Current

2020- 2022 Future Festivals South Africa: Possibilities for the Age of Covid-19, funded by AHRC Arts and Humanities Research Council with  Dr Jonathan Gross, Prof. Jen Snowball, Fiona Drummond and Delon Tarentaal

2019-2021 H2020 European Grant DISCE (Developing Inclusive & Sustainable Creative Economies)
Keep updated on publications and news via this page https://disce.eu/publications/

Completed

Australian Research Council Discovery Project 2016–2019 'So what do you do?: tracking creative graduate outcomes in Australia and the UK's Creative and Cultural Industries'  Project overview

​2017-2019  AHRC Network UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORTING CREATIVE ECONOMIES IN AFRICA: EDUCATION, NETWORKS AND POLICY with Brian Hracs, University of Southampton

2015 Academic Partner of Creativeworks London’s BOOST AWARD collaboration with Lydia Fraser-Ward, Fantasy High Street and Overground Festival (Crystal Palace) http://www.creativeworkslondon.org.uk/cw-news/creativeworks-london-announce-awardees-of-boost-award-2/

2012-2014 PI on “Beyond the Campus: Connecting Knowledge and Creative Practice Communities Across Higher Education and the Creative Economy” funded by AHRC (AH/J005800/1) Research Networking scheme, in collaboration with Dr Abigail Gilmore (University of Manchester) 
www.creative-campus.org.uk

2014 Academic Partner of Creativeworks London’s 'ENTREPRENEUR IN RESIDENCE SCHEME', collaboration with Lydia Fraser-Ward, Fantasy High Street http://www.creativeworkslondon.org.uk/entrepreneur_scheme/lydia-fraser-ward-and-kings-college-london

2013 Co-I on “Community Filmmaking and Cultural Diversity: practice, innovation and policy” funded by AHRC (AH/K006495/1) research scheme “Connected Communities”, in collaboration with Dr Sarita Malik (PI) Brunel University with Dr Caroline Chapain (University of Birmingham)

2012-2013 Co-I on “Music Communities” funded by AHRC (AH/J006807/1) research scheme “Research Grant, Follow on Fund” project led by Dr Siobhan McAndrew, University of Manchester with Professor Nick Crossley (The University of Manchester) and Professor Graham Crow (University of Southampton).  
The outcomes of this research project are published in Crossley, Nick, Siobhan McAndrew, and Paul Widdop (2014) eds. Social Networks and Music Worlds. Routledge. Link to the Book Publisher 

2012-2013 Co-I on “Crafting communities of practice and interest: connecting 'online' and 'offline' making practices” funded by AHRC (AH/J012009/1) research scheme “Connected Communities Scoping Studies & Research Reviews” project led by Dr Nicola Thomas (University of Exeter ) with Dr Caroline Chapain (University of Birmingham).
Project website: www.craftcommunities.com
Project report

2011 PI on “The role of complexity in the creative economies: connecting people, ideas and practice” funded by the AHRC (AH/J501413) research scheme “Connected Communities: Creative Economy Follow-up Funding” in collaboration with Caroline Chapain, University of Birmingham and Katerina Alexiou, Open University. 
Project website www.complexity-creative-economy.net
Project report

2010-2012 “Creative Industries and the Region in Europe: challenges and opportunities”. Grants from Regional Studies Association to run the research network workshops in Europe (4) over a period of two years (in collaboration with C. Chapain and N. Clifton). This is a renewal of the previous grant based on the success of the previous research network activities www.creative-regions.eu

2009-2010 as part of the University of Southampton “Creative Campus Initiative” I have been awarded £4,000 to run a research / creative project looking at Spaces of knowledge and interaction in the Highfield Campus

2008. “Creative Industries and the Region: Relationships between Places, Local and Regional Policies and Creative Production”. Grants from Regional Studies Association to run the research network over a period of 1 and ½ years (leading in collaboration with C. Chapain and N. Clifton). Managing the first research seminar that took place in Southampton and the network website www.creative-regions.org.uk