This paper reports on a network-based investigation of the gendered nature of work in the
screen sector. Using nine years of Australian film and television production data, we explore …

Equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in media are key concerns of contemporary academic
research, current policy initiatives and ongoing activist debates in Ireland and across the …

Women executives face many barriers to career advancement, which then limits the
advancement of women lower down the hierarchy. This study looks at the secretive and elite …

This article develops an understanding of gendered precarity in project work by considering
how the transfer of risk from employer to worker is shaped by the contextual pressures of …

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on all levels of society,
including people with disabilities, who in the pre-pandemic period faced obstacles in various …

The field of cultural policy has seen a shift towards considerations of diversity, with
government bodies increasingly leveraging funding to combat inequality within …

Purpose This paper examines the US opera sector as a means for interrogating how varying
forms of non-standard work shape gender inequality in the creative industries …

This article compares entanglements between activist demands and policy in the Spanish
and Swedish film industries using a critical frames approach. Considering contextual factors …

Purpose Ample literature has demonstrated that workers in the creative industries are
excluded in terms of gender, race and class. Fewer studies, however, have examined the …

This book explores the complex, multifaceted and contested subject of risk in the film
business. How risk is understood and managed has a substantial impact upon which films …