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Space and Place in Global Media Industries– Event Recording
On 19 October 2026, CPOI Reads hosted an online webinar, Space and Place in Global Media Industries, exploring the newly published anthology Locating Media Industries: Spaces, Places, Platforms (Routledge, 2026). The event brought together the collection’s co-editor and contributors, Professor Paul McDonald (King’s College London), Dr Luisela Alvaray (De Paul University) and Professor Timothy Havens…
CPOI members at SAI Conference
Members of the Cultural Policy Observatory Ireland, Prof Aoife McGrath, Dr Emma McAllister and Dr Victoria Durrer, recently presented research at the Sociological Association of Ireland Annual Conference 2026, held at Queen’s University Belfast on 7–8 May 2026. The conference theme, Conflict, Change, Solidarity, brought together sociologists and interdisciplinary researchers from across Ireland and beyond…
AI in the Creative Industries
If you missed it, check out the recording of this CPOI Reads event where Dr Sun Park from UCD’s School of Information and Communication Studies discussed AI in the Creative Industries and the selected text, new anthology, Artificial Intelligence in the Cultural and Creative Sectors Opportunities, Challenges, and Transformations. You can also find the recording…






