Shane Homan is Associate Professor in Media and Communications and Head of the School of Media, Film and Journalism in the Faculty of Arts. Shane is an experienced academic leader and researcher who has held a number of roles in the School. 

Research Focus

Shane's research focuses on the following areas:

• Music industry/policy
• Cultural policy
• Music heritage
• Media policy

He has (co)authored 9 books, 19 book chapters and 31 journal articles. Shane's recent publications include Melbourne Music City: Urban Culture, History and Policy (Bloomsbury, 2022) and the Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music Policy (2021). 

Shane has been involved in 14 Australian Research Council and other projects on music and cultural economies, with commissioned reports completed on the Australian recording sector, the NSW live music sector, and music exports. He is currently leading an Australian Research Council project, Community Music Radio: Building the Music-Media Ecosystem (2023-2025) examining the cultural and economic value of community music radio to the Australian cultural economy.

PhD and Masters Supervision

Shane has successfully supervised many student thesis projects, including popular music education; Melbourne nightclubs; the contemporary art gallery; and urban planning in relation to local music economies. 

Industry/Government

Shane is an active participant in a range of industry and government debates across the music industries. He has been a member of the NSW Live Music Taskforce (2013-14); the Victorian Live Music Roundtable (2011-2018); curriculum committee member, Box Hill Institute (2010-14); and a member of the Music Council of Australia (2009-2015). Shane was also General Secretary of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (2005-09).