Dr Andy Ward is a researcher and award-winning songwriter with international impact. His work focusses on the retirement sector and the ways in which it can be innovated and modelled to enhance the lifestyle of people as we age. He advises some of Australia’s largest sectoral operators and work in industry funded research in the retirement and lifestyle space. As part of this work, he leads a multi-disciplinary team of health and creative researchers in a national project exploring the future of the retirement sector reporting directly to industry and government.
Professional Memberships
- International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM)
Awards/Fellowships
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Australian Postgraduate Award 2016-2018
- QUT Faculty of Creative Industries Dean’s Award for academic excellence 2014
Professional Social Media
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Potential Research Projects for HDR & Honours Students
- Songwriting, Music, Production, and Performance
- Narrative Theory
- Sustainability and Creative Economies
Research areas
- performance technology
- songwriting
- music production
Teaching areas
- Music
- Creative Industries
Andy’s main research interests include Musicology, Narratology, Sustainability, Music, Songwriting, and Creative Economies.
In the news
How a global crisis, drift racing and Memphis hip-hop gave us phonk – the music of the TikTok generation
16 AprWhat is phonk music? UniSC's Andy Ward, Briony Luttrell and Lachlan Goold write for The Conversation.
New on-the-job options for Music students
3 Aug 2023A joint effort to tune into the economic potential of the Sunshine Coast’s music industry is spinning benefits for UniSC Creative Industries students.