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2025
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The next International Music Business Research Days (IMBRDs) conference, Music and IP, will be held at the University of Hertfordshire, United Kingdom 11 – 13 June 2025.
2024
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15th International Music Business Research Days, Music Ecosystem Research: Challenges and Opportunities, June 5 - 7, Hanover University of Music, Drama and Media, Department of Journalism and Communication Research, Germany
2023
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The 14th International Music Business Research Days, Towards Sustainability in Music Business? Balancing new business models, changing labor conditions and new competences, November 1-3, University of Agder, Department of Popular Music, Kristiansand, Norway
2022
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13th International Music Business Research Days Parallel Worlds in the Music Industry, October 18 – 20, University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, Austria
2021
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12th International Music Business Research Days Staging popular music: sustainable music ecologies for artists, industries and cities, November 3-5, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands
We are a global community of scholars and students who research the music business. As the international music business research association, we are dedicated to advancing our understanding of the music business through rigorous research and scholarly collaboration.
Feel free to explore our website to learn more about our ongoing projects, publications, and events. We are committed to fostering a vibrant exchange of ideas and knowledge in the field of music business research.
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International Music Business Research Days​
​International Music Business Research Days (IMBRD) began in 2010 as the Vienna Music Business Research Days. This annual academic conference was renamed IMBRD in 2020. The conference brings scholars from many disciplines together with music business professionals in a different international location each year. The conference provides a platform for the presentation of the latest music business research, and a forum for debate and the exchange of ideas.
The field of music business studies is multidisciplinary; scholars who research the economics of the arts, musical creativity, the sociology of music, the law, culture and technology come together for this event in order to enhance our understanding of the creation, dissemination, and reception/consumption of music.
