Gilmore, Abigail Dr.
- Dr. Abigail Gilmore is the inaugural Director of the Northwest Culture Observatory hosted by Culture Northwest, the English regional cultural consortium. Prior to her post at the Culture Observatory, Abigail was Research Officer for Arts Council England and was the founding Chair of the Regional Cultural Consortium Research Network.
Abigail has a background in social science and has held several research and teaching posts at UK universities, lecturing in a number of subject areas including cultural planning and policy, sociology, cultural studies and research methods. Her doctoral thesis was popular music and cultural policy, and she has published in academic journals and readers, including the International Journal of Cultural Policy and Cultural Trends.
Current lead projects for the Observatory include the Liverpool Model for longitudinal research and impact assessment of cultural programming and events, and the development of methodologies around public value and place comparison benchmarking.
