Press release: Small engines of growth: New research finds over 700 small communities of creative businesses in cities, towns and villages across the UK
Study shows the importance of micro creative clusters as engines of local and national growth – The Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre finds 7...
What is the impact of COVID-19 on the creative industries?
Collecting data from across the sector to help policymakers understand and respond to the ongoing crisis Note: this page is no longer being updated At the PEC w...
Calling for a UK Centre for AI and the Creative Industries
A letter of support from the tech and creative sectors ahead of the Comprehensive Spending Review An open letter to the Chancellor in support of our proposal th...
COVID-19: Impacts on the cultural industries and the implications for policy
We’re collaborating with the Centre for Cultural Value on a 15-month research project We’re collaborating with the Centre for Cultural Value on a 15...
Beyond bailouts: three ways the upcoming Spending Review should support the creative industries
The creative industries – from film, to fashion, to creative digital – are now widely recognised as a thriving part of the UK economy, contributing&...
Press release: Just 16% of people in creative jobs are from working class backgrounds and those from privileged backgrounds more likely to shape what goes on stage, page and screen
Research on class imbalances across creative sector & programme of work for a more inclusive sector – New research from the Creative Industries Policy...
As lockdown eased: How our habits of cultural consumption at home are changing
The outbreak of COVID-19 and the halt on many cultural and creative activities, from live music, to museums, and cinemas, has changed the way that we experience...
Call for papers: Creative and cultural ecologies in European urban and regional development
Applications closed on 21st September 2020. An invite to take part in an online workshop and a call for papers The Department of Culture, Media and Creative Ind...
Creative industries and intersectional barriers
This paper discusses the politics of craft value and how it is communicated and recognised. Drawing on interviews with women makers of colour in the UK, the pap...
Creative work and gender
This short talk will briefly present two recent research projects - the 2019 report on the 'representation of Female Artists in Britain commissioned by the Free...
Understanding how our habits of cultural consumption changed during lockdown – newest survey data
Insights from the nine-week study into consumers cultural consumption habits This is the latest release of the data from a survey of people’s consumption of c...
Charities speak
Using data science to understand the arts and cultural charities sector in England and Wales Charities affect all walks of life – they care for underprivi...
Announcing our first commissioned research projects
Research into freelancers, place-based growth and business models in the creative industries Alongside the PEC’s ongoing research programme, we also commis...
Introducing the next wave: from poetry to pottery and illustration to immersive tech
Expanding our network of Industry Champions Engagement with industry is crucial to the PEC’s success. Our network of industry champions help guide us on indus...
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Patrizia Casadei
Senior Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Geography and Environment of the London School of Economics (LSE)...
Call for research proposals
Applications closed on Monday 30th September 2019 Applications closed on Monday 30th September 2019 The Management Board of the Creative Industries Policy and E...
An industry take on policy changes needed in the creative industries
Our Industry Champions identify the policy changes needed to help their organisations and sectors I’ve been advocating on behalf of the creative industries fo...
Wessel Vermeulen
Lecturer in Macroeconomics at Newcastle University Business School...
Salvatore Di Novo
Lecturer in Culture, Media and Creative Industries at King's College London...
Hyojung Sun
Lecturer in the Business of the Creative and Cultural Industries, School of Arts and Creative Technologies at the University of York...
Meet the PEC’s network of Industry Champions
Industry engagement is crucial to our success as a policy & evidence centre for creative industries The impressive growth performance of the UK’s creative...
We are consulting on research priorities
The PEC’s Policy Unit is consulting across the creative industries on research priorities The PEC’s vision is to provide independent research and author...
Introducing the PEC’s International Council
The PEC & the British Council collaborate on international learning for the UK’s creative industries We’re delighted to announce that the Creative Indus...
Frank Lyons
Dean of Research and Impact in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at Ulster University...
Martin Kretschmer
Professor of Intellectual Property Law at the University of Glasgow, and Director of CREATe...
Stuart Allan
Professor and Head of the School of Journalism, Media and Culture at Cardiff University...
Bruce Tether
Professor of Innovation Management and Strategy at the Alliance Manchester Business School...
Press release: New research shows creativity will become even more important to the growth of jobs between now and 2030
First study from the PEC uses 35 million UK job adverts to look at creativity & the future workforce 13th November 2018 – A new study(1) of 35 million...
Martha Bloom
Researcher at the Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex...
Diana Gutierrez Posada
Research Fellow at City REDI at the University of Birmingham...
Eva Nieto McAvoy
Research Associate at the School for Journalism, Media and Culture at Cardiff University...
Cath Sleeman
Quantitative Research Fellow, Creative Economy & Data Analytics at Nesta...
