Dr Steven Hadley

Steven Hadley is a Research Associate (School of Music, University of Sheffield) and Associate Lecturer in Arts Management and Cultural Policy at Queen’s University Belfast. An Associate Consultant with The Audience Agency, he has over twenty years of experience in arts management, and for seven years was Chief Executive of Audiences NI, the audience development agency for Northern Ireland. An internationally recognised expert on audience development, Steven is Policy and Reviews Editor for Cultural Trends. Current research focuses on the relationship of arts management to ideology and cultural policymaking at a national level. Recent publications include work on hyperinstrumentalism in cultural policy, the strategic development of cultural organisations and cultural democracy. His forthcoming book, ‘Audience Development and Cultural Policy’ is published by Palgrave MacMillan.