Organisational structure

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CCI has a lean, flat structure. The Directorate and largest research node are located at Queensland University of Technology. The second largest research node is at Swinburne University of Technology. Small research nodes are located at other research partner locations, the AFTRS, and Wollongong and Edith Cowan universities. A new university partner organisation, University of New South Wales, will be added as a result of changes to the Centre for its second stage of operations from 2010.

Chief, Partner and Associate Investigators and staff interface with the Centre principally through involvement in one or more projects within the six major Programs. Each project and program has a designated leader. In addition to these programs, John Hartley has a complementary research program through his Federation Fellowship.

We typically hold two plenary Centre symposia annually, bringing all researchers and students together to review progress to date, highlight challenges, and develop new research opportunities through interaction among researchers, both internal and external to the Centre, students and industry representatives. In 2009, the first symposium was held in March in conjunction with the Brisbane Ideas Festival. CCI coordinated with the festival to attract a leading figure in the global development of the creative economy, John Howkins, as a plenary public speaker while also building his input into the symposium. The other public event for CCI was the launch of the Centre’s book series for UQP, ‘Creative Economy and Innovation Culture’ by Advisory Board Chair Dr Terry Cutler. The first two books in the series were launched: John Hartley’s The Uses of Digital Literacy and John Howkins’ Creative Ecologies. The second symposium was held in July and incorporated a full day Emerging Scholars Professional Development workshop for CCI RHD students and ECRs.