The last couple of years involved the creation, editing, publishing and impact of a Journal Special Issue for the European Journal of Cultural Management and Policy This joint work on AI with Dr Murphy was my first experience of being and Editor, and it is hugely gratifying to see the readership and impact of the works continue.

Selected citations (from over 100) of these works show the uptake of the authors’ ideas across academia, industry, education, law and policy – from the academic renown of Theory, Culture and Society and others to the industry impact of the CoStar project.

• Andrews & Hawcroft in Murphy & Franklin 2025 cited in Economics & Sociology, Routledge’s Artificial Intelligence in the Cultural and Creative Sectors and the International Journal of Cultural Policy – on debates in WIPO and WTO, impacting national strategy thinking e.g. France  as well as theory e.g. in International Journal of Philosophy of Culture and Axiology.
• Connock in Murphy & Franklin 2025 cited in the British Film Institute / CoSTAR report on AI in the Screen Sector and atCHI in 2025, directly impacting the industry and Human-Computer Interaction.
• Duester in Murphy & Franklin 2025 cited in Nature’s npj Heritage Science’s review of digital transformation in Chinese museums in Interactive Learning Environments, and in Theory, Culture and Society and in Art Education, impacting understanding of artistic expression, learning and contemporary markets.
• Frost & Vargas in Murphy & Franklin 2025 cited by A Re-framing of Digital Skills for Museums in Museums and Digital Confidence and ESRC Digital Good Network Report – Strategic foresight for cultural Organisations impacting theory, policy and practice.
• Rizzi & Bertola in Murphy & Franklin 2025 cited in Curriculum Model Reform in Higher Vocational Fashion Design impacting pedagogy,  as well as in Electronics and Enterprise Information Systems impacting technology, and in AI and Society impacting policy .
• Westenberger & Farmaki in Murphy & Franklin 2025 in the International Journal of Cultural Policy –regarding World Intellectual Property Organisation and World Trade Organisation debates and Journal of Open Humanities Data position paper on AI and culture at EU and UK levels.

The issue even got acknowledgement in french speaking policy circles: Chaire de recherche du québec sur l intelligence artificielle et le numérique francophones: Picard, Francois-Olivier, and Maxime Harvey. 2026 “Entre création et intelligence artificielle: genèse et dynamique d’une compétition sectorielle au Royaume-Uni.” Note de recherche (V) Projet IA (re)générative pour la culture.