The ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCI) was an Australian research centre that undertook research in media studies, cultural studies, communication studies, law, education, economics, business technology, and information technology, related to the creative economy,See for example, "The Coming of Age", Fast Thinking, August 2010; "The price of our great digital divide", The Weekend Australian , 14–15 May 2011, accessed 2 September 2011; "Games pioneer shoots down sexual stereotypes", The Australian 31 May 2011, accessed 2 September 2011; "Timely boost for creativity with extra $23m of federal funding", The Australian 25 February 2009, accessed 2 September 2011; 24 June 2008, accessed 2 September 2011; "Encourage product experimentation", Sun Star 24 August 2011, accessed 2 September 2011; "Ageing non-Internet users facing problems as more services move online", ITWire 10 August 2011, accessed 2 September 2011. between 2005 and 2013.
History The Centre was formally established in 2005 with core funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC), the Australian Government's main agency for allocating research funding to academics and researchers in Australian universities, for the period 2005 to 2010.Australian Research Council "ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation" , Australian Research Council website, accessed 23 August 2011. At this time, a series of government-commissioned reports on Australia's innovation system had recently argued for a national commitment to creative innovation.See for example, QUT CIRAC (Creative Industries Research and Applications Centre) and Cutler & Co. "Research and Innovation Systems in the Production of Digital Content" , Report for the National Office for the Information Economy, September 2003; Higgs P. and Kennedy T. "From Cottages to Corporations: Building a Global Industry from Australian Creativity. Creative Industries Cluster Study volume 3", Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, 2004; and House of Reps. "From Reel to Unreal: Future opportunities for Australia’s film, animation, special effects and electronic games industries", Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, June 2004. ARC funding was extended, following an ARC review in 2008, for the period 2010 to 2013.Australian Research Council "ARC Centres of Excellence (2005 cohort) 2008 Extension Reviews – Selection Report for funding commencing in 2010" , Australian Research Council website, accessed 23 August 2011. Description CCI was the first ARC centre of excellence in the humanities and creative arts.Australian Research Council "ARC Centres of Excellence Funded projects 2005" and "ARC Centres of Excellence Funded projects 2003" The Centre was based in Brisbane, Australia, at the Kelvin Grove Campus of the Queensland University of Technology.
The Directorate and largest research node of CCI were located at Queensland University of Technology.Creative Industries Faculty, Queensland University of Technology . The second largest research node was at Swinburne University of Technology. Smaller research nodes were located at other research partner institutions: RMIT University, Deakin University, University of New South Wales,Journalism and Media Research Centre, University of New South Wales Edith Cowan University, Curtin University and Australian Film Television and Radio School.
Notable staff Staff included: Stuart Cunningham, Director Jean Burgess, Deputy Director Brian Fitzgerald John Hartley Lelia Green
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Further reading ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCI) (archived link)