Tarek E. Virani QMUL Centre for the Creative and Cultural Economy, Queen Mary University of London

Tarek Virani is Deputy Director of Network. His research spans a number of areas within the creative and cultural economy including: the role of knowledge in the creative and cultural economy, cultural policy, artistic knowledge within locally bounded artistic communities, new work spaces in the creative and cultural economy, the role of micro-community engagement in culture-led regeneration, the role of the creative and cultural economy intermediary, the link between the creative industries and local development, and the internationalisation of creative work. Tarek also consults on the creative and cultural economy and has done work for a number of local, national and international organisations including research institutions and local authorities. He is also Associate Lecturer at the School of Business and Management at Queen Mary University of London where he teaches research methodologies and the creative industries. Finally, Tarek is assisting with the development of two new Master’s degrees being delivered at the School of Business and Management: MA in Creative Industries and Arts Organisation and MA in Heritage Management.