AI in the Creative Industries: benefits and challenges
Join CPOI Reads for an online lunch time event with Dr Sun Park, Ad Astra Research Fellow in AI and Digital Cultural Heritage at UCD’s School of Information and Communication Studies in conversation with contributors to the new anthology, Artificial Intelligence in the Cultural and Creative Sectors Opportunities, Challenges, and Transformations.
EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Please register to receive link.
AI is transforming the creative industries, reshaping how arts and creativity are produced, distributed, experienced and governed, while raising important questions about labour, arts management and ethics. CPOI Reads invites you to an online webinar, ‘AI in the Creative Industries: Benefits and Challenges’ to explore the new anthology Artificial Intelligence in the Cultural and Creative Sectors: Opportunities, Challenges, and Transformations. Join chapter authors Dr Marek Prokupek, Professor Franziska Schroeder, Dr Federico Reuben and Dr Ginevra Addis. In conversation with Dr Sun Park, Ad Astra Fellow/Assistant Professor in AI and Digital Cultural Heritage at UCD, the authors will reflect on their chapters and discuss both the opportunities AI offers for innovation and inclusion, and the ethical, social and professional challenges it presents across the cultural and creative sectors. Please register to receive the Zoom link.
Marek Prokupek is an Associate Professor of Arts Management at KEDGE Business School, where he is a member of KEDGE Arts School and the Creative Industries & Culture Expertise Centre. Marek’s research focuses on innovative business models of arts and cultural organizations, their financing strategies, and the dynamics of the art market. His work has been published in journals such as International Journal of Arts Management, International Journal of Cultural Policy, Journal of Arts Management, Law and Society, Journal of Philanthropy, and Museum Management and Curatorship. Marek is an Associate Editor for the Arts Governance section of the International Journal of Arts Management.
Franziska Schroeder is a Professor of Music and Cultures at Queen’s University Belfast, where she works in the School of Arts, English and Languages, Sonic Arts, and the TIME centre. Franziska’s research focuses on music performance, especially performances that use digital media and emerging technologies. She has expertise in areas such as Artificial Intelligence, Disability and Social Inclusion studies, ethnographic research, improvisation studies, performance studies, including music performance anxiety, sonic arts history, and critical theory.
Federico Reuben is an Associate Professor at the University of York where he carries out interdisciplinary and practice research in music and creative technologies. Recent research projects include the AHRC-funded “Data sounds, Datasets and Datasense” research network and the establishment of the Music AI and Interactivity Lab at the University of York.
Ginevra Addis is an art historian and Research Fellow at the University of Milan-Bicocca, where she investigates contemporary art aesthetics and biodiversity. Since 2023, she has been affiliated with the National Biodiversity Future Center at UNIMIB and, since 2025, has taught on the entanglement of biodiversity and contemporary art. She is the author of two books published by European Press Academic Publishing and FrancoAngeli, and of several book chapters published by Brill, Routledge, Edward Elgar, and Emerald Publishing. She has presented internationally, worked with UNESCO and the United Nations, collaborated with More Art in New York, and curated exhibitions in Europe.
Sun Park is Ad Astra Assistant Professor in AI and Digital Cultural Heritage. She specialises in international cultural policy, UNESCO heritage policy, Artificial Intelligence in cultural policy and Human-AI Interaction. She did a PhD in Sociology and MA in International Cultural Policy and Management from the University of Warwick. Sun was Lecturer in Creative and Cultural Industries of the University of Manchester and Module Convenor of the Centre for Cultural and Media Policy Studies of the University of Warwick in the UK. She has worked at UNESCO, the Korean National Commission for UNESCO and Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding under the auspices of UNESCO. She specialised in heritage interpretation, global citizenship and UNESCO’s policy-making systems.
An event as part of the CPOI READS series for Cultural Policy Observatory Ireland, made possible through the support of UCD’s School of Art History and Cultural Policy.