Dr Dave O'Brien
Contact
- Dr Dave O'Brien
- +44 (0)20 7040 8756
- dave.obrien.1@city.ac.uk
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Postal Address
City University London
Northampton Square
London
EC1V 0HB
UK
Northampton Square
London
EC1V 0HB
UK
About
Background
Dr O'Brien is a Lecturer in Cultural and Creative Industries at City University London. He specialises in cultural value and urban cultural policy issues and has a PhD in Sociology from the University of Liverpool. His undergraduate degree is in history and politics, and his MA is in philosophy.
Research
Dr O'Brien's work on cultural value includes a recent secondment and report to the UK's Department for Culture Media and Sport, along with several conference papers and forthcoming research articles.
His work on urban cultural policy can be found in his PhD from the University of Liverpool, which explored the governance of the European Capital of Culture programme and cultural policy in Liverpool and NewcastleGateshead. He has published several papers on this topic.
His first book Cultural Policy Management, Value & Modernity in the Creative Industries will be published by Routledge in 2013.
He is currently part of several ongoing research projects including a major AHRC Funded Connected Communities project on Cultural Intermediation.
Dr O'Brien is a member of the editorial board of the journal Cultural Trends and has recently joined the advisory board for the AHRC's cultural value project.
His work on urban cultural policy can be found in his PhD from the University of Liverpool, which explored the governance of the European Capital of Culture programme and cultural policy in Liverpool and NewcastleGateshead. He has published several papers on this topic.
His first book Cultural Policy Management, Value & Modernity in the Creative Industries will be published by Routledge in 2013.
He is currently part of several ongoing research projects including a major AHRC Funded Connected Communities project on Cultural Intermediation.
Dr O'Brien is a member of the editorial board of the journal Cultural Trends and has recently joined the advisory board for the AHRC's cultural value project.
Funded research projects
- 2011-2012 AHRC Network development grant 'Connecting Communities via Culture-led Regeneration - exploring incentive and momentum with UK City of Culture 2013 shortlisted cities'
- 2011 AHRC Connected Communities development funding Co-investigator, 'Cultural intermediaries in the city'
- 2010 AHRC/ESRC Placement Fellow 'Measuring Cultural Value' placement at the UK government's Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- 2009- 2012 Legacy Trust NE Generation evaluation
- 2006- 2010 Impacts 08
- 2006 TiC 'Solid Futures'
- 2011 AHRC Connected Communities development funding Co-investigator, 'Cultural intermediaries in the city'
- 2010 AHRC/ESRC Placement Fellow 'Measuring Cultural Value' placement at the UK government's Department for Culture, Media and Sport
- 2009- 2012 Legacy Trust NE Generation evaluation
- 2006- 2010 Impacts 08
- 2006 TiC 'Solid Futures'
Publications
Journal Article (12)
- O'Brien, D. (2013). Shaping cultural policy around practical utopianism. Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events, 5(1), 105-108.
- O'Brien, D. and Cox, T. (2012). The "Scouse Wedding" and other myths and legends: Reflections on the evolution of a "Liverpool model" for culture-led regeneration. Cultural Trends.
- O'Brien, D. (2012). Drowning the deadweight in the rhetoric of economism: What sport policy, free swimming, and ema tell us about public services after the crash. Public Administration.
- O'brien, D. (2012). Shaping cultural policy around practical utopianism. Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events.
- O'Brien, D. (2011). Who is in charge? Liverpool, European Capital of Culture 2008 and the governance of cultural planning. Town Planning Review, 82(1), 45-59. doi: 10.3828/tpr.2011.2
- O'Brien, D. (2010). Cultural policy as rhetoric and reality: a comparative analysis of policy making in the peripheral north of England. Cultural Trends, 19(1-2), 3-13. doi: 10.1080/09548961003695940
- O'Brien, D. (2010). Counting and costing culture: Review of A textbook of cultural economics. Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events, 2(3), 285-287. doi: 10.1080/19407963.2010.512215
- O'Brien, D. (2008). The limits of critical approaches. City, 12(1), 126-131. doi: 10.1080/13604810801933792
- O'Brien, D. (). Judging the built environment in theory and practice. City, 11(2), 239-244. doi: 10.1080/13604810701395951
- O'Brien, D. (). ‘No cultural policy to speak of’ – Liverpool 2008. Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events, 2(2), 113-128. doi: 10.1080/19407963.2010.482271
- O'Brien, D., Oakley, K. and Lee, D. (). Happy now? Wellbeing and Cultural Policy. PHILOSOPHY & PUBLIC POLICY QUARTERLY, 31(2).
- O'Brien, D. (). The politics of Publishing. City, 10(3). doi: 10.1080/13604810600982453
Book (1)
- O'Brien, D. (08 Oct 2013). Cultural Policy: Management, Value and Modernity in the Creative Industries. Routledge. ISBN: 1136661468.
Report (3)
- O'Brien, D. (2010). Measuring the value of culture: a report to the Department for Culture Media and Sport. London, UK: Department for Culture Media and Sport.
- O'Brien, D. (2010). "Liverpool on the map again". Liverpool stakeholders' reflections on Liverpool European Capital of Culture 2008. Liverpool, UK: University of Liverpool.
- O'Brien, D. (2008). Who pays the piper?. Liverpool, UK: University of Liverpool.
Education
- Research methods
- Contemporary UK cultural policy
Dr O'Brien has taught a range of subjects in the past, including cultural theory, research methods, politics and sociology at University of Liverpool, John Moores University, Bangor University and Leeds Metropolitan University.
- Contemporary UK cultural policy
Dr O'Brien has taught a range of subjects in the past, including cultural theory, research methods, politics and sociology at University of Liverpool, John Moores University, Bangor University and Leeds Metropolitan University.
Other Activities
Editorial Activities (1)
- Cultural Trends (2012) Beyond the CASE programme Vol 21 Issue 4