Dr. Peter Tschmuck, born on Oct 5th 1971 in Graz (Austria)

Assoc. Professor for Cultural Institutions Studies, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna

Dr. Peter Tschmuck studied Economics and Management Sciences at the University of Innsbruck in Austria and earned there his doctoral degree in Economics in 1999. From 1999 to 2000 he was Assistant Professor at the Vienna University of Economics and Management until he changed to the Department of Cultural Management and Gender Studies (IKM) at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. In 2003 he finished his habilitation about “Creativity and Innovation in the Music Industry” and was then appointed associate professor for Cultural Institutions Studies. From October 2018 to January 2022, he also servces as head of department of IKM, before he moved to the Department of Popular Music at mdw. He teaches also courses at the Vienna University of Economics and Business and the SAE Institute. From July to September 2010, he was guest professor at the James Cook University in Townsville/Cairns (Queensland, Australia). Peter Tschmuck is founder and organizer of the annual international conference “International Music Business Research Days” (from 2010-2020: Vienna Music Business Research Days). He also founded the International Journal of Music Business Research (IMBRA) in 2012 and is the journal’s editor-in-chief. Peter Tschmuck serves as the founding president of the International Music Business Research Association (IMBRA) since 2015. His main research fields are: music industry research, the economics of copyright, the research on cultural institutions and cultural policy evaluation.

List of publications (January 2024)