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Victoria Barker is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Centre for Creative Economies. Her work explores the business approaches and value systems of creative freelancers and cultural policy. This builds on her doctoral research on creative ecosystems and networks of value.
Alongside her research role, Victoria is a Collaboration Champion for the National Centre for Academic & Cultural Exchange (NCACE) and a critical friend / stakeholder for a number of arts organisations and projects in the East Midlands.
Prior to academia, Victoria worked as a programme manager in further education policy, and as an independent consultant. She has additional experience in research impact, public engagement and arts & culture evaluation approaches.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Mapping the engagement and impacts of creative and cultural economies in successful local partnerships and place-based policymaking.
Barker, V. (Principal Investigator)
1/08/24 → 31/07/25
Project: Research
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Surviving in a post-COVID world? Creative freelancers, business models and policy support
Barker, V. (Principal Investigator), Henry, N. (CoPI) & Laws, H. (Research Assistant)
1/03/23 → 10/07/23
Project: Internally funded project
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Own Art Gallery Impact Study
Barker, V. (Principal Investigator)
1/10/22 → 31/12/22
Project: Consultancy
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Coventry Made Me: creativity, identity and place
Barker, V. (Principal Investigator)
1/06/20 → 5/10/20
Project: Research
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Creative Freelancer Business Models and Place-based Growth
Henry, N. (Principal Investigator), Sissons, P. (Co-Investigator), Angus, T. (Researcher), Barker, V. (Researcher) & Broughton, K. (Researcher)
1/04/20 → 30/10/20
Project: Research
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Cross-Centre Practice Research Workshop Report
Barker, V., Delahunta, S. & Ingram, C., 30 Aug 2024, Coventry University. 10 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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Creative freelancers in a world of growth- and place-based development
Barker, V., Henry, N., Broughton, K., Sissons, P. & Dickinson, P., 9 Nov 2023, (In preparation).Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Finding the sweet spot: critiquing a cultural ecosystems approach to civic cultural strategy making
Barker, V. & Jordan, J., 3 May 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Cultural Economy. 15, 3, p. 277-292 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Researching During Crisis: Online Interviewing as a (Simple?) Solution
Barker, V., Broughton, K. & Henry, N., 2022, SAGE Research Methods: Doing Research Online. SAGE PublicationsResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Building Back Better? Creative Freelancers and Learning from the Covid-19 Experience
Henry, N., Barker, V., Sissons, P., Broughton, K., Lazell, J. & Dickinson, P., 12 Jan 2021, Coventry. 19 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Creative freelancers – people, places and policy
Barker, V. (Invited speaker) & Sissons, P. (Invited speaker)
21 Sept 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Setting the Scene: An Overview of the Sector Pre and Post Pandemic
Barker, V. (Speaker)
28 Mar 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Prizes
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British Academy Innovation Fellowship
Barker, V. (Recipient), 1 Aug 2024
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
Thesis
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On the creative ecosystem: investigating ecosystem approaches through the creative sector
Barker, V. (Author), 2018Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy
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