
2022 |
Book series editorCreative Working Lives - Palgrave Macmillan |
2022 |
Editorial Board MemberContinuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies |
2022 |
Editorial Board MemberAustralian Feminist Studies |
2022 |
Expert reviewer for the Research Executive Agency of the European Commission (REA)European Commission |
2022 |
Keynote SpeakerCultural Studies Association of Australasia Annual (CSAA) Conference |
2022 |
MemberMECCSA - Media, Communications and Cultural Studies Association, UK |
2022 |
MemberARC College of Experts |
2022 |
MemberANZCA – Australia and New Zealand Communication Association |
2022 |
MemberACS – Association for Cultural Studies |
2022 |
MemberCSAA – Cultural Studies Association of Australasia |
2022 |
Member of International Scientific Advisory Board for European Commission HORIZON-CL2-2021-HERITAGE-01-03: Cultural and creative industries as a driver of innovation and competitiveness project: "IN SITU: Place-based innovation of cultural and creative industries in non-urban areas”, 2022-2027European Commission |
2022 |
Member, ARC College of ExpertsAustralian Research Council |
2022 |
Member, College of ExpertsAustralian Research Council |
2022 |
Book series editorCreative Working Lives - Palgrave Macmillan |
2021 |
Book Series Editor for Creative Working Lives: Co-editor with Dr Stephanie Taylor (open University, UK)Palgrave Macmillan |
2021 |
Editorial Board MemberContinuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies |
2021 |
Editorial Board MemberAustralian Feminist Studies |
2021 |
Editorial Board MemberInternational Journal of Cultural Studies |
2021 |
Expert Reviewer, 'Trans-Atlantic Platform Renewal and Resilience in a Post-Pandemic World'Arts and Humanities Research Council, United Kingdom |
2021 |
Member of International Scientific Advisory Board for European Commission HORIZON-CL2-2021-HERITAGE-01-03: Cultural and creative industries as a driver of innovation and competitiveness project: "IN SITU: Place-based innovation of cultural and creative industries in non-urban areas”, 2022-2026European Commission |
2021 |
Book series editorCreative Working Lives - Palgrave Macmillan |
2020 |
Book Series Editor for Creative Working Lives: Co-editor with Dr Stephanie Taylor (open University, UK)Palgrave Macmillan |
2020 |
Editorial Board MemberContinuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies |
2020 |
Editorial Board MemberInternational Journal of Cultural Studies |
2020 |
Editorial Board MemberContinuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies |
2020 |
Editorial Board MemberAustralian Feminist Studies |
2020 |
International Grant RefereeAustrian Science Fund |
2020 |
Member of International Scientific Advisory Board for European Commission HORIZON-CL2-2021-HERITAGE-01-03: Cultural and creative industries as a driver of innovation and competitiveness project: "IN SITU: Place-based innovation of cultural and creative industries in non-urban areas”, 2022-2025European Commission |
2020 |
Book series editorCreative Working Lives - Palgrave Macmillan |
2019 |
Book Series EditorPalgrave Macmillan, Creative Working Lives Series |
2019 |
Book Series Editor for Creative Working Lives: Co-editor with Dr Stephanie Taylor (open University, UK)Palgrave Macmillan |
2019 |
Editorial Board MemberInternational Journal of Cultural Studies |
2019 |
Editorial Board MemberHecate |
2019 |
Editorial Board MemberContinuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies |
2019 |
Editorial Board MemberAustralian Feminist Studies |
2019 |
MemberAssociation for Cultural Studies (ACS) |
2019 |
MemberCultural Studies Association of Australasia (CSAA) |
2019 |
MemberANZCA Australia and New Zealand Communication Association |
2019 |
MemberMedia, Communications and Cultural Studies Association (MECCSA), United Kingdom |
2019 |
Senior Editor, Creative Working LivesPalgrave Macmillan |
2019 |
Series EditorCreative Working Lives, Palgrave Macmillan |
2019 |
Advisor, Australian Living Crafts ProjectOnline Encyclopaedia of Crafts in the Asia Pacific Region |
2018 |
Board MemberAnalysis and Policy Observatory (APO) |
2018 |
Book series editorCreative Working Lives - Palgrave Macmillan |
2018 |
Cheney FellowUniversity of Leeds |
2018 |
Editorial Board MemberContinuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies |
2018 |
Editorial Board MemberInternational Journal of Cultural Studies |
2018 |
Editorial Board MemberHecate |
2018 |
Editorial Board MemberAustralian Feminist Studies |
2018 |
MemberAssociation for Cultural Studies (ACS) |
2018 |
MemberInternational Communication Association (ICA) |
2018 |
MemberMedia, Communications and Cultural Studies Association (MECCSA), United Kingdom |
2018 |
MemberCultural Studies Association of Australasia (CSAA) |
2018 |
Board MemberAnalysis and Policy Observatory (APO) |
2017 |
Book series editorCreative Working Lives - Palgrave Macmillan |
2017 |
Cheney FellowUniversity of Leeds |
2017 |
Editorial Board MemberInternational Journal of Cultural Studies |
2017 |
Editorial Board MemberContinuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies |
2017 |
Editorial Board MemberAustralian Feminist Studies |
