Institute of Popular Music
The world’s first specialist centre for the study of popular music.
Tel: 0151 794 3820
Email: instpm@liverpool.ac.uk
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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Discover research at Liverpool:
Music Futures
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.
Live Music Mapping 2.0
Live Music Mapping 2.0
Automating the Mapping, Modelling and Measuring of the Impacts of Regional Live Music Sectors.
Migration and Identity
Music Heritage, Migration and Identity
Investigating cultural heritage, intergenerational relations, and social identity through a focus on music reminiscence.
analysis and aesthetics
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.