About Dave O'Brien

Dave O'Brien is Professor of Cultural and Creative Industries, at the University of Manchester

Dave O'Brien is Professor of Cultural and Creative Industries, at the University of Manchester.

NBN Episodes hosted by Dave:

November 9, 2024

Bourdieu and Sayad Against Empire

Amín Pérez

Hosted by Dave O'Brien

How did the Algerian war of independence shape contemporary sociology? In Bourdieu and Sayad Against Empire: Forging Sociology in Anticolonial Struggl…

October 30, 2024

The New Experts

Anuradha Sajjanhar

Hosted by Dave O'Brien

How are technocratic experts supporting populist politics? In The New Experts Populist Elites and Technocratic Promises in Modi’s India (Cambridge UP,…

October 20, 2024

Mobile Hollywood

Kevin Sanson

Hosted by Dave O'Brien

What is the future of the film industry? In Mobile Hollywood Labor and the Geography of Production (U California Press, 2024), Kevin Sanson, Professor…

October 15, 2024

The Changing Electoral Map of England and Wales

Jamie Furlong and Will Jennings

Hosted by Dave O'Brien

What is the connection between where people live and how they vote? In The Changing Electoral Map of England and Wales (Oxford UP, 2024), Jamie Furlon…

October 5, 2024

The Sound of Difference

Kristina Kolbe

Hosted by Dave O'Brien

What is the future of classical music? In The Sound of Difference: Race, Class and the Politics of 'Diversity' in Classical Music (Manchester UP, 2024…

September 25, 2024

Born to Rule

Aaron Reeves and Sam Friedman

Hosted by Dave O'Brien

Who runs Britain? In Born to Rule: The Making and Remaking of the British Elite (Harvard UP, 2024), Aaron Reeves, and Sam Friedman, both Professors of…

September 21, 2024

Performance, Masculinity, and Self-Injury

Lucy Weir

Hosted by Dave O'Brien

Can self-harm be art? In Performance, Masculinity, and Self-Injury (Routledge, 2024), Lucy Weir, a Reader in History of Art at the University of Edinb…

September 11, 2024

Polished

Melissa Osborne

Hosted by Dave O'Brien

Why do people go to college? In Polished: College, Class, and the Burdens of Social Mobility (U Chicago Press, 2024), Melissa Osborne, an associate pr…

August 31, 2024

What Readers Do

Beth Driscoll

Hosted by Dave O'Brien

What is reading? In What Readers Do: Aesthetic and Moral Practices of a Post-Digital Age (Bloomsbury, 2024) Beth Driscoll, an Associate Professor in P…

August 20, 2024

Craft as a Creative Industry

Karen Patel

Hosted by Dave O'Brien

How can we diversify the creative industries? In Craft as a Creative Industry (Routledge, 2024), Karen Patel, an Associate Professor in Media and Dir…

August 20, 2024

The Political Class

Peter Allen

Hosted by Dave O'Brien

Who is in charge? In The Political Class: Why It Matters Who Our Politicians Are (Oxford University Press, 2018), Peter Allen, a Reader in Comparative…

August 8, 2024

Petrochemical Planet

Alice Mah

Hosted by Dave O'Brien

Is a green future possible? In Petrochemical Planet: Multiscalar Battles of Industrial Transformation (Duke UP, 2023), Alice Mah, a Professor in Urban…

August 3, 2024

Orwell’s Ghosts

Laura Beers

Hosted by Dave O'Brien

Is Orwell still relevant today? In Orwell’s Ghosts Wisdom and Warnings for the 21st Century (Norton, 2024), Laura Beers, a Professor of History at A…

July 13, 2024

Men and Masculinities in Modern Britain

Matt Houlbrook, Katie Jones, and Ben Mechen

Hosted by Dave O'Brien

What does the history of men tell us about life today? In Men and Masculinities in Modern Britain: A History for the Present (Manchester UP, 2024), th…

June 21, 2024

Producing Feminism

Jennifer S. Clark

Hosted by Dave O'Brien

How have women resisted sexism in TV? In Producing Feminism: Television Work in the Age of Women’s Liberation (U California Press, 2024), Jennifer S. …

June 15, 2024

Holding It Together

Jessica Calarco

Hosted by Dave O'Brien

How do unequal societies function? In Holding It Together: How Women Became America's Safety Net (Portfolio, 2024), Jesscia Calarco, an Associate Prof…

May 31, 2024

Social Mobility

Anthony Heath and Yaojun Li

Hosted by Dave O'Brien

What is social mobility? In Social Mobility (Polity Press, 2023), Anthony Heath, an Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Oxford and Ya…

May 11, 2024

Cash, Clothes, and Construction

Kate Maclean

Hosted by Dave O'Brien

How do alternative economic ideas and practices develop? In Cash, Clothes, and Construction: Rethinking Value in Bolivia’s Pluri-economy (U Minnesota …

May 10, 2024

Algorithms of Resistance

Tiziano Bonini and Emiliano Trere

Hosted by Dave O'Brien

What are the tactics needed for a world of platforms and algorithms? In Algorithms of Resistance: The Everyday Fight against Platform Power (MIT Press…

April 27, 2024

The Liberal Arts Paradox in Higher Education

Kathryn Telling

Hosted by Dave O'Brien

What is the future of higher education? In The Liberal Arts Paradox in Higher Education: Negotiating Inclusion and Prestige (Policy Press, 2023), Dr K…

April 27, 2024

Geopolitics of Digital Heritage

Natalia Grincheva and Elizabeth Stainforth

Hosted by Dave O'Brien

How are digital platforms transforming heritage? In Geopolitics of Digital Heritage (Cambridge UP, 2023), Dr Natalia Grincheva, Program Leader of the …

March 16, 2024

Screen Deep

Ellen E. Jones

Hosted by Dave O'Brien

Why does race matter in film and TV? In Screen Deep: How Film and TV Can Solve Racism and Save the World (Faber and Faber, 2024), Ellen E. Jones, a jo…

March 13, 2024

No Machos Or Pop Stars

Gavin Butt

Hosted by Dave O'Brien

How do art schools influence music? In No Machos or Pop Stars: When the Leeds Art Experiment Went Punk (Duke UP, 2022), Gavin Butt, a Professor of Fin…

March 11, 2024

Cultural Work and Creative Subjectivity

Xin Gu

Hosted by Dave O'Brien

How can artists survive today? In Cultural Work and Creative Subjectivity: Recentralising the Artist Critique and Social Networks in the Cultural Indu…