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About Dave O'Brien

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

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

NBN Episodes hosted by Dave:

Critical Theory January 15, 2023

Creativities

The What, How, Where, Who and Why of the Creative Process

Chris Bilton, Stephen Cummings, and dt ogilvie

Hosted by Dave O'Brien
How does creativity work? In Creativities: The What, How, Where, Who and Why of the Creative Process (Edward Elgar, 2022), Chris Bilton, a Reader at University of Warwick’s Centre for Cultural and …
Critical Theory December 18, 2022

Back to the Stone Age

Race and Prehistory in Contemporary Culture

Ben Pitcher

Hosted by Dave O'Brien
What does Prehistory mean to us now? In Back to the Stone Age: Race and Prehistory in Contemporary Culture (McGill-Queen's UP, 2022), Ben Pitcher, a Reader in Sociology at the …
Critical Theory November 17, 2022

Highly Discriminating

Why the City Isn't Fair and Diversity Doesn't Work

Louise Ashley

Hosted by Dave O'Brien
Can we make the finance industry fair? In Highly Discriminating: Why the City Isn’t Fair and Diversity Doesn’t Work (Bristol UP, 2022), Louise Ashley, Associate Professor and IHSS Fellow at Queen Mary …
Critical Theory November 8, 2022

Women Negotiating Feminism and Science Fiction Fandom

The Case of the "Good" Fan

Neta Yodovich

Hosted by Dave O'Brien
How do women balance feminist identities whilst being science fiction fans? In Women Negotiating Feminism and Science Fiction Fandom: The Case of the “Good” Fan (Palgrave MacMillan, 2022), Neta Yodovich …
Critical Theory October 26, 2022

British Muslim Women in the Cultural and Creative Industries

Saskia Warren

Hosted by Dave O'Brien
Why is religion important in understanding creative industries? In British Muslim Women in the Cultural and Creative Industries (Edinburgh University Press, 2022), Saskia Warren, a Senior Lecturer in Human Geography …
Critical Theory October 6, 2022

State Sponsored Literature

Britain and Cultural Diversity After 1945

Asha Rogers

Hosted by Dave O'Brien
How does the state support writers? In State Sponsored Literature: Britain and Cultural Diversity after 1945 (Oxford UP, 2020), Asha Rogers, Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Postcolonial Literature at the University of …
Critical Theory September 26, 2022

The Quantified Scholar

How Research Evaluations Transformed the British Social Sciences

Juan Pablo Pardo-Guerra

Hosted by Dave O'Brien
How do metrics and quantification shape social science? In The Quantified Scholar: How Research Evaluations Transformed the British Social Sciences (Columbia UP, 2022), Juan Pablo Pardo-Guerra, an Associate Professor in …
Critical Theory September 22, 2022

Creating Worlds Otherwise

Art, Collective Action, And (Post)Extractivism

Paula Serafini

Hosted by Dave O'Brien
How are art and social justice intertwined? In Creating Worlds Otherwise: Art, Collective Action, and (Post)Extractivism Paula Serafini, a Lecturer in Creative and Cultural Industries at Queen Mary University of …
Critical Theory September 13, 2022

True Story

What Reality TV Says About Us

Danielle J. Lindemann

Hosted by Dave O'Brien
Why is reality TV important? In True Story: What Reality TV Says About Us (FSG, 2022), Danielle J. Lindemann, an Associate Professor of Sociology at Lehigh University, uses a sociological …
Critical Theory August 18, 2022

Access, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Cultural Organizations

Insights from the Careers of Executive Opera Managers of Color in the US

Antonio C. Cuyler

Hosted by Dave O'Brien
Where are the success stories for people of color in opera? In Access, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Cultural Organizations: Insights from the Careers of Executive Opera Managers of Color …
Critical Theory August 8, 2022

The Cruel Optimism of Racial Justice

Nasar Meer

Hosted by Dave O'Brien
Why are societies still not offering racial equality? In The Cruel Optimism of Racial Justice (Policy Press, 2022), Nasar Meer, a professor of Race, Identity and Citizenship in the School of …
Critical Theory August 1, 2022

Producing Politics

Inside the Exclusive Campaign World Where the Privileged Few Shape Politics for All of Us

Daniel Laurison

Hosted by Dave O'Brien
Who runs American politics? In Producing Politics: Inside the Exclusive Campaign World Where the Privileged Few Shape Politics for All of Us (Beacon Press, 2022), Daniel Laurison, an associate professor …
Critical Theory July 26, 2022

