Dr Christian Morgner

MA, PhD, SFHAE

Management School

Senior Lecturer in Cultural and Creative Industries

Dr Christian Morgner
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c.morgner@sheffield.ac.uk
Sheffield University Management School

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Dr Christian Morgner
Management School
Sheffield University Management School
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Sheffield
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Dr Christian Morgner joined the Management School in June 2021. Christian joined the Management School as Senior Lecturer in Cultural and Creative Industries.

Prior to this appointment as Senior Lecturer, Christian was lecturer at the University of Leicester, held a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Hitotsubashi University, Japan funded by the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science and worked as a Research Associate at the University of Cambridge funded by the German Academic Exchange Service. He has also held visiting fellowships at Yale University, University of Lucerne, University of Leuven and the cole des Hautes tudes en Sciences Sociales (Paris).

His research lies within fields like complexity studies, network analysis and creative practices, with a particular focus on diversity and inclusivity. He has a particular interest in grand conceptual questions and methodological innovation in studying global cultural processes and innovation.

Publications

Books

  • Morgner C (2022) The Making of Meaning: From The Individual to Social Order. Oxford University Press.

Edited books

  • Morgner C (Ed.) (2020) Rethinking Relations and Social Processes: J. Dewey and the notion of 'trans-action'. Palgrave Macmillan.

Journal articles

  • Ikeda M, Morgner C & El-Barbary MN (2025) . Asia-Pacific Journal, 23.
  • Morgner C, Dening KH, Dening T & Gibson B (2024) . Medical Humanities, 50(3), 545-554.
  • Morgner C & Peters T (2024) . Poetics, 104.
  • Morgner C (2024) . Cultural Sociology, 18(4), 558-559.
  • Morgner C (2023) . Educational Theory, 73(6), 890-916.
  • Morgner C (2023) . Educational Theory, 73(6), 860-866.
  • Morgner C, Hu X, Ikeda M & Selg P (2022) . International Review of Sociology, 32(2), 265-289.
  • Morgner C (2022) . Global Media and China, 7(1), 126-128.
  • Morgner C & Patel H (2021) . Fire Safety Journal, 125.
  • Morgner C (2021) . Kybernetes, 50(4), 929-941.
  • Morgner C & Aldreabi H (2020) . Journal of Arab & Muslim Media Research, 13(2), 133-153.
  • Morgner C, Ambole A, Anditi C & Githira D (2020) . Urban Forum, 31(4), 513-514.
  • Morgner C, Ambole A, Anditi C & Githira D (2020) . Urban Forum, 31(4), 489-512.
  • Morgner C, Alam E, Ray-Bennett N & Mendez D (2020) Inter-agency collaboration for natural hazard management in developed countries. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Natural Hazard Science.
  • Morgner C (2020) Inclusion and Exclusion in the Art World: The Case of Biennials. OnCurating, 47, 34-50.
  • Morgner C, Hazel S, Schneider J & Tischler V (2019) . Sociological Research Online, 24(4), 514-540.
  • Morgner C (2019) . International Journal of Japanese Sociology, 28(1), 183-208.
  • Tischler V, Schneider J, Morgner C, Crawford P, Dening T, Brooker DAWN, Garabedian C, Myers T, Early F, Shaughnessy N , Innes A et al (2019) . Arts & Health, 11(3), 272-277.
  • Morgner C (2019) System theory and Art: Micro-diversity and Self-organisation. Cybernetics & Human Knowing, 26(1), 47-71.
  • Schneider J, Hazel S, Morgner C & Dening T (2019) . Ageing and Society, 39(8), 1731-1751.
  • Morgner C (2018) . Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie, 55(2), 232-256.
  • Morgner C (2017) . New Global Studies, 11(3).
  • Morgner C (2016) . Cultural Sociology, 10(4), 541-543.
  • Morgner C (2016) . City, Culture and Society, 7(3), 123-128.
  • Morgner C (2015) . Cultural Trends, 24(2), 122-132.
  • Morgner C (2015) . Cultural Trends, 24(2), 194-196.
  • Morgner C (2014) . Empirical Studies of the Arts, 32(2), 275-282.
  • Morgner C (2014) . International Sociology, 29(5), 396-404.
  • Morgner C (2014) . The Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society, 44(1), 33-46.
  • Morgner C (2014) . Historical Social Research, 39(3), 318-336.
  • Morgner C (2013) . Human Studies, 36(4), 509-532.
  • Morgner C (2009) .
  • Morgner C & Molina FR () . Global Media Journal M矇xico, 15(29), 110-136.
  • Donato ME & Dillow MR () . Studies in Communication Sciences, 17(1).
  • Morgner C () . Studies in Communication Sciences, 17(1).
  • Morgner C () . Belgeo(3).

