Dr Emily Bettison

Bio: Dr. Emily Bettison’s current research primarily gravitates around the enhancement of creative arts education. Her AHRC funded doctoral research focused on the intersection between radio studies and creative industries research and she completed her thesis titled, ‘The Creation of Creativity in Radio: How Does Radio as an Industry Define, Practice and Negotiate Creativity?’ (2020). She has presented her research at international conferences including the International Radio Conference. Alongside this, Emily has an interest in education research, having previously explored the pedagogy of the PhD whilst working for the PGRStudio at Birmingham City University.

Key research areas: creative industries studies; radio studies; creative arts education.

Selected outputs: 

• ‘The Creation of Creativity in Radio: How Does Radio as an Industry Define, Practice and Negotiate Creativity?’, Doctoral Thesis (Birmingham City University, 2020)

 Email: ebettison@acm.ac.uk