Professional Activities
Conference Roles
- Royal College of Music, London, by Invitation (2019 - 2020)
- ‘Cranking up the volume: working on gender in the music industries’ at Exploring Gender Dynamics in the Music Industry, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (University of Groningen, The Netherlands, 2019)
- Rockheim: national museum of popular music, Trondheim, Norway, by Invitation (2019 - 2020)
- Department of Musicology, University of Oslo , by Invitation (2017 - 2018)
- ‘Collection, interpretation and encounter', by Invitation (Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, 2016)
- KISMIF: DIY, Space and Places International Conference,, Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (University of Porto, 2016)
- 'Gender in the Music Industries', Keynote/Plenary by Invitation (Nova Scotia Music Week, 2015)
- ‘Preserving the ephemeral: investigating popular music museum collections’, by Invitation (Erasmus Research Centre for Media, Communication and Culture, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, 2015)
- 'Displaying the intangible: popular music, materiality and the museum', by Invitation (School of Music, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, 2013)
- 'Curating popular music in the museum', by Invitation (School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester, 2011)
- 'Museums, Popular Music and Inclusion in the Arts', by Invitation (University of Applied Sciences in Kufstein, Austria, 2011)
- 'Music, Heritage and Cities: Digital Archives', by Invitation ( Unconvention, Salford, 2010)
Editorships
- Rock Music Studies (Editorial Board Member, 2013 - present)
Examination Roles
- University of Leeds, PhD (2023)
- King's College London, PhD (2023 - present)
- Arts and Cultural Management (PhD, 2021)
- Griffith University, Queensland, PhD (2017)
- Monash University Malaysia, Honours Thesis (2015)
- University of Birmingham, MRes (PGT, 2015)
- University of Leeds, PhD (2010)
- University of Gloucestershire, PhD (2010)
Organisations I have been associated with
- Victoria Gallery and Museum (2011)
- Merseyside Maritime Museum (2011)
- Liverpool Young Writers (Writing on the Wall Festival) (2010 - 2011)
- British Library, National Museums Liverpool and V&A (2010 - 2011)
- National Museums Liverpool (2006 - 2008)
- Museum of Liverpool Life (2002)
- Herbert Art Gallery and Museum (2000)
Other Administrative or Committee Roles
- Head of Undergraduate Studies