Book chapters

  • Morgner C (2022) Biennials as 壅翌腦瞳 without Walls In Institut f羹r Auslandsbeziehungen (Ed.), Built on Water: The German Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (pp. 261-264). Munich: Schirmer/Mosel.
  • Morgner C (2021) Multiculturalism and Fire-Incidents: Possible Applications to the Polish Context In Ka驕mierczak D (Ed.), VUCA WORLD Competencies for Emergency Services Krakow: Libron Press.
  • Morgner C (2020) , John Dewey and the Notion of Trans-action (pp. 143-194). Springer International Publishing
  • Morgner C (2020) , John Dewey and the Notion of Trans-action (pp. 1-30). Springer International Publishing
  • Morgner C (2018) , The Palgrave Handbook of Relational Sociology (pp. 579-600). Springer International Publishing
  • Morgner C (2014) In Pickard S (Ed.), Anti-Social Behaviour in Britain: Victorian and Contemporary Perspectives (pp. 92-101).
  • Morgner C (2009) , Sozialtheorie (pp. 321-361). transcript Verlag
  • Morgner C (2009) , Sozialtheorie (pp. 73-148). transcript Verlag
  • Morgner C (2009) , Sozialtheorie (pp. 209-276). transcript Verlag
  • Morgner C (2009) , Sozialtheorie (pp. 1-4). transcript Verlag
  • Morgner C (2009) , Sozialtheorie (pp. 9-14). transcript Verlag
  • Morgner C (2009) , Sozialtheorie (pp. 5-8). transcript Verlag
  • Morgner C (2009) , Sozialtheorie (pp. 15-72). transcript Verlag
  • Morgner C (2009) , Sozialtheorie (pp. 277-320). transcript Verlag
  • Morgner C (2009) , Sozialtheorie (pp. 149-208). transcript Verlag
  • () In Lim L & Lee H-K (Ed.) Routledge

Conference proceedings

  • Morgner C (2020) Immaterialities of Jewish Heritage in Modern Society: A Study of the Cultural Conservation Movement in the former Eastern Inner-City Districts of Berlin. Heritage 2020 Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Heritage and Sustainable Development. Barcelos
  • Morgner C & Mariko I (2020) Cultural Policies and Night-time Economies in Germany/Berlin and Japan/Tokyo. International Conference on Night Studies Proceedings (pp 103-120). Lisbon
Grants
  • CI, International Research and Development Fund: COVI19 Disinformation and Response in India, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand: A Comparative Social Network Analysis Study on Twitter, 2020-2021.
  • CI, Horizon 2020 Call: H2020-SC6-TRANSFORMATIONS: Socioeconomic and Cultural Transformations in the Context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution 2019-2021.
  • CI, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science international collaborator grant B: Exploratory research on Restructuring of "Urban Night" in Europe, 2019-2023.
  • PI, Alzheimer Research UK Workshop Grant, Arts Interventions in People with Dementia, 2020/2021.
  • PI, Fire Research and Training Trust research grant: Multiculturalism and Fire Incidents, 2019-2020.
  • PI, Rutherford Fellowship: Urban artistic networks in informal settlements in Nairobi, 2018/2019. CI, AHRC grant: Dementia, Arts and Wellbeing, Network Grant, 2016-2017.
  • PI, ARUK grant bid: Dementia, Creativity and Video-analysis, 2016.
  • PI, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science grant, 2013-2014. PI, Research Grant, City of Paris, 2012.
  • PI, Research Grant from the Swiss Research Foundation, 2010.
  • CI, Research Grant from the German Academic Exchange, 2008/2009.
Teaching activities

I am the module convener for MGT61074 Critical Theories in CCI and contribute to modules on marketing and branding.

Professional activities and memberships

I am member of the Editorial Board of the journal Cultural Sociology and convener of the Theory Group of the British Sociological Association.

PhD Supervision

Dr Morgner would welcome enquiries from prospective postgraduate students, particularly in the following areas:

  • Cultural and Creative Industries Social Theory (in particular on Niklas Luhmanns system theory)
  • Race and Inequality Interaction and Health Disaster and Risk Communication
  • Urban development

He has previously supervised:

Name Thesis title Year of completion
Kaixi Xu The Role of Arts Consumption in Acculturation and Identity Negotiation among Chinese Migrants in the UK 2024

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