Industry Champion Ve Dewey writes on the importance of responsible AI in the creative industries. The contents of this blog are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of Creative… Read More »Rewriting the Logic: Designing Responsible AI for the Creative Sector
Marta Foresti explains the value of international cooperation as she becomes Chair of the GCEC.
Chief Economist at Sound Diplomacy Eduardo Saravia is a cultural economist with over 16 years of experience designing and evaluating policies for the cultural and creative sectors across Latin America… Read More »Eduardo Saravia – Colombia/Germany
Head of the Cultural Policy Hub at OCAD University Kelly Wilhelm (she/her) is a consultant and strategist with more than 25 years’ experience leading policy and innovation in Canadian government, the… Read More »Kelly Wilhelm – Canada
Managing Partner, HEVA Fund Wakiuru Njuguna is a seasoned expert in Africa’s creative industries, with over 15 years ofexperience in structuring investment vehicles, raising capital, and deploying funding tocreative businesses… Read More »Wakiuru Njuguna – Kenya
Co-Director of the Centre for the Creative Economy at Cardiff University Professor Sara Pepper OBE is an award winning and professionally respected creative and cultural industries leader with extensive strategic… Read More »Sara Pepper – UK
Director of Teseo Octavio Kulesz is a philosopher, digital publisher, and director of Teseo, one of Latin America’s leading electronic publishing houses. As an expert collaborating with international organizations such… Read More »Octavio Kulesz – Argentina/Italy
The festival economy: A Priceless Moment in Time Worth GBP 280 Billion in Trade Jairaj Mashru looks at the festival economy and how these large events drive creativity and innovation.… Read More »The Mahakumbh Mela, India, 2025
In part 2 of the blog, our Industry Champions discuss possible solutions to the challenges of lifelong learning in the creative industries
Our Industry Champions discussed the challenges faced in creative industries education and lifelong learning at the recent roundtable.
Senior Policy Officer, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, and freelance Curator, DJ and Producer
President of the Chartered College of Teaching and Senior Deputy Head, Sir William Perkins’s School
Cellist Yo-Yo Ma in conversation with Upstart Co-Lab Founding Partner Laura Callanan at “Investing for an Inclusive Creative Economy”, April 25, 2023 hosted by The Rockefeller Foundation. photo: Simon Luethi… Read More »Unlocking the power and potential of the U.S. creative industries
Edna dos Santos-Duisenberg (member of Creative PEC’s Global Creative Economy Council) & Lucas Foster, founders of the World Creativity Organization, explain where it came from and what it is trying to achieve.
Associate Professor and Director, Center for Global Cooperation and Education Development, USC-SJTU Institute of Cultural and Creative Industry
Andrea Dempster Chung, Co-founder and executive director of Kingston Creative A blog from Creative PEC’s Global Creative Economy Council Jamaica has long been a cultural mecca, with over 4 million… Read More »Island in Transition: The Journey from Reggae Music Mecca to Creative Economy Hub
Dr Martin Smith and Dr Gerald Lidstone look at the history of the British Council’s work in Central Asia
Omar Nagati – GCEC Member and Co-Founder of CLUSTER – outlines the findings of a study into the creative industries in Egypt
Hasan Bakhshi and Rehana Mughal explain what the GCEC is trying to achieve and how the network will work
John Newbigin introduces Creative PEC’s Global Creative Economy Council
Manager of Economic Analysis, Creative Industries Sector, Department of Canadian Heritage
Professor of Cultural Policy at the Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries, King’s College London
Assistant Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Professor of Biobehavioral Economics, Department of Neuroscience, University of Chieti-Pescara
Lecturer and Researcher at Industrial Design Program, FSRD ITB, Indonesia Tita is a product designer, lecturer/researcher at the Faculty of Art & Design, Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), Focal Point for… Read More »Dwinita Larasati
Professor, Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries King’s College London Roberta Comunian is Professor of Creative Economies at the Department for Culture, Media and Creative Industries at King’s College… Read More »Roberta Comunian
Professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at the Chinese University of Hong Kong Anthony Fung is Professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at the Chinese University… Read More »Anthony Fung
UNESCO Chair in Cultural Entrepreneurship and Policy, and Research Associate, University of the Witwatersrand
