Róza Emília Barna

Sociologist and popular music researcher. She completed a Popular Music Studies PhD programme in 2011 at the University of Liverpool School of Music. The title of her doctoral thesis was "Online and Offline Rock Music Networks: A case study on Liverpool, 2007-2009." Her main research areas include the sociology of popular music, the study of the relationship between music scenes or genres and technology, the digital music industries, and the gender aspects of popular music. With Tamás Tófalvy, she recently co-edited the book Made in Hungary: Studies in Popular Music (2017, Routledge). Outside of BME, she also teaches as part of the “University of Music” programme of the University of Pécs. She is Advisory Board Member of IASPM@Journal and member of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) since 2005. Between 2013 and 2017, she was Chair of IASPM Hungary, and since 2012, editor of Zenei Hálózatok Folyóirat (Music Networks Journal). From 2017, she has also been a member of the Working Group for Public Sociology “Helyzet."

Qualifications
2011	PhD - Popular Music Studies (full-time), University of Liverpool Institute of Popular Music
2007	Sociology MA - University of Szeged
2005	English Studies and Teacher of English as a Foreign Language MA - University of Szeged
Academic and professional milestones
2012-	Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology and Communication, Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME)
2011	Doctoral dissertation (Online and Offline Rock Music Networks: A case study on Liverpool, 2007-2009)
Teaching
	Szubkulturális gazdaságok, kreatív iparágak (MA)
	Digitális zeneipar (MA)
	Népszerű kultúra, fogyasztás, identitás (MA)
	Kultúraszociológia/Sociology of Culture (elective)
	A populáris zene/Popular Music (elective)
	Rögzített zene/Recorded Music (elective)
2016 –	Leader of Cultural Spaces MA specialisation at BME
2013 –	Leader of Communication and Media Studies MA at BME
2013 –	Leader of Cultural Industries MA specialisation at BME
2012 –	Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology and Communication, BME
2012 –	Guest lecturer at the "University of Music" (Zenélő Egyetem) programme of the University of Pécs. Taught courses: British Pop Icons (2014); So 90’s – Grunge in the US and Britpop in the UK (2015); Pop Music and Feminism – Women in Popular Music (2017)
2013 – 2014	Guest lecturer at music management schools Zeneipari Hivatal and Majdnem Híres Rocksuli
2011 – 2012	Contracted lecturer at the University of Szeged
2008	Teaching Assistant at the University of Liverpool School of Music
Research
2019 – 2022	Popular Music and the Rise of Populism in Europe. Volkswagen Stiftung. Partners: Universität Oldenburg (Germany), Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences (Italy), Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (The Netherlands), Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Graz (Austria)
2018 – 2022	Creative Labour in the Hungarian Music Industry (NKFIH FK_18)
2014 – 2016	Technology, gender and underground music scenes in Hungary
2013	Cultural Intermediation – Connecting Communities in the Creative Urban Economy. A cross-Research Council research programme in the UK. Arts and Humanities Research Council
2012 – 2013	Innovative Media and Music Heritage Impacting Vocational Education. A Leonardo Partnership Project. Partners: Birmingham City University School of Media; Budapest University of Technology and Economics Centre of Media Education and Research; Dublin Contemporary Music Center; Newthinking Communications GmbH, Berlin; New Music Labs, Groningen; Foundation Modern Science and Education, Dobrich; Tampere College
2012 – 2013	BLAT. A student project exploring subcultural economies and the building of online creative networks led by Gábor Vályi and Róza Emília Barna. The project involved a study trip to Birmingham funded by Campus Hungary.
2007 – 2011	Online and offline rock music networks: a case study on Liverpool, 2007-2009 (PhD research)
Conferences, workshops organised
2020	Gender and Creativity in Music Worlds: MusicaFemina International Symposium Budapest. CEU, 8-9 January 2020.
2017	Communicating Music Scenes: Networks, Power, Technology. Budapest, 19-20 May 2017. Organisers: Róza Emília Barna, Ádám Ignácz and Tamás Tófalvy. Institute of Musicology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, IASPM Hungary and BME Department of Sociology and Communication.
2013 –	Music Networks Seminar series
2007 – 2008	Research seminar series, University of Liverpool School of Music
Membership in professional organisations
2017 –	Member of the Working Group for Public Sociology “Helyzet"
2012 –	2012 –Founding editor of Zenei Hálózatok Folyóirat (Music Networks Journal), the first Hungarian language academic journal dedicated to the study of popular music
2012 –	Advisory board member of IASPM@Journal
2010 –	Member of IASPM Hungary. Treasurer between 2010-2013. Chair between 2013-2017.