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Institute of Popular Music

The world’s first specialist centre for the study of popular music.

Welcome to the Institute of Popular Music

Founded in 1988, the Institute of Popular Music (IPM) provides a hub for interdisciplinary research on popular music, broadly defined. We examine popular music from different perspectives and explore the many varied contexts and processes involved in its production and consumption.

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MusicFutures

This AHRC Creative Industries Cluster project aims to drive music sector growth and employment and establish the Liverpool City Region as a the UK’s hub for innovation in music.

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Live Music Mapping 2.0

Automating the Mapping, Modelling and Measuring of the Impacts of Regional Live Music Sectors.

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Music Heritage, Migration and Identity

Investigating cultural heritage, intergenerational relations, and social identity through a focus on music reminiscence.

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Theory, Analysis and Aesthetics

IPM researchers and the Society for Music Analysis host annual summer schools and symposiums in Liverpool presenting the latest developments in popular music theory and analysis.