The Flexibility Paradox

Why Flexible Working Leads To (Self-)Exploitation

Heejung Chung

Hosted by Dave O'Brien
Why are we working harder? In The Flexibility Paradox: Why Flexible Working Leads To (Self-)Exploitation (Polity Press, 2022), Heejung Chung, a professor of sociology and social policy at the University of …
Critical Theory July 19, 2022

Movie Workers

The Women Who Made British Cinema

Melanie Bell

Hosted by Dave O'Brien
Where are the women in the history of British cinema? In Movie Workers: The Women Who Made British Cinema (U Illinois Press, 2021), Melanie Bell, a Professor of Film History …
Critical Theory July 11, 2022

Gender in an Era of Post-truth Populism

Pedagogies, Challenges and Strategies

Penny Jane Burke, Julia Coffey, Rosiland Gill, and Akane Kanai

Hosted by Dave O'Brien
Why does gender matter in our troubled global times? In Gender in an Era of Post-truth Populism: Pedagogies, Challenges and Strategies (Bloomsbury, 2022), the editors Penny Jane Burke, Rosalind Gill …
Critical Theory June 24, 2022

The Club on the Edge of Town

A Pandemic Memoir

Alan Lane

Hosted by Dave O'Brien
What happened to arts organisations during the pandemic? In The Club on the Edge of Town: A Pandemic Memoir (Salamander Street, 2022), Alan Lane, Artistic Director of SlungLow, a theatre company …
Critical Theory June 2, 2022

Running the Family Firm

How the Monarchy Manages Its Image and Our Money

Laura Clancy

Hosted by Dave O'Brien
Why does the monarchy matter? In Running the Family Firm: How the Monarchy Manages Its Image and Our Money (Manchester UP, 2021),  Laura Clancy, a Lecturer in Media and Lancaster …
Critical Theory May 27, 2022

Heritage and Nationalism

Understanding Populism through Big Data

Chiara Bonacchi

Hosted by Dave O'Brien
What are the connections between the past and modern politics? In Heritage and Nationalism: Understanding Populism through Big Data (UCL Press, 2022), Chiara Bonacchi, a Chancellor's Fellow in Heritage, Text …
Critical Theory May 25, 2022

British Black and Asian Shakespeareans, 1966-2018

Integrating Shakespeare

Jami Rogers

Hosted by Dave O'Brien
What is the hidden history of performers of colour in in British theatre? In British Black and Asian Shakespeareans: Integrating Shakespeare, 1966–2018 (Arden Shakespeare, 2022), Jami Rogers, an honorary fellow at Department …
Critical Theory May 18, 2022

Held in Contempt

What's Wrong with the House of Commons?

Hannah White

Hosted by Dave O'Brien
What is the future for the House of Commons? In Held in Contempt: What’s Wrong with the House of Commons? (Manchester UP, 2022), Hannah White, Deputy Director of the Institute for Government …
Critical Theory May 12, 2022

Proxies

The Cultural Work of Standing In

Dylan Mulvin

Hosted by Dave O'Brien
What are the hidden histories of how the modern world functions? In Proxies: The Cultural Work of Standing In (MIT Press, 2021), Dylan Mulvin, Assistant Professor in the Department of …
Critical Theory April 19, 2022

Black Culture, Inc.

How Ethnic Community Support Pays for Corporate America

Patricia A. Banks

Hosted by Dave O'Brien
Why do corporations fund cultural organisations and events? In Black Culture, Inc.: How Ethnic Community Support Pays for Corporate America (Stanford UP, 2022), Patricia Banks, Professor of Sociology at Mount …
Critical Theory April 4, 2022

Hedged Out

Inequality and Insecurity on Wall Street

Megan Tobias Neely

Hosted by Dave O'Brien
Is the finance industry fair? In Hedged Out: Inequality and Insecurity on Wall Street (University of California Press, 2022) Megan Tobias Neely, an assistant professor in the Department of Organisation at …
Critical Theory March 28, 2022

The Welfare State Generation

Women, Agency and Class in Britain Since 1945

Eve Worth

Hosted by Dave O'Brien
How should we understand the history of post-war Britain? In The Welfare State Generation Women, Agency and Class in Britain since 1945 (Bloomsbury, 2022), Eve Worth, a Research Fellow on the …