Tim Wall

Tim Wall is Professor of Radio and Popular Music Studies at the Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research, Birmingham City University. His career spans academic research, editorial leadership, and collaborative industry work with the BBC and independent music enterprises.

• Research areas: Popular music history, media theory, radio broadcasting, and cultural representation
• Key projects: Global Reggae Research Project, social media citizen journalism studies in Middle Eastern and North African contexts

His publications and projects reveal a focus on media historiography, musical subcultures, and transnational broadcasting. Recent work examines Caribbean diasporic podcasts, early BBC jazz programming, and the political economy of digital media.

Scientific Recognition:

• AHRC Knowledge Transfer Fellowship
• Editorial leadership: The Radio Journal
• Foundational work on Northern Soul and Reggae studies