Call for Papers: 13th Young Scholars’ Workshop of the International Music Business Research Days 2023

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The 14th International Music Business Research Days 2023

Call for Papers: Young Scholars’ Workshop

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The Young Scholars’ Workshop, as part of the 14th International Music Business Research Days (Kristiansand, Norway), invites once again young researchers to submit paper abstracts of all disciplines exploring questions that help understand economic and managerial problems as well as processes of the music business sector and in the field of music management.
We encourage early-stage researchers, either in the beginning of their doctorate projects, or in the beginning of their academic careers, to submit paper abstracts.

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There are many questions that call for investigation and need to be discussed in music business research, for example:

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DIGITAL CHANGE IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRIES
• Influence of AI tools on the music industry
• Streaming and power dynamics
• Copyright and AI
• New digital platforms such as web3, metaverse and blockchain based platforms
• Fan engagement
• Locality in globality
• Change in business models, markets and value chain

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POLICY AND LEGISLATION
• Sustainability
• Cultural policy and entrepreneurship
• Social worth as economic performance
• Commodification and capitalism
• Cross border licensing

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MUSIC BUSINESS EDUCATION AND RESEARCH
• Entrepreneurship pedagogy
• Labor conditions and new competences
• Music and health
• Curriculum in music business education
• Between business and education. How to prepare students for the music industry that is in flux?

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These research questions are not exhaustive, papers may also address other aspects.

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The workshop organizers strongly encourage submissions from students at all levels of MA & PhD. Students are supposed to work on their MA or PhD thesis and discuss it with senior researchers of music business research.

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Abstracts (of up to 500 words) are due by June 15, 2023 and full papers (6-8000 words) are due by October 15, 2023. Only abstracts and papers submitted on time will be considered.

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A maximum of 6-8 papers will be selected for presentation to guarantee a workshop atmosphere. The sessions will combine paper presentations and discussions including interactive elements. Information on the acceptance of the paper proposal will be sent until July 10, 2023, at the latest.

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Please email your submission to imbrd@uia.no marked with YSW, 2023.

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Paper proposals and final papers must be submitted as pdf documents and should include contact information, at least affiliation, e-mail address, telephone number and postal address of the author(s).

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Call for Papers: Young Scholars’ Workshop

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Introducing our guests: Daniel Nordgård (University of Agder, Norway)

Photo: Jørund Pedersen 2021

Daniel Nordgård is the co-editor of the recently published book Rethinking the Music Business, which will be be presented by him along with Guy Morrow (University of Melbourne) in the conference’s morning session of October 20, 2022 at mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.

Daniel Nordgård is associate professor at the University of Agder and also the author of the book The Music Business and Digital Impacts (2018). He has a broad background from music, foremost as musician and artist, but also has experience from concert promotion and festival management. Nordgård teaches music business and management at the University of Agder. His research is very much devoted to the music industry and the cultural industries, with a special emphasis on digital change. Nordgård holds several positions in different boards, nationally and internationally, including Gramo (Norwegian collecting society for neighboring rights), The Norwegian Film Institute, Gramart (The Norwegian featured artist organization). He also sits on the board of the International Music Business Research Association (IMBRA).

Introducing our guests: Daniel Nordgård (University of Agder/Norway)

The 8th Vienna Music Business Research Days from Sep. 12-14, 2017 are devoted to the question “Unchaining the Digital Music Business?”. Over the past few years new gatekeeping processes in the digital music business have emerged and international music business experts, therefore, highlight the role of new and old gatekeepers as well as the impact of innovative technologies such as the blockchain on structures and processes in the musis biz. Find the program here.

Daniel Nordgård holds the introductory talk on “New Gatekeeping Processes in the Digital Music Business” in Joseph Haydn-Hall on September 14 from 9:30-10:15. He will then moderate the panel discussion on the same topic with Sally Gross (University of Westminster, London), Sarita Stewart (Mike Curb College of Entertainment & Music Business, Belmont University Nashville/USA), Scott Cohen (The Orchard, London and New York), Jake Beaumont-Nesbitt (International Music Managers Forum, London).

Daniel Nordgård is associate professor at the University of Agder in Kristiansand/Norway. He has a broad background from music, foremost as musician and artist, but later working as a project manager and occupying different positions in the Norwegian music sector. In particular Nordgård has been working with music festivals and the live-sector in various positions, and in the period 2007-2008 as the festival manager for the Quart-festival in Norway. Nordgård recently finished his doctorate in music with the dissertation: Determining Factors on Digital Change in the Music Industries (2017). Nordgård teach music business at the University of Agder’ master’s program on music management and works as a senior researcher at Agder Research, a private research institute. His research is very much devoted to the music industry and the cultural industries, however with a special emphasis on digital change in the music industry. In 2013 Nordgård was appointed by the Norwegian Government to lead their committee on digital changes in the music industry. He holds several positions in different boards, nationally and internationally, including Gramo (the Norwegian collecting society for recording artists and record companies), The Norwegian Film Institute, Gramart (The Norwegian featured artist organization). He also sits on the board of the International Music Business Research Association (IMBRA) and is boor review editor of the International Journal of Music Business Research (IJMBR).