Dr Christian Morgner
MA, PhD, SFHAE
Management School
Senior Lecturer in Cultural and Creative Industries


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- Profile
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Dr Christian Morgner joined the Management School in June 2021. Christian joined the Management School as Senior Lecturer in Cultural and Creative Industries.
Prior to this appointment as Senior Lecturer, Christian was lecturer at the University of Leicester, held a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Hitotsubashi University, Japan funded by the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science and worked as a Research Associate at the University of Cambridge funded by the German Academic Exchange Service. He has also held visiting fellowships at Yale University, University of Lucerne, University of Leuven and the 脡cole des Hautes 脡tudes en Sciences Sociales (Paris).
His research lies within fields like complexity studies, network analysis and creative practices, with a particular focus on diversity and inclusivity. He has a particular interest in grand conceptual questions and methodological innovation in studying global cultural processes and innovation.
- Publications
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Books
Edited books
Journal articles
Chapters
Conference proceedings papers
- Grants
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- CI, International Research and Development Fund: 鈥楥OVI19 Disinformation and Response in India, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand: A Comparative Social Network Analysis Study on Twitter鈥, 2020-2021.
- CI, Horizon 2020 Call: H2020-SC6-TRANSFORMATIONS: 鈥楽ocioeconomic and Cultural Transformations in the Context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution鈥 2019-2021.
- CI, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science international collaborator grant B: 鈥楨xploratory research on Restructuring of "Urban Night" in Europe鈥, 2019-2023.
- PI, Alzheimer Research UK Workshop Grant, 鈥楢rts Interventions in People with Dementia鈥, 2020/2021.
- PI, Fire Research and Training Trust research grant: 鈥楳ulticulturalism and Fire Incidents鈥, 2019-2020.
- PI, Rutherford Fellowship: 鈥楿rban artistic networks in informal settlements in Nairobi, 2018/2019. CI, AHRC grant: 鈥楧ementia, Arts and Wellbeing鈥, Network Grant, 2016-2017.
- PI, ARUK grant bid: 鈥楧ementia, Creativity and Video-analysis鈥, 2016.
- PI, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science grant, 2013-2014. PI, Research Grant, City of Paris, 2012.
- PI, Research Grant from the Swiss Research Foundation, 2010.
- CI, Research Grant from the German Academic Exchange, 2008/2009.
- Teaching activities
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I am the module convener for MGT61074 Critical Theories in CCI and contribute to modules on marketing and branding.
- Professional activities and memberships
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I am member of the Editorial Board of the journal Cultural Sociology and convener of the Theory Group of the British Sociological Association.
- PhD Supervision
Dr Morgner would welcome enquiries from prospective postgraduate students, particularly in the following areas:
- Cultural and Creative Industries Social Theory (in particular on Niklas Luhmann鈥檚 system theory)
- Race and Inequality Interaction and Health Disaster and Risk Communication
- Urban development
He has previously supervised:
Name Thesis title Year of completion Kaixi Xu The Role of Arts Consumption in Acculturation and Identity Negotiation among Chinese Migrants in the UK 2024 Are you interested in applying for a PhD?
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