For more than 40 years, hardcore and punk have promised to offer an alternative to what is perceived as the norm and the mainstream. Hardcore Research: Punk, Practice, Politics provides a comprehensive insight into some of the most active, outspoken, and widely received scholarly positions in the academic discourses on hardcore and punk and combines them with a variety of new and emerging voices. The book brings together scholars with personal ties to past and present hardcore and punk scenes, who present both insightful and critical examinations of the rich and varied histories of this subcultural phenomenon and its current reverberations at the intersection of cultural practice and academic research.

Konstantin Butz is an assistant professor at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne in Germany. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Cologne in 2012 with a dissertation on the subculture of skate punk.
Robert A. Winkler is an assistant professor at the Paris-Lodron-University Salzburg in Austria. He received his Ph.D. from the International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC) at Justus-Liebig-University Gießen in 2019 with a dissertation on race and gender in hardcore punk.