From October 18-20, 2022, the INTERNATIONAL MUSIC BUSINESS RESEARCH DAYS will take place for the thirteenth time at the UNIVERSITY OF MUSIC AND PERFORMING ARTS VIENNA (MDW). This year’s theme is “Parallel Worlds in the Music Industry”. Deadline for application is May 31, 2022.
Music Business Research is an inter-discipline at the intersection of economic, artistic, cultural, social, legal, technological and further developments which contribute to the creation/production, dissemination/ distribution and reception/consumption of music. This interdisciplinary nature calls for methodological multiplicity and is open to scholars from all scientific areas.
The conference organizers invite scholars (from the postdoctoral level on) who have a research focus on music business/industry related topics to submit a paper proposal for the conference day on October 19, 2022.
Scholarly submissions on this year’s conference theme are equally welcome as on other aspects of music business research.
Indicative themes include, but are not limited to:
- Past, current and future developments in the music industry (recorded / live / publishing / retailing / wholesaling, etc.)
- Economic and historic analyses of music markets, charts or audiences
- Issues in marketing and/or branding music, musicians or music institutions
- Aspects of musical and musician diversity in music business
- Critical discourses on the economic, social and cultural contributions of (live) music
- New products, formats and business models in the music sectors
- Strategies and strategizing of musicians and music institutions
- Situatedness and power in musician labor markets
- Agency and social practices in the music business
- Legal issues in the music business (contracts, copyright, policies) from an international perspective
- Fit for the market? Acquiring skills for the music business
- Doing things right! New solutions for fairness and transparency in the music business
- Entrepreneurial musician und music entrepreneurs
- An age of disruption? Technological developments in the music industry
- etc.
SUBMISSION
Please send an abstract of your proposal to musicbusinessresearch@gmail.com no later than May 31, 2022.
All submissions must include a title, authors (names, affiliations, e-mails of all authors and a notation (*) of the corresponding author), an abstract of 1,000-1,500 words and 3-5 keywords. Abstracts must be submitted in English, as a MS Word file (*.doc or *.docx) or *.pdf file, and include:
- Objectives of the research
- Brief description of the disciplinary/theoretical context/background
- Research questions and/or hypotheses
- Methodology
- Main or expected conclusions / contribution
- Main references
Abstracts will be subject to a double-blind peer-review process by an international jury, and authors will be notified of acceptance by June 30, 2022.
Final papers should be sent before September 15, 2022. They should not exceed 7,000 words (including abstracts, figures, tables, references and appendices) and follow the author guidelines of the International Journal of Music Business Research (IJMBR). You may also want to consider publication in IJMBR after the conference.
IMPORTANT DATES
May 31, 2022 Abstract submission deadline
June 30, 2022 Notification of acceptance
September 15, 2022 Submission deadline for full papers
October 19, 2022 Conference day (paper sessions)
October 19, 2022 Conference day for invited speakers on “The Future of Music Business”
For students at all levels of the MA & PhD a doctoral colloquium (Young Scholars’ Workshop) will be held as part of the 13th Vienna Music Business Research Days on October 18, 2022. Find a separate call for papers here.
REGISTRATION FEE
Registration (ntry.at/vmbrdays2022) will be open from July 1, 2022 to October 20,2022. There will be no refund after this date. The registration fee includes conference attendance, reception, coffee breaks and lunch on conference days as well as the Heurigen-Dinner on October 20, 2022. Discounts for students and members of IMBRA will be available! Full registration fee
Until August 31, 2022 (early bird): Euro 175,-
After August 31, 2022: Euro 225,-
Contact
Email: musicbusinessresearch@gmail.com
mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna
Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1, 1030 Vienna, Austria
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