Daniel Nordgård

Professor, Department of Popular Music, University of Agder

MishMash role: Deputy director

Daniel Nordgård is professor in music business and management at the University of Agder and center director of CreaTeME, the Center for Excellence in Creative use of Technology in Music Education. Nordgård’s research and publications focus on understanding better the music industries’ digital transitions, and with particular focus on three themes: (1) structural change in the music industries, (2) music streaming and digital sustainability, and (3) music policy. He has a broad background from music, foremost as musician and artist, but he also has experience from concert promotion and festival management. Nordgård teaches music business and management at the University of Agder and the Sibelius Academy, He sits on the board of the International Music Business Research Association (IMBRA) and is member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Music Business Research. Nordgård is regularly invited as guest speaker at music business conferences and academic conferences, nationally and internationally, and is regularly used as expert by policy makers and legislators.

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Other projects

• CreateMe

Latest results

Type

Book chapter

1. Book chapter, 2025

   Crowdfunding visual artists: Alternative or complementary financing mode?

   Elisabetta Lazzaro ; Daniel Nordgård

2. Book chapter, 2025

   The skills to pay the bills: new digital skills in a digital and global music market

   Liucija Fosseli ; Daniel Nordgård

3. Book chapter, 2024

   The international music industry: A plural sector adapting to continuous change

   Daniel Nordgård

4. Book chapter, 2022

   The presence and Absence of Policy in the Digital Music Industries

   Daniel Nordgård

5. Book chapter, 2022

   Nesten alene: Artisten, økonomien og bransjen

   Daniel Nordgård

6. Book chapter, 2022

   MUSIC MANAGEMENT IN THE AGE OF THE ALGORITHMS – NAVIGATING BY NUMBERS

   Daniel Nordgård

7. Book chapter, 2022

   The Music Modernization Act: Mechanical Copyright in the Age of Music Streaming

   Daniel Nordgård ; Guy Morrow

Journal article

1. Journal article, 2023

   Financing Preferences of Individual Entrepreneurs: Music Careers in the Spotlight

   Roderick Udo ; Daniel Nordgård ; Lex van Teeffelen

2. Journal article, 2023

   Financing Preferences of Individual Entrepreneurs: Music Careers in the Spotlight.

   Roderick Udo ; Daniel Nordgård ; Lex van Teeffelen

Book anthology

1. Book anthology, 2022

   Rethinking the Music Business: Music Contexts, Rights, Data, and COVID-19

   Daniel Nordgård ; Guy Morrow ; Peter Tschmuck

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