Professor of Regional Economic Development at the City-Region Economic Development Institute (City-REDI) at the University Anne Green previously worked at the Centre for Urban and Regional Development Studies (CURDS) at… Read More »Anne Green
Centre for Culture and Media Policy Studies at the University of Warwick Heidi is a culture and creative ecology scholar at the Centre for Culture and Media Policy Studies at… Read More »Heidi Ashton
Dr, School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff University Dr Cynthia Carter is Reader in the School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff University, UK. She has published widely on… Read More »Cynthia Carter
Manager, Frontier Economics Rowena is an experienced professional economist, passionate about using economics to provide high quality evidence and design effective public policies. She is currently a Manager at Frontier… Read More »Rowena Crawford
Professor of Economics at Aston Business School Jun Du is Professor of Economics at Aston Business School. She is an applied economist with expertise on internationalization, innovation and productivity. Jun’s… Read More »Jun Du
Independent Researcher Dr Olivia Gable has a research background in creative industries, cultural policy, popular music, and insecure and precarious work. She currently leads research at Paul Hamlyn Foundation (PHF)… Read More »Olivia Gable
Distinguished Professor of Humanities in the School of Advanced Study at the University of London
By Professor Hasan Bakhshi, Director Creative PEC and Professor Giorgio Fazio, Director of Research Creative PEC The Creative PEC’s mission is to grow the evidence base and inform policies… Read More »Introducing the Creative PEC’s Research Fellows Network
UNESCO Chair of Global Creative Economy, and Professor of Cultural Economy, City, University of London. Andy previously established the first Department of Culture and the Creative Industries in the world… Read More »Andy Pratt
Co-Founder and Director of BOP Consulting Paul Is Co-Founder and Director of BOP Consulting, an international consultancy practice for culture and the creative economy. Paul has over thirty years’ experience… Read More »Paul Owens
Assistant Professor, the Erasmus University, Rotterdam Dr. Trilce Navarrete is a specialist in the economic and historical aspects of digital heritage, with special interest in digital cultural participation and the… Read More »Trilce Navarrete
Professor of Economics Department of Economics, University of Southern Denmark Professor Karol J. Borowiecki is internationally recognized as a leading authority on the economic history of the arts. He serves… Read More »Karol J. Borowiecki
Professor/Director Future Screens NI, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Ulster University Paul Moore joined the University of Ulster in 1999. He was head of the School of Creative… Read More »Paul Moore
Professor, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology Stuart Cunningham is Distinguished Emeritus Professor, Queensland University of Technology, Professor, University of Canberra, and Senior Associate, Outside Opinion. He is… Read More »Stuart Cunningham
Paul H. O’Neill Professor IU Center for Cultural Affairs, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University – Indianapolis
Professor, Business School for the Creative Industries, University for the Creative Arts
Senior Research Fellow, University of the Arts London Dr Kaszynska is Senior Research Fellow at University of the Arts London & Research Affiliate at Northeastern University London. She has a… Read More »Patrycja Kaszynska
Research economist Mark has been working on a variety of projects relating to the creative industries, including defining the Creative Industries on behalf of the DCMS, Creative Skillset, Creative and… Read More »Mark Spilsbury
Director of Economic Valuation, Public Affairs Evaluation, Ipsos Dr. Ricky Lawton is a Cultural Economist and Director of Economic Evaluation at Ipsos. Ricky specialises in economic valuation of intangible assets… Read More »Ricky Lawton
Professor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, The University of Sydney Terry Flew is Professor of Digital Communication and Culture and Australian Research Council (ARC) Laureate Fellow at the University… Read More »Terry Flew
Professor of Economics Department of Economics and Economic History Rhodes University, South Africa In addition to her role at Rhodes, Jen is a researcher at the South African Cultural Observatory… Read More »Jen Snowball
Professor, Blockchain Innovation Hub, RMIT University Jason Potts’ work is broadly centred on the study of the creation and use of new knowledge (i.e. technological change) and its institutional context… Read More »Jason Potts
