About IASPM

The International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) is an international organisation established to promote inquiry, scholarship and analysis in the area of Popular Music. Founded in 1981, IASPM has grown into an international network of almost 600 members world-wide. The organisation’s activities include conferences, publications, and research projects designed to advance an understanding of Popular Music and the processes involved in its production and consumption. To build a large and diverse body of knowledge of Popular Music, IASPM is interprofessional and interdisciplinary. It welcomes as members anyone involved with Popular Music. To preserve its autonomy, the association remains independent of all commercial and governmental interests.

The executive committee of IASPM UK and Ireland:

Chair: Matt Brennan (University of Edinburgh)

Membership Secretary: Freya Jarman (University of Liverpool)

Treasurer: Áine Mangaoang (University of Liverpool)

Member At Large: Mark Percival (Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh)

Newsletter Editor: Seán McLaughlin (University of the Highlands and Islands)

Postgraduate Representative: Alison Eales (University of Glasgow)

Webmaster: Simon Barber (Birmingham City University) (non-Executive)