Institute of Popular Music
Founded in 1988
Tel: 0151 794 3820
Email: instpm@liverpool.ac.uk
Welcome to the Institute of Popular Music
Founded in 1988 as the world’s first specialist centre for the study of popular music, the Institute of Popular Music (IPM) provides a hub for interdisciplinary research on popular music, broadly defined. We examine popular music from different perspectives and explore the many varied contexts and processes involved in its production and consumption.
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Discover research at Liverpool:
Music Futures
MusicFutures
MusicFutures engages 21 national and regional music sector partners to deliver a range of research, development and intellectual property initiatives and skills and training programmes that will drive music sector growth and employment and establish the Liverpool City Region as a the UK’s hub for innovation in music.
Live Music Mapping 2.0
Live Music Mapping 2.0
Automating the Mapping, Modelling and Measuring of the Impacts of Regional Live Music Sectors.
Migration and Identity
Music Heritage, Migration and Identity
Investigating cultural heritage, intergenerational relations, and social identity through a focus on music reminiscence.
analysis and aesthetics
Theory, Analysis and Aesthetics
Annual summer schools and symposiums in Liverpool presenting the latest developments in popular music theory and analysis.