Biography
Scott McQuire has a strong interest in interdisciplinary research and has lectured in disciplines including politics, sociology, cinema studies, art and architecture, and media and communication. His research explores the social effects of media technologies, with particular attention to their impact on the social relations of space and time, and the formation of identity. His most recent book, The Media City (2008) traces the way in which cities have become increasingly media-dense environments, transforming previous conceptions of public and private space. He is also Chief Investigator on two current ARC projects examining the impact of large screens in public space.
Scott is an active researcher who has been a Chief Investigator on seven Australian Research Council funded projects. He has previously held a number of research fellowships including a visiting fellowship at the Department of Film, Theatre and Television, UCLA (1998), an ARC Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship (1999-2001), and a visiting fellowship at the Celeste Bartos International Film Study Center, Museum of Modern Art, New York (2000). He has also received funding from the Australia Council for the Arts, and has undertaken research consultancies for the Communications Law Centre, the Australian Film Commission and the Australian Key Centre for Media and Cultural Policy. Scott returned to the University of Melbourne to help establish the Media and Communication Programme in 2001, and is currently Chair of the Research and Research Training Committee in the School of Culture and Communication.
Research Expertise and International Linkages
Research Expertise
International Linkages
Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other
Awards
Qualifications
| Title |
Institution |
Date Awarded |
Abbreviation |
| Doctor of Philosophy |
University of Melbourne |
31-Dec-1995 |
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Government Research Classifications
Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications
Socio-Economic Objective Classifications
Grants and Contracts
Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.
Grants
| Title |
Role |
Funding Source |
Scheme |
Award Date |
| The spatial impact of digital technology on contemporary art and new art institutions |
Chief Investigator |
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL |
Discovery Projects |
01/01/2004 |
| Public screens and the transformation of public space |
Chief Investigator |
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL |
Discovery Projects |
01/01/2007 |
| Large screens and the transnational public sphere |
Chief Investigator |
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL |
Linkage Projects |
01/01/2009 |
Additional Grant and Contract Information
- Australia Council for the Arts, 2005, $5000 for 'Empires, Ruins and Networks' conference publication (with Professor Nikos Papastergiadis)
- ARC LIEF 2004 (LE0453517) ‘240 x 360 Degree Digital Video Camera for Interactive Immersive Visualization Research Applications’, $205, 800 (one of 11 CIs)
- ARC Linkage Project 2004-2005, (LP0453638), ‘Reformulating Museological Narrative Using Three Models of cCnematic Interactivity’, $128 205 (One of 10 CIs)
- Australia Council for the Arts 2004, $77 000 for ‘Diasporic Networks’ (with Professor Nikos Papastergiadis and Dr. Geert Lovink)
- ARC Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship, 1999-2001, ‘Space, Place and Identity in the Information Age’, (sole CI).
Publications
Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.
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