Monty Adkins

Monty Adkins is a Professor and currently Acting Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research, Innovation, and Knowledge Exchange at the University of Huddersfield. He also serves as Dean of the Graduate School. His primary affiliation is with the Department of Media, Humanities and the Arts within the School of Arts and Humanities. Adkins is a composer, performer, and academic specializing in electronic and experimental music, with notable works released by labels like Cryo Chamber and empreintes DIGITALes. His research explores intersections between digital music, sound art, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Education: He studied music at Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, followed by electronic music studies at the University of Birmingham and University of East Anglia. Key roles include Principal Investigator for AHRC-funded projects like 'Ernest Berk: An Expressionist Outsider' and grants from the Leverhulme Trust and British Academy.

Research interests span digital music aesthetics, experimental composition, and sound spatialisation. His artistic collaborations involve video artists, photographers, and performers such as Claire Barber and Yan Wang Preston. Awards include the Stockholm Electronic Arts Award and multiple prizes at the Bourges Competition. He actively curates concerts and publishes on music technology and education.

Recent projects include the TAAT archive tool analysis (2025) and the 'Lost Voices of Electronic Music' conference (2025). His creative works often address environmental themes and dark ambient genres, exhibited globally in festivals and biennials.