The F-List Gender in Music Research Hub
The F-List Research Hub is a growing collective of feminist and interdisciplinary researchers, dedicated to evidence-led activism which aims to create an environment in which women and gender diverse people in the music industries will be able to more successfully start and sustain their music careers for longer.
Research is embedded into the foundation of The F-List as stated in our core company aims and our vision of helping women and gender diverse musicians sustain their music careers.
To this end we have formed a network of over 80 feminist researchers examining every aspect of women in music. You can search The F-List directory to see the whole network under ‘Music Researcher’. We have formed in order to bring attention to the growing body of research in this area, amplify the awareness of that research, connect with each other and collaborate. We host monthly online Research Hours sharing and discussing our work and organise an annual conference.
We are organised by a Steering Group, a sub-committee of The F-List board, consisting of the following researchers:
Here is a small selection of highlighted work from Research Hub members from recent years:
- June 2022: Conference Paper: Potocnik: ‘Revitalising the UK Music Industries in the Aftermath of Covid-19: a Feminist Critique of Music Copyright‘ (40th Annual Congress of the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP), University of Copenhagen)
- 02 March 2022: Research Paper: Parsley ‘Feeling Your Way As An Occupational Minority: The Gendered Sensilisation of Women Electronic Music Artists‘ (Management Learning)
- 25 January 2022: Conference Paper: Jankowska, L. & Young, K ‘Co-composition in boundarymind as a feminist methodology’ (Sibelius Academy, Helsinki; Gender and Musianship Study Days (online)
- 19th January 2022: Songwriting Roundtable: Daniels: ‘Why We Write Songs II’ Songwriting Studies Research Network
- 18 November 2021: Conference Paper: Potočnik ‘Leaving the Pink Ghetto: Amplifying Feminist Voices in Intellectual Property Policy’ (King’s Hall Intellectual Property Association’s Culture Week at University of California, UC Davies Law School (hybrid)
- 1-3 September 2021: Conference Paper: Bain ‘The Original Gig Economy – Gendered Precarious Working in the Music Industry’ (The Third International Conference on Women’s Work in Music, Bangor University)
30-31 October 2020: Conference Paper: Potočnik ‘Exposing Gender Bias in IP: The Music Industry’ Sixth Annual IP Mosaic Conference: The Arc is Hot! Using IP to Further Social Justice, US (online)
- May 2021: Hamer (ed): The Cambridge Companion to Women in Music since 1900 Cambridge University Press
- January 2021 and November 2023: Hamer, Minors, Watson, Di Laccio: AHRC-funded Women’s Musical Leadership Online Network (WMLON) | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (open.ac.uk)
Our research informs our activism; we regularly respond to government inquiries and formally submit evidence. To read more about them go to this page here https://thef-listmusic.uk/what-we-say/government-submissions/
