Professor Adrian Franklin is a UK-trained social anthropologist and has held professorial positions in the the United Kingdom, Europe and Australia. His research interests include: the sociology of art; museums and museum innovation; art and cultural museums; art publics; cultural ecology; design; urban studies; the sociology of travel and tourism; the social bond; posthumanism and human-animal studies. He has published 11 sole-authored books (1999-2019) and over 100 journal articles and book chapters. He currently is Professor: Creative Industries and Cultural Policy at the University of South Australia.