Prof Seamus Simpson
School of Arts, Media and Creative Technologies
Current positions
Chair in Media Policy
Biography
Seamus Simpson is Professor of Media Policy in the Salford School of Arts, Media and Creative Technology at the Â׸£ÀûƬ, UK. He has written extensively on European and global media governance including the volumes: Nigerian Journalism and the Digital Age (2026, Bloomsbury), with Ade Apejoye and Andrew Dewan; Global Standard Setting in Internet Governance (2020, Oxford University Press) with Alison Harcourt and George Christou; and Regulation, Governance and Convergence in the Media (2018, Edward Elgar) with Peter Humphreys.
His research has been funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council, the European Union and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI). He is a past Chair of the International Communication Association Communication Law and Policy Division and was one of the founding editors of the Oxford Research Encyclopaedia of Communication (Oxford University Press). He is a member of the ESRC Peer Review College and is Â׸£ÀûƬ Institutional Lead on the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council North West Consortium Doctoral Training partnership. He is Advisory Board member of the International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics.
Areas of Research
All aspects of the regulation and governance of the communications industries.
European Union media policy
Areas of Supervision
I have supervised 27 research degrees to completion (26 PhD; 1 MPhil - 23 as main supervisor; 4 as co-supervisor) and am able to supervise projects in all aspects of the cultural, economic, political and social dimensions of media and communications.
Interests, Power and Media Policy.
Political and Campaigning Journalism.
Global Perspectives on Journalism.
Qualifications
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PhD
1988 - 1992
Recognitions
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Institutional Lead (Â׸£ÀûƬ) AHRC North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership