Seminar Series: The role of emotions – Cultural interventions and behavioural change
What is the role of art in influencing behaviour change? This discussion brings together ideas from neuroscience, psychology and anthropology to explore the interplay...
Seminar Series: The economic geography of fashion design in South Africa – Potential beyond large fashion cities?
There is increasing recognition that fashion design is an important growth area for the African creative economy and plays a role in job creation and economic development....
‘One Creative North’ plans finalised at summit ahead of Convention of the North
30 organisations meet to set out a bold new vision for the north of England’s creative industries Today (22 February) representatives and leaders from 30 organisations...
State of the Nations: UK Trade in a Global Creative Economy
The online launch of our second State of the Nations report...
Andrea Dempster Chung – Jamaica
Andrea Dempster Chung is the co-founder and executive director of Kingston Creative, an NGO that uses arts to achieve social and economic transformation....
Press Release: Investing in ‘creative clusters’ is key to economic growth– and helping to level up the UK economy
A new report published today, provides fresh insight on where policy intervention could be best targeted to bolster the creative industries and help level up the...
Sawan Rathi
Research Fellow in the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex Business School...
Tolu Stedford
Development Producer at the Independent Film Trust and CEO of Creative Lions Productions...
Dave Moutrey
Director of Culture and Creative Industries at Manchester City Council...
New research calls for change in film, TV and games sectors to improve access and progression for disadvantaged young people
While the film, TV and games industries are one of the UK’s greatest success stories, new research calls for change from the sector to provide disadvantaged young...
Online Launch: Geographies of Creativity – State of the Nations research series
Join Dr Josh Siepel, Senior Lecturer (Sussex University) and Creative PEC Research Consortium Partner for R&D, Innovation and Clusters, as he discusses the findings...
Diana Marcela Rey Vásque – Colombia-Canada
Cultural Statistics Expert at UNDP for Saudi Arabia, Associate Researcher at Lado B...
Omar Nagati – Egypt
Architect, Urban Planner and Co-founder of CLUSTER...
Marcel Kraus – Czech Republic
Head of the Hyb4City department at Charles University's Hybernská Campus, Prague...
Edna dos Santos-Duisenberg – Switzerland and Brazil
Economist, Policy Advisor and Researcher on Creative Economy and Development...
Daniar Amanaliev – Kyrgyzstan
Co-founder and Band Master of ololo group, Chair of Kyrgyzstan’s Creative Industries Park Board...
Culture, Media and Sport Committee’s British Film and High-End Television Inquiry
Creative PEC’s Response Executive Summary In this submission, the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (Creative PEC) addresses several of the questions...
Press release: With coordinated action North of England based creative industries could add £10bn to the UK economy
Today, the Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) and the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (Creative PEC), led by Newcastle University,...
Press Release: ‘Creative Corridors’ can be the key to the UK’s creative industries’ ambitions
Today (Saturday 16 September), three major institutions announce a joint agreement to work together to determine the skills, policies and investment required to...
Alejandro Ramirez-Guerra
Research Associate at Newcastle University Business School...
Mark Taylor
Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Methods at Sheffield Methods Institute, University of Sheffield...
Siobhan McAndrew
Senior Lecturer in Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Sheffield Methods Institute, University of Sheffield...
Jonathan Jones
Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University Business School...
Press release: Relationship between creative industries and gentrification overstated says new study
August 2023 – It’s a commonly held view that the arts drive gentrification. Many city leaders argue that new creative firms and a growing artistic population...
Could the UK be a creative haven for writers? With support from policymakers, yes, says new report
17 August 2023 – The latest Authors’ Earnings Survey, from researchers at the CREATe Research Centre at the University of Glasgow, made for concerning reading....
Speaking with One Voice
A fundamental remit of the BBC, and other public service broadcasters (PSBs) like ITV and Channel 4, is to provide a high quality public service, that informs, educates...