2017 |
Editorial Board MemberHecate |
2017 |
Invited speakerCultural Economy Futures: A Symposium, Monash University, Australia |
2017 |
Invited speaker (Creative Labour in Transition)Kings College London |
2017 |
MemberAssociation for Cultural Studies (ACS) |
2017 |
MemberMedia, Communications and Cultural Studies Association (MECCSA), United Kingdom |
2017 |
MemberInternational Communication Association (ICA) |
2017 |
MemberCultural Studies Association of Australasia (CSAA) |
2017 |
Research GrantErasmus Programme of the European Union |
2017 |
Advisor, Australian Living Crafts Project, Online Encyclopaedia of Crafts in the Asia Pacific RegionWorld Crafts Council - Asia Pacific |
2016 |
Editorial Board MemberAustralian Feminist Studies |
2016 |
Editorial Board MemberContinuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies |
2016 |
Editorial Board MemberHecate |
2016 |
MemberMedia, Communications and Cultural Studies Association (MECCSA), United Kingdom |
2016 |
MemberAssociation for Cultural Studies (ACS) |
2016 |
MemberCultural Studies Association of Australasia (CSAA) |
2016 |
Editorial Board MemberContinuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies |
2015 |
Editorial Board MemberHecate |
2015 |
Editorial Board MemberAustralian Feminist Studies |
2015 |
MemberAssociation for Cultural Studies (ACS) |
2015 |
MemberMedia, Communications and Cultural Studies Association (MECCSA), United Kingdom |
2015 |
MemberCultural Studies Association of Australasia (CSAA) |
2015 |
Plenary SpeakerCultural Studies Association of Australasia (CSAA) |
2015 |
Plenary SpeakerThe Australian Sociological Association (TASA) |
2015 |
Editorial Board MemberAustralian Feminist Studies |
2014 |
Editorial Board MemberHecate |
2014 |
Editorial Board MemberContinuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies |
2014 |
MemberAssociation for Cultural Studies (ACS) |
2014 |
MemberMedia, Communications and Cultural Studies Association (MECCSA), United Kingdom |
2014 |
MemberCultural Studies Association of Australasia (CSAA) |
2014 |
Editorial Board MemberContinuum: A Journal of Media and Cultural Studies |
2013 |
Editorial Board MemberContinuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies |
2013 |
Editorial Board MemberHecate |
2013 |
MemberMedia, Communications and Cultural Studies Association (MECCSA), United Kingdom |
2013 |
MemberAssociation for Cultural Studies (ACS) |
2013 |
MemberCultural Studies Association of Australasia (CSAA) |
2013 |
Editorial Board MemberContinuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies |
2012 |
Editorial Board MemberHecate |
2012 |
MemberAssociation for Cultural Studies (ACS) |
2012 |
MemberCultural Studies Association of Australasia (CSAA) |
2012 |
MemberMedia, Communications and Cultural Studies Association (MECCSA), United Kingdom |
2012 |
Editorial Board MemberContinuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies |
2011 |
Editorial Board MemberHecate |
2011 |
MemberCultural Studies Association of Australasia (CSAA) |
2011 |
MemberMedia, Communications and Cultural Studies Association (MECCSA), United Kingdom |
2011 |
MemberAssociation for Cultural Studies (ACS) |
2011 |
2017-2018 Cheney Senior Fellowship, University of Leeds https://www.leeds.ac.uk/arts/info/20045/leeds_humanities_research_institute/2966/professor_susan_luckman_visiting_cheney_fellow
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
Thesis title | Student status |
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Creativity comes to Asian transitional economies: UNESCO and transnational cultural policy-making in post-socialist Mongolia and post-reform Vietnam | Current |
From Policy Makers to Policy Takers: The Impact of Neoliberalism on the Arts Council of Australia, Finland, and Ireland | Current |
Music in the Eyre: a South Australian rural music scene study | Current |
The garden of un/belonging - an exploration of craft, place & migration through sensory ways of knowing | Current |
`Sharpies were here': an investigation into the 1960s-1980s Melbourne-based Australian youth subculture | Completed |
Adelaide dance music culture: late 1980s to early 1990s | Completed |
Fear and loathing in the global village: growing resistance to moral panics blocks the Australian government's internet filter | Completed |
Inside the screen: engaging the contemporary documentary audience | Completed |
Murder mystery as history: the indomitable Miss Cocks. re-presenting pioneer policewoman Kate Cocks | Completed |
Sensemaking and sensegiving in communicating business sustainability | Completed |
Symbiosis and strife: laboratory cultures in Australian art/science projects | Completed |
The borders of making: an enquiry concerning steel sculpture, object-making, place and care | Completed |
The cultural value of digital games and play | Completed |
The Turtle Moves: how Terry Pratchett¿s Discworld does vernacular theory | Completed |
Trading travellers' tales: shifting narratives of contemporary backpacker identities | Completed |
We are all alone together: the shift of emo culture from the street to the internet | Completed |