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  • Team member, David Burgener
    David Burgener
    Cultural Planner, Tweed Holiday Parks and Cultural Facilities @ Tweed Shire Council
    02 6670 2400
    tsc@tweed.nsw.gov.au
  • Team member, Professor Andy Bennett
    Professor Andy Bennett
    Professor Professor of Cultural Sociology in the School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science @ Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus
    a.bennett@griffith.edu.au

    Andy Bennett is a Professor of Cultural Sociology in the School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science at Griffith University. 

    A leading international figure in research on music and culture, he has written and edited over 30 books and published in top peer-reviewed journals. 

    He has conducted research commissioned by City of Gold Coast (Australia) and British Film Institute and Southeast Arts (UK). 

    He is a Faculty Fellow of the Yale Centre for Cultural Sociology, an International Research Fellow of the Finnish Youth Research Network, a founding member of the Consortium for Youth, Generations and Culture and a founding member of the Regional Music Research Group.

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  • Team member, Dr Ben Green
    Dr Ben Green
    Research Fellow at the Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, @ Griffith University, Gold Coast Campus
    b.green@griffith.edu.au

    Dr Ben Green is a Research Fellow at the Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, where he is currently undertaking a two-year investigation of the live music sector in Australia. 

     Ben’s academic interest in popular music infrastructure, scenes and heritage follows experience as a performing musician. 

     He is a member of the Regional Music Research Group and has undertaken research on music venues and audiences for local governments and other stakeholders, utilising interviews, focus groups, consultation and surveys.

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