Ulster University PhD researcher Paul O’Hagan’s Future Screens NI Future Creatives award was used for mentoring experience with Peter Jenner in support of research. Drawn from Sincere Management, Jenner is a veteran music manager and activist for creators’ rights. Peter’s background working with artists and record labels over five decades presented a unique opportunity for a mentorship related to O’Hagan’s PhD topic examining music copyright and moral rights as a lived practice.
Over a period of nine months, Sincere Management scheduled and supported a series of weekly phone calls with Peter Jenner. Each conversation lasted approximately 50 minutes and over the period a close rapport developed which opened many areas of interest. Peter’s role as a mentor has enhanced and enriched O’Hagan’s PhD research and has been invaluable in developing not just a sense of actuality, (i.e. how the Creative Sector works), but also of potentiality, (i.e. how the Creative Sector ‘ought’ to work, or might work better).
Following PhD submission, Paul O’Hagan intends to continue working with Sincere Management, with an aim of publishing a joint paper on label services with Peter Jenner.
The Future Creatives scheme was designed to enable participants to make a step change in their research and innovation by enhanced leadership and collaboration skills and developing new practices in the field of creativity and technology. Each awardee has been matched with an industry or academic mentor working at the cutting edge of new, emerging and immersive technologies.