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Professor Greg Hearn

Creative Industries Faculty,
CIF Research Office,
Research and Business Development

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Name
Professor Greg Hearn
Position(s)
Director of Industry Research and Consultancy
Creative Industries Faculty,
CIF Research Office,
Research and Business Development
Professor
Creative Industries Faculty,
CIF Research Office,
Research and Business Development
Discipline *
Communication and Media Studies, Cultural Studies
Phone
+61 7 3138 8183
Fax
+61 7 3138 8105
Email
Location
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Qualifications

PhD (University of Queensland), BSc(Hons) (University of Queensland)

Keywords

Communities and new media, Creative industries policy, Media communication, Social impacts of the Internet

* Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008

Biography

Greg Hearn is Director, Industry Research and Consultancy, and Research Professor in the Creative Industries Faculty at QUT.  His work focuses on policy development and R and D for new technologies and services in the creative industries.  He has authored or co-authored over 20 major research reports  and books, including, Public policy in knowledge-based economies (2003: Edward Elgar) and  The knowledge economy handbook (2005; 2012: Edward Elgar); Knowledge policy: Challenges for the 21st Century (2008: Edward Elgar) and Action research and new media. (2008: Hampton Press).  He is the leader of the Creative Workforce 2.0 program in the ARC Center of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation and an adviser on Creative Industries policy to the National Governments of South Africa, Brunei and Brazil.

This information has been contributed by Professor Greg Hearn.

Publications

For publications by this staff member, visit QUT ePrints, the University's research repository.