[Commlist] Call for Participants: Researching PSM at a Time of Transition PhD Researcher Workshop

Researching Public Service Media at a Time of Transition
PhD Researcher Workshop

University of Glasgow, Friday 5th June 2026

Call for Participants

This half-day workshop aims to provide knowledge to PhD research 
students working on aspects public service media (PSM) in the digital 
era and related economic and policy issues surrounding PSM 
organisations, their purpose, value, resilience and sustainability. Led 
by project PI Professor Gillian Doyle, the research team, all based in 
the Centre for Cultural Policy Research (CCPR) at the University of 
Glasgow, will present and invite discussion of the methodologies and 
findings of an Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) funded research 
study entitled 'PSM and the Digital Challenge: Purpose, Value and 
Funding'. This workshop provides a forum for discussion of issues, 
challenges and opportunities related to carrying out research focused on 
public service media systems at a time of radical transformation. We 
invite attendance from PhD researchers working on relevant research 
themes related to public service media organisations and their role, 
resilience and funding in the digital era.  Travel and overnight costs 
(to a maximum of £300 per attendee) will be reimbursed.
If you wish to participate, please let us know by emailing a brief CV to 
Dr Kenny Barr– (Kenneth.Barr /at/ Glasgow.ac.uk)  -  along with a one-page 
cover note that explains why you feel attendance is appropriate for you. 
  Places are limited and we recommend you get in touch as soon as 
possible and certainly by no later than Friday April 10th 2026.
PSM and the Digital Challenge: Purpose, Value and Funding

This three-year project funded by the UK Economic & Social Research 
Council (ESRC Ref ES/X005690/1) investigates the purpose, public value 
and funding of PSM. At a time when changes in distribution and in the 
economics of the media industry have fuelled consolidation and the rise 
of powerful global competitors, it examines the challenges faced by PSM 
in the UK and how they deliver public value.  New functions such as 
countering online misinformation and disinformation are not merely 
additions but rather they re-position PSM as elements of ‘critical media 
infrastructure’ which is a focus for this project.

The project runs from 2023-26 and is led by Gillian Doyle (Principal 
Investigator), Professor of Media Economics, working with 
Co-Investigator Professor Raymond Boyle and Research Associate Dr Kenny 
Barr, all based at the Centre for Cultural Policy Research (CCPR), 
University of Glasgow.

Further project information may be found at: 
https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/cca/research/ccpr/researchinccpr/psmandthedigitalchallengepurposevalueandfunding/ 


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