Director, TFCC Dr Tom Fleming is a global authority on cultural policy and the creative industries. His work focuses on advising governments, municipalities and institutions across the world to develop… Read More »Tom Fleming
Associate researcher, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne Researcher and consultant in policy and data analysis for the cultural and creative sectors (CCS), holding a PhD in geography from the University… Read More »Valentina Montalto
Associate Professor, Faculty Director, Center for Cultural Affairs, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University Cultural economist who conducts research on artist labour markets and cultural facilities investments.… Read More »Joanna Woronkowicz
Professor, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University Michael Rushton has a PhD in Economics from the University of British Columbia, and teaches and writes in the fields… Read More »Michael Rushton
Researcher and Senior Lecturer in Creative and Cultural Industries School of Arts Languages and Cultures – AHCP/Institute of Cultural Practices University of Manchester
Consultant and BOP Associate Tom Campbell is a consultant and BOP Associate. Until recently he was Head of Creative Industries at the Knowledge Transfer Network, the business engagement agency of… Read More »Tom Campbell
Full Professor, PhD Department of Business Humanities and Law, Copenhagen Business School Trine received her PhD degree from the Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, 1996. She is an economist… Read More »Trine Bille
Mayor of London’s Ambassador for the Creative Industries John is the Mayor of London’s Ambassador for the Creative Industries. Global Creative Economy Council
Lecturer and Researcher at Industrial Design Program, FSRD ITB, Indonesia Tita is a product designer, lecturer/researcher at the Faculty of Art & Design, Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), Focal Point for… Read More »Dwinita Larasati – West Java, Indonesia
Andrea Dempster Chung is the co-founder and executive director of Kingston Creative, an NGO that uses arts to achieve social and economic transformation.
Research Fellow in the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex Business School
Development Producer at the Independent Film Trust and CEO of Creative Lions Productions
Cultural Statistics Expert at UNDP for Saudi Arabia, Associate Researcher at Lado B
Head of the Hyb4City department at Charles University’s Hybernská Campus, Prague
Vice-President, International Federation on Multimedia Associations
Co-founder and Band Master of ololo group, Chair of Kyrgyzstan’s Creative Industries Park Board
Senior Lecturer in Quantitative Methods at Sheffield Methods Institute, University of Sheffield
Senior Lecturer in Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Sheffield Methods Institute, University of Sheffield
The GCEC’s contribution to the United Nations 2021 International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development.
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 industry’s most pressing challenges, provide expert… Read More »Introducing the next wave: from poetry to pottery and illustration to immersive tech
Senior Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Geography and Environment of the London School of Economics (LSE)
Lecturer in the Business of the Creative and Cultural Industries, School of Arts and Creative Technologies at the University of York
Industry engagement is crucial to our success as a policy & evidence centre for creative industries The impressive growth performance of the UK’s creative industries – from design and advertising… Read More »Meet the PEC’s network of Industry Champions
Professor of Intellectual Property Law at the University of Glasgow, and Director of CREATe
Professor of Innovation Management and Strategy at the Alliance Manchester Business School
Research Associate at the School for Journalism, Media and Culture at Cardiff University
Senior Lecturer in Strategy and Entrepreneurship in the Department of Strategy and Marketing at the University of Sussex
Senior Lecturer in the Science Policy Research Unit at the University of Sussex Business School
Professor of Cultural and Creative Industries at The School of Arts, Languages and Cultures at The University of Manchester
Lecturer in Media and Communication in the School for Journalism, Media and Culture at Cardiff University
UKRI Policy Fellow on Cultural Placemaking and Levelling Up with Department for Culture Media and Sport
Director of Future Screens NI (a part of AHRC’s Creative Industries Clusters Programme) and a Co-Director of Ulster University’s Creative Industries Institute
Professor of Media Economics at the University of Glasgow and Director of the Centre for Cultural Policy Research
Chair of Regional Economic Development at City REDI at the University of Birmingham
