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Kerry Wilson

Humanities and Social Science

Faculty of Arts Professional and Social Studies

Email: K.M.Wilson@ljmu.ac.uk

Telephone: 0151 231 3807

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Kerry is a Reader in Cultural Policy in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences and Co-leads the Social Innovation research theme for the university's Institute for Health Research. She joined LJMU in 2008 as Senior Lecturer on the MA Cultural Leadership programme, based within the faculty of Arts, Professional and Social Studies. Between 2010 and 2022, she was Head of Research at the Institute of Cultural Capital, a leading cultural policy research centre jointly hosted by LJMU and the University of Liverpool.

Prior to joining LJMU in 2008 she held research posts at Leeds Business School; Department of Information Studies at the University of Sheffield; and the University of Liverpool Management School. She has led a number of research and evaluation projects covering varied aspects of cultural work, its value and impact, for a range of commissioning organisations and funding bodies including the British Council, MLA, Arts Council England, National Museums Liverpool, the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and Economic and Social Research Council. Kerry’s research interests, in a cultural sector context, include professional identities, ethics and codes of practice; instrumental value and public policy; and cross-sector communities of practice.

She began her academic career in the library and information management discipline, focusing on the organisational development and social value of public libraries, and continues to prioritise research with library and museum sectors as civic cultural institutions. In 2017, her work in the cultural policy field was recognised by the award of a mid-career Leadership Fellowship by the AHRC.

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