Ruth Towse

Ruth Towse (* 1943 ) is a British economist . She is considered one of the leading figures in cultural economics .

Career, research and teaching

Towse studied political economy at the University of Reading . After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1964, she moved to the London School of Economics , where she graduated in 1966 with a Master of Science in Economics . She then researched and taught at Middlesex University , the City, University of London and the University of Exeter . Together with her Dutch-born husband, Mark Blaug , she moved to the Erasmus University in Rotterdam in 1999 , where she also received her Ph.D. Degree. In 2007 she followed a call from Bournemouth University as a full professor for the chair of “Economics of Creative Industries”.

Towse's work focuses on cultural economics in the field of the labor market for artists as well as in dealing with intellectual property , especially with regard to copyright in the digital age. Her focus is particularly on the music industry . The A Handbook Of Cultural Economics , first published in 2003, and the Textbook of Cultural Economics , published several times in the meantime, are considered standard works in cultural economics. Towse is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts .

Web links

• Profile Towses at Bournemouth University