Marion McCutcheon is a Research Associate with the Queensland University of Technology and a Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Wollongong’s C3P Research Centre for Creative Critical Practice. A communications economist, she has worked within the Federal Government in telecommunications and broadcasting policy advisory and research roles. Her current research interests include evaluating the economic and social benefits derived from cultural and creative goods and services—in particular, crime drama series—and the role of the creative industries in economic systems.