Dr Christian Morgner
MA, PhD, SFHAE
Management School
Senior Lecturer in Cultural and Creative Industries
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Management School
Sheffield ϳԹ Management School
Conduit Road
Sheffield
S10 1FL
- Profile
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Dr Christian Morgner joined the Management School in June 2021. Christian joined the Management School as Senior Lecturer in Cultural and Creative Industries.
Prior to this appointment as Senior Lecturer, Christian was lecturer at the ϳԹ of Leicester, held a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Hitotsubashi ϳԹ, Japan funded by the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science and worked as a Research Associate at the ϳԹ of Cambridge funded by the German Academic Exchange Service. He has also held visiting fellowships at Yale ϳԹ, ϳԹ of Lucerne, ϳԹ of Leuven and the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris).
His research lies within fields like complexity studies, network analysis and creative practices, with a particular focus on diversity and inclusivity. He has a particular interest in grand conceptual questions and methodological innovation in studying global cultural processes and innovation.
- Publications
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Books
- The Making of Meaning: From The ‘Individual’ to Social Order. Oxford ϳԹ Press.
Edited books
- Rethinking Relations and Social Processes: J. Dewey and the notion of 'trans-action'. Palgrave Macmillan.
Journal articles
- . Poetics, 104, 101891-101891.
- . Educational Theory.
- . International Review of Sociology, 32(2), 265-289.
- . Global Media and China, 7(1), 126-128.
- . Fire Safety Journal, 125.
- . Kybernetes, 50(4), 929-941.
- . Urban Forum, 31(4), 513-514.
- . Urban Forum, 31(4), 489-512.
- . Journal of Arab & Muslim Media Research, 13(2), 133-153.
- Inter-agency collaboration for natural hazard management in developed countries. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Natural Hazard Science.
- Inclusion and Exclusion in the Art World: The Case of Biennials. OnCurating, 47, 34-50.
- . Sociological Research Online, 24(4), 514-540.
- . Arts and Health, 11(3), 272-277.
- . Ageing and Society, 39(8), 1731-1751.
- . International Journal of Japanese Sociology.
- System theory and Art: Micro-diversity and Self-organisation. Cybernetics & Human Knowing, 26(1), 47-71.
- . Canadian Review of Sociology, 55(2), 232-256.
- . New Global Studies, 11(3).
- . Studies in Communication Sciences, 17(1), 57-76.
- . Cultural Sociology, 10(4), 541-543.
- . City, Culture and Society, 7(3), 123-128.
- . Cultural Trends, 24(2), 122-132.
- . Cultural Trends, 24(2), 194-196.
- . International Sociology, 29(5), 396-404.
- . BELGEO(3).
- . Historical Social Research, 39(3), 318-336.
- . Empirical Studies of the Arts, 32(2), 275-282.
- . Journal of Arts Management Law and Society, 44(1), 33-46.
- . Human Studies, 36(4), 509-532.
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- . Medical Humanities.
- . Cultural Sociology.
- . Educational Theory.
- . Julio-Diciembre 2018, 15(29).
- . Studies in Communication Sciences, 17(1).
Chapters
- Biennials as “Events without Walls” In Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (Ed.), Built on Water: The German Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (pp. 261-264). Munich: Schirmer/Mosel.
- Multiculturalism and Fire-Incidents: Possible Applications to the Polish Context In Kaźmierczak D (Ed.), VUCA WORLD – Competencies for Emergency Services Krakow: Libron Press.
- , John Dewey and the Notion of Trans-action (pp. 143-194). Springer International Publishing
- , John Dewey and the Notion of Trans-action (pp. 1-30). Springer International Publishing
- , Routledge Handbook of Cultural and Creative Industries in Asia (pp. 43-56).
- , The Palgrave Handbook of Relational Sociology (pp. 579-600).
- , Anti-Social Behaviour in Britain: Victorian and Contemporary Perspectives (pp. 92-101).
- , Weltereignisse und Massenmedien: Zur Theorie des Weltmedienereignisses (pp. 321-361). transcript Verlag
- , Weltereignisse und Massenmedien: Zur Theorie des Weltmedienereignisses (pp. 73-148). transcript Verlag
- , Weltereignisse und Massenmedien: Zur Theorie des Weltmedienereignisses (pp. 209-276). transcript Verlag
- , Weltereignisse und Massenmedien: Zur Theorie des Weltmedienereignisses (pp. 1-4). transcript Verlag
- , Weltereignisse und Massenmedien: Zur Theorie des Weltmedienereignisses (pp. 9-14). transcript Verlag
- , Weltereignisse und Massenmedien: Zur Theorie des Weltmedienereignisses (pp. 5-8). transcript Verlag
- , Weltereignisse und Massenmedien: Zur Theorie des Weltmedienereignisses (pp. 15-72). transcript Verlag
- , Weltereignisse und Massenmedien: Zur Theorie des Weltmedienereignisses (pp. 277-320). transcript Verlag
- , Weltereignisse und Massenmedien: Zur Theorie des Weltmedienereignisses (pp. 149-208). transcript Verlag
Conference proceedings papers
- Immaterialities of Jewish Heritage in Modern Society: A Study of the Cultural Conservation Movement in the former Eastern Inner-City Districts of Berlin. Heritage 2020 – Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Heritage and Sustainable Development. Barcelos
- Cultural Policies and Night-time Economies in Germany/Berlin and Japan/Tokyo. International Conference on Night Studies Proceedings (pp 103-120). Lisbon
- The Making of Meaning: From The ‘Individual’ to Social Order. Oxford ϳԹ Press.
- Grants
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- CI, International Research and Development Fund: ‘COVI19 Disinformation and Response in India, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand: A Comparative Social Network Analysis Study on Twitter’, 2020-2021.
- CI, Horizon 2020 Call: H2020-SC6-TRANSFORMATIONS: ‘Socioeconomic and Cultural Transformations in the Context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution’ 2019-2021.
- CI, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science international collaborator grant B: ‘Exploratory research on Restructuring of "Urban Night" in Europe’, 2019-2023.
- PI, Alzheimer Research UK Workshop Grant, ‘Arts Interventions in People with Dementia’, 2020/2021.
- PI, Fire Research and Training Trust research grant: ‘Multiculturalism and Fire Incidents’, 2019-2020.
- PI, Rutherford Fellowship: ‘Urban artistic networks in informal settlements in Nairobi, 2018/2019. CI, AHRC grant: ‘Dementia, Arts and Wellbeing’, Network Grant, 2016-2017.
- PI, ARUK grant bid: ‘Dementia, Creativity and Video-analysis’, 2016.
- PI, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science grant, 2013-2014. PI, Research Grant, City of Paris, 2012.
- PI, Research Grant from the Swiss Research Foundation, 2010.
- CI, Research Grant from the German Academic Exchange, 2008/2009.
- Teaching activities
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I am the module convener for MGT61074 Critical Theories in CCI and contribute to modules on marketing and branding.
- Professional activities and memberships
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I am member of the Editorial Board of the journal Cultural Sociology and convener of the Theory Group of the British Sociological Association.
- PhD Supervision
Dr Morgner would welcome enquiries from prospective postgraduate students, particularly in the following areas:
- Cultural and Creative Industries Social Theory (in particular on Niklas Luhmann’s system theory)
- Race and Inequality Interaction and Health Disaster and Risk Communication
- Urban development
He has previously supervised:
Name Thesis title Year of completion Kaixi Xu The Role of Arts Consumption in Acculturation and Identity Negotiation among Chinese Migrants in the UK 2024 Are you interested in applying for a PhD?
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