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Stan Erraught is a Lecturer in Music Management, Popular Music, and Aesthetics at the University of Leeds, School of Music. He joined Leeds in 2018 after serving as Senior/Principal Lecturer at Bucks New University (2013–2017). His academic background includes a PhD in Philosophy (NUI/UCD, 2010) focusing on Critical Theory and Kantian Idealism, an MA in Philosophy (Essex, 2003), and a BA in Humanities (Open University, 1999).
Research Interests include the political economy of the music industry, aesthetic judgment in popular music, the impact of technological reproduction on listening, and the application of Critical Theory (Adorno, Kant) to contemporary musical practices. He explores connections between music and postcolonial Ireland, streaming's datafication of subjectivity, and the utopian potential in non-autonomous art forms.
Publications highlight his analysis of streaming's ontological effects ('On the Redundancy of Music', 2023) and Irish musical conflicts ('Rebel Notes', 2025). He investigates how algorithmic taste ('Outsourcing Taste', 2019) and silent musical experiences ('I Was Listening…', 2021) reflect broader cultural anxieties.
Supervision includes postgraduate researchers working on projects related to music, culture, and politics. He is a member of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) and contributes to academic discourse through conference presentations and book reviews.
