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Paul Long is Professor in Creative and Cultural Industries and Director of the Master of Cultural and Creative Industries in the School of Media, Film and Journalism, Faculty of Arts, at Monash University. He holds a PhD in Social History from the University of Warwick awarded in 2002, with the thesis 'The Aesthetics of Class in Post-War Britain'; an MSSc in Cultural Studies from the University of Birmingham awarded in 1997; and a BA (Hons) in Film and Literature from the University of Warwick awarded in 1995. His doctoral work was completed in the Centre for Social History at Warwick, preceded by his Master's in the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies at Birmingham.

Long's academic interests focus on the nature of creative work and lives across the cultural ecology, including professional and non-professional dimensions; the role and experiences of migrants and refugees in the cultural economy; and media and cultural heritage, archives, and histories, emphasizing cultural justice, policy, creative practice, representation, agency, inclusion, archival justice, and creative heritage. He leads an ARC-funded project, Mapping Australian Homemade, Amateur and Do-it-Yourself Cultural Economies. Prior to joining Monash in November 2019, he worked for several years in the Birmingham School of Media at Birmingham City University, where he co-founded the Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research in 2009. He served as Director of the Monash Migration and Inclusion Centre from 2022 to 2024. Key publications include his book 'Only in the Common People: The Aesthetics of Class in Post-War Britain' (2008); 'Media Studies: Texts, Production, Context'; 'Jazz Britannia: Mediating the story of British jazz on television' (2009, with Tim Wall); recent articles such as 'Conceptualizing heritaging in the representation of the revival of the record store and vinyl' (2025) in Continuum; 'Creative futures for cultural heritage: a typology of creative practice in the GLAM sector–towards a creative heritage approach' (2024, with Lauren Istvandity and Sarah Baker) in Museum Management and Curatorship; and 'Australia’s hidden musicians: education and training in rural and regional areas' (2024) in Music Education Research. Long serves on the Advisory Board of the Journal of Class and Culture and is co-editor of the Journal of Beatles Studies with Dr. Holly Tessler.