Catherine Harbor

Catherine Harbor is a Lecturer in Digital Innovation & Analytics at the School of Business and Management, Royal Holloway University of London, affiliated with the Department of Information and Operations Management and the Centre for Critical and Historical Research on Organisation and Society.

• Education: PhD, MMus, MusB, and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA).

Her research focuses on the cultural industries, arts management, and the historical evolution of marketing, particularly in the context of London concerts from 1672–1749. She examines how early entrepreneurial activities shaped the music business, linking historical practices to modern cultural economy frameworks.

Harbor’s publications, including her doctoral thesis and conference contributions, emphasize historical data mapping, archival analysis, and economic history of London’s music scene. Her work bridges digital innovation with historical research, incorporating data visualization and geospatial modeling to reconstruct cultural networks.