Matteo Grazzi
Innovation Economist and Lead Sector Specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Innovation Economist and Lead Sector Specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)
Professor of Creative Industries, Centre for Cultural and Media Policy Studies, University of Warwick
Professor at BI Norwegian Business School and the co-director of BI Centre for Creative Industries
Programme Leader, MA Arts and Cultural Leadership programme at LASALLE College of the Arts, University of the Arts Singapore
Professor of Public Policy at the Price School, University of Southern California
Professor of Urban Studies at the University of Glasgow and Programme Director for the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s Place-Based Research Programme Rebecca Madgin trained as a historian and specialised… Read More »Rebecca Madgin
Head of Design Research at V&A Dundee and a Reader in Design at DJCAD, University of Dundee
Full-time researcher at the Regional Center for Multidisciplinary Research of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) Marcos Valdivia is a full-time researcher at the Regional Center for Multidisciplinary Research… Read More »Marcos Valdivia
Research Fellow for Skills and Innovation for the Media Cymru project at the University of South Wales Dr James Davies is a Research Fellow for Skills and Innovation for the… Read More »James Davies
Associate Professor of Public Economics at the Department of Economics and Statistics “Cognetti de Martiis”, University of Turin Enrico Bertacchini is Associate Professor of Public Economics at the Department of… Read More »Enrico Bertacchini
Senior Lecturer in Creative Labour and Cultural Work, Department for Culture, Media and Creative Industries (CMCI), King’s College London Tamsyn Dent is a Senior Lecturer in Creative Labour and Cultural… Read More »Tamsyn Dent
Associate Professor of Business Economics and Management at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Associate Professor of Strategy at the University of Cambridge Judge Business School (CJBS)
Associate Professor at the School of Creative Industries, LASALLE College of the Arts, University of the Arts Singapore Associate Professor Natalia Grincheva is 2026 Digital Statecraft Academic Cambridge Fellow, Leader… Read More »Natalia Grincheva
Head of Creative Economy Section, World Intellectual Property Organization, United Nations
Senior Lecturer in Cultural Sociology at the School of Creative Management, Goldsmiths, University of London George is a Senior Lecturer in Cultural Sociology specialising in psychosocial risk. His research on… Read More »George Musgrave
Professor, KDI School of Public Policy and Management, Founder & Director of the Open Government & Innovation (OGI) Lab
Head of the School of Digital Arts and Professor of Digital Arts and Creative Industries, Manchester Metropolitan University
A guide to help the cultural and creative industries address the rise of AI, from the GCEC.
Introducing A Global Agenda for Creative Resilience, an 11-point strategic framework for strengthening cultural and creative sectors from the GCEC.
Can international cultural policy be shaped by focusing on future generations?
John Newbigin examines the ASEAN approach to sustainability and the creative economy.
Reflecting on the relationship between climate change, cultural expressions and island states.
Eduardo Saravia explores the significant opportunities – and risks – of relying on tourism.
As AI reshapes how culture is made and shared, Ve Dewey asks: Who gets to create? Whose voices are erased?
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 – Wales
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… Read More »Introducing the World Creativity Organization
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
Professor, Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries King’s College London
Professor in the School of Journalism and Communication at the Chinese University of Hong Kong
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
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.
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
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
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
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
Researcher and Senior Lecturer in Creative and Cultural Industries School of Arts Languages and Cultures – AHCP/Institute of Cultural Practices University of Manchester
Full Professor, PhD Department of Business Humanities and Law, Copenhagen Business School
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 – 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
Economist, Policy Advisor and Researcher on Creative Economy and Development
Co-founder and Band Master of ololo group, Chair of Kyrgyzstan’s Creative Industries Park Board
Professor in Quantitative Social Science 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.