Impacting Arts Ecologies Outside London PhD Studentship

This PhD studentship investigates how the Turner Prize and comparable touring exhibitions impact arts ecologies and organizational partnerships outside London. The doctoral project focuses on the consequences of taking national initiatives such as the Turner Prize, British Art Show, or Hayward Touring outside of London, examining what networks are formed or changed in geographical areas, how locals experience and express the impact of such network relations, and how new concepts can be developed to understand these dynamics. The research will contribute to Tate's National Partnerships team and feed into the UK regional touring strategy. The successful candidate will collect data from individuals and organizations across UK locations via interviews and participatory methods, developing a new framework to contribute to research on networking in the creative industries and stimulate discussions about partnership practices in the creative sector. The project will be co-supervised by Professor Nina Wakeford (School of Art, Goldsmiths), Dr Michael Guggenheim (Reader in Sociology, Goldsmiths), and Heather Sturdy (Head of National Partnerships, Tate).