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• Vice-Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow in Music Industries and Cultural Economy, RMIT University

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Dr Sam Whiting (he/him) is a 2024 Vice-Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow at RMIT University pursuing a four-year project on crisis in the Australian music industries, with a focus on the impact of generative artificial intelligence, technologies of automation, and other contemporary points of inflection for the sector. His previous research has focused on issues of capital, labour, technology and value as they relate to the cultural economy, and has included work with the University of South Australia, SA Music Development Office, City of Adelaide, Live Music Office, City of Melbourne, Monash University, and the University of Tasmania. His recent book, Small Venues: Precarity, Vibrancy and Live Music, is out now.

Experience

• 2020–present Lecturer - Creative Industries, University of South Australia
• 2024–present Senior research fellow, RMIT University
• 2019–2019 Sessional Lecturer, Course Coordinator, and Tutor, The University of Melbourne
• 2015–2019 Sessional Lecturer and Tutor, RMIT University

Education

• 2019 RMIT University, PhD – Doctor of Philosophy
• 2010 Queensland Conservatorium, Griffith University, Bachelor of Music Studies (Honours)

Grants and Contracts

• 2024 Vice-Chancellor's Senior Research Fellowship Role: Chief Investigator Funding Source: RMIT University
• 2023 Musical Automation in the Australian Games Industry Role: Chief Investigator Funding Source: APRA AMCOS/Creative Australia (formerly the Australia Council for the Arts)
• 2021 Music Industry Health Check Role: Chief Investigator Funding Source: South Australian Music Development Office (MDO) and City of Adelaide (CoA)

Professional Memberships

• The Australian Sociological Association
• International Association for the Study of Popular Music - Australia/New Zealand

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