Dr Ruth Bridgstock is Research Fellow for the Diversity and Equality in Careers and Employment Research Centre based at Norwich Business School, at the University of East Anglia (UK). Her undergraduate degrees are in psychology and the performing arts, and her PhD (awarded by Queensland University of Technology in 2008) relates to the fields of psychology, education and the creative industries. Her doctoral research investigated individual and contextual predictors of career success in creative industries graduates using a quantitative, longitudinal approach. In her new role, Ruth continues to pursue her interests in career development in the creative industries; the individual career development/organisational development nexus; and employability and higher education.