Brian Yecies

Brian Yecies is Associate Professor in Communications and Media at the University of Wollongong. He teaches and researches various aspects of the creative industries and the digital research methods to study them. His latest book, South Korea’s Webtooniverse (with Aegyung Shim, 2021) offers a new understanding of Asia’s globally facing digital media entertainment platform economy. Presently, he is the lead chief investigator on the 2022-2025 Australian Research Council Linkage Project 'Empowering Australia’s Visual Arts via Creative Blockchain Opportunities' (LP210300009), which investigates IP rights infringement and advanced cybersecurity for visual art creation, promotion, and trade.