CfP: GMM Best Paper Award (Deadline 10.10.2021)

Call for Papers: GMM Best Paper Award
26 October 2021 – from 4 PM Location:
Technical University of Berlin

Deadline: 10.10.2021

The Young Research Award of the German Association for Music Business and Music Culture Research (GMM) in cooperation with the Most Wanted Music (MW:M) in Berlin, is looking for:

a) students’ ongoing research projects
b) completed Bachelor theses or
c) completed Master theses

These projects should deal with topics of music business or music culture research and may not be older than 12 months from the date of submission. Students and graduates of all universities in Germany can take part in the award.

Examples of topics can be, but are not limited to, the themes of the MW:M:

• Diversity in music business and music culture e.g. racism, gender Inequality, classism, new strategies and initiatives to foster diversity and empowerment; diversity as a topic within songs

• Sustainability in music business and music culture e.g. ecological sustainability, sustainability of events, sustainable artist lifestyles

• Future of Music e.g works on new genres; new business models and strategies; new artist subjects; global music phenomena, trends and developments

• Togetherness e.g. making music together during COVID-19; new forms and practices of collaboration; changes in shared music experience; digital events

Please apply with a summary (max 1.5 pages) of your research or final project (in German or English) via e-mail to: best-paper[at]musikwirtschaftsforschung.de until 10/10/2021. We select the best submissions, which will be presented at the MW:M to an expert jury and in front of an audience. The presentations can be in German or preferably in English. The event will take place live or online according to the actual COVID-10 regulations. We will inform the participants about the details via email.

Prizes: The winners will receive a one-year free GMM membership through which they will be able to participate in music business and music culture research activities, as well as junior events, research and industry workshops and specialist committees. It awards prizes for the career development of young researchers. Moreover, the best work will be published in the GMM Yearbook.

Further questions? Contact us via best-paper[at]musikwirtschaftsforschung.de