Ali FitzGibbon

Lecturer, School of Arts, English and Languages

Phone+44 (0)28 9097 1340
EmailA.Fitzgibbon@qub.ac.uk

Room 0G.007 - 9 University Square
United Kingdom

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

Cultural labour (inequality, precarity) and the role of the artist Ethics, stakeholder management and organisational decision-making in arts and cultural industries Arts and Cultural industries management and leadership studies Cultural policymaking with specific themes of festivals, youth arts and the role of the artist

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Personal profile

Research Statement

Ali FitzGibbon has combined research in arts management with independent producing, programming and consultancy in the cultural sector since 2015. She has 25+ years of experience in the international arts and cultural sector and a substantial portfolio of experience working as a programmer and producer at community, national and international level in theatre, festivals, outdoor and youth arts. In addition, she regularly undertakes advisory work on strategic management and leadership in the voluntary, social enterprise and community sectors.

She is on the editorial board of the Irish Journal of Arts Management and Cultural Policy and has worked in an advisory capacity for a range of local authorities and public bodies in arts and cultural planning and policy.

Ali's research has been focused on the field of management and leadership in the cultural and creative industries in the UK, examining the influence of public policy and public management on cultural sector behaviour, particularly in relation to cultural labour and the role of artists. She is currently developing three strands of research.

The first is the exploration of engaged and inter/transdisciplinary research and what it means in the study of arts and creative industries management. The second is looking at connections between non-profit management research and theory and arts and creative industries management, in particular considering the ethics of the cultural and creative industries. Her final interest is a continuation of her research since 2015 on artists as stakeholders in industry and policy decision-making. This examines the role, status, value and influence of artists and artistic practice within the arts and cultural industries. Attention is directed towards diverse artists and also the implicit presence/absence of artists in public policy.

Research Interests

Cultural Labour (precarity, inequality) and the role of the artist; Ethics, stakeholder management and organisational decision-making in arts and cultural industries management; arts & CCI management studies (non-profit and social enterprise); Cultural leadership; themes of cultural policy-making with specific reference to festivals, youth arts & role of the artist; inter/transdisciplinarity

Teaching

Ali has been a lecturer on the MA in Arts Management at Queen’s University Belfast since its inception in 2012, joining the School as a fulltime staff member in 2019 and assuming the role of MA Convener in November 2019.

Her contribution spans teaching and convening a number of elements of the MA in Arts Management specific to leadership, management, strategic and business planning, business models and operational management. In addition, she contributes to teaching in audience engagement and is responsible for the programme's professional development/placement component. Her undergraduate teaching includes an interdisciplinary module: Introduction to Arts Management and contributions to professional development programmes for final year AEL undergraduate students.

Ali has also been a Guest Lecturer for the MA in Festive Arts at University of Limerick.