Georgina E. M. Born

Georgina E. M. Born is a Professor of Music & Anthropology at the University of Oxford and a Senior Research Fellow at Oxford University. She has held visiting and permanent academic roles at institutions including Oslo University, University of Cambridge, and University of California-Berkeley. Her career spans sociology, anthropology, and music, with a focus on interdisciplinary research.

Education:

• Royal College of Music (music studies)
• BSc in Anthropology, University College London (1982)
• PhD in Anthropology, University College London (1989)

Her research interests intersect anthropology and sociology with music and media, particularly examining digitisation, mediation, public service broadcasting, and cultural institutions. She has pioneered ethnographic studies of the BBC and interdisciplinary music research.

Scientific Awards and Honors:

• Dent Medal of the Royal Musical Association (2007)
• ERC Advanced Grant for 'Music, Digitisation, Mediation' (2010)
• Fellow of the British Academy (2014)
• Radcliffe-Brown Lecturer (2015)
• Visiting professorships at McGill, Berkeley, and European universities
• Fellowships at Yale, Girton College, Emmanuel College, and Mansfield College

Georgina has contributed to academic training through roles like Director of Studies at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and collaborations on media policy and law. She co-founded the cross-schools Master’s program in Screen Media and Cultures at Cambridge in 2006.