Ashley Bheeroo - Professional Development and Employer Relations
Lynessa Griffith - Project Administrator
Andy Pratt - Advisor
Members of the Cultural Diversity Lab London.
The City, University team examines the structural inequalities in the cultural and creative economies, especially since the beginning of the pandemic. It questions whether the necessary measures subsidised by the state had a positive or negative impact.
Prof. Andy Pratt (he/him) works on the theme of transversal policymaking and contributes to the CIRCE advisory board. He has previously explored projects on knowledge transfer, innovation and creativity and his current research concerns trans-local cultural production chains. He is the UNESCO Chair in Global Creative Economy and directs the Centre for Culture and Creative Industries at City.
Dr. Anubha Sarkar (she/her) works on the theme of spatial diversity. Her work cuts across several disciplines with particular interest in the creative economy, cultural and creative industries, policy and cultural production in digital platforms of South Asia, particularly intersections of soft power and commerce in Bollywood and K-Pop.
Dr. Diana Yeh (she/her) works on the theme of cultural diversity. She researches race and racisms, migration, cultural politics and activism, with a particular focus on East and Southeast Asian communities. Her current research explores community and creative responses to anti-Asian racial violence and racial inequalities in the creative and cultural industries.
Hannah Curran-Troop (she/her) works on the theme of workforce diversity. Hannah is a fourth-year doctoral researcher at City, University of London. Her research explores contemporary feminist organisations in London's creative industries, and is concerned with feminist cultural activism, affective work and precarity, gendered and other intersectional inequalities, and entrepreneurial cultural labour.
Dr. Jenny Mbaye (she/her) works on the theme of transversal policymaking. She researches governance, creative economy and labour in relation to urban creativity, development and transformation. Her work particularly focuses on urban popular cultures, entrepreneurship and the music economy in Francophone West Africa.
Dr. Paromita Saha (she/her) works on the theme of organizational diversity. Paromita has a PhD in Mass Communication with Public Affairs with an emphasis on policy making. She takes a multidisciplinary look at how ideology and organizational structures of the news media and cultural institutions reinforce as well as exacerbate inequalities in the workplace. Her research draws on qualitative and quantitative methodologies. She also has 15 years of experience working in broadcast journalism and public communications.
Si Long Chan (they/them) works on the theme of cultural diversity. Si Long is a doctoral researcher at Newcastle University. They research violence in knowledge production about homelessness and houselessness, centering lived experiences, creative arts for social change, and peer research racism and homelessness. They co-organise East and Southeast Asians North East, and are involved in work supporting trans and nonbinary inclusion.
Dr. Toby Bennett (he/him) is lab coordinator and works on the theme of organisational diversity. He is interested in issues of work, organisation, knowledge and policy in relation to media and cultural production, particularly in music industries.
Xanthia Mavraki (she/her) focuses her research on the theme of spatial diversity within the Cultural & Creative Industries. She takes a multidisciplinary approach to the examination of how spaces and geography contribute to the creation of inequalities and the reinforcement of monopolies in CCIs. She has a keen interest in exploring issues of diversity and inclusion within the workforce, as well as investigating representation within the art world, with a specific focus on the visual arts sector.
