This report identifies a burgeoning movement of investing for impact in the cultural and creative sectors globally, emerging at the precise moment that the sector urgently needs to examine new… Read More »Impact Investing in the Cultural and Creative Sectors: Insights from an emerging field
Today, the Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) and the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (Creative PEC), led by Newcastle University, say there is a ‘clear opportunity’… Read More »Press release: With coordinated action North of England based creative industries could add £10bn to the UK economy
A new study by Tasos Kitsos, Max Nathan, and Diana Gutierrez-Posada finds only a minor influence of creative firms and workers on neighborhood gentrification in England and Wales between 2001-2011.… Read More »Creative Destruction? Creative firms, workers and residential gentrification
Crypto Art is a novel, emerging creative form that is entirely digital, and native to the internet. It is closely associated with, and dependent upon, other emerging technologies such as… Read More »Crypto art and questions of value
From film credits to library catalogues, the creative industries are constantly, passively generating rich textual data. Could this data be used to shed new light on societal challenges? At Nesta,… Read More »Exploring societal challenges through library data
In 2019, the UK’s live music sector was valued at over £1.3 billion. After almost a decade of strong growth the sector helped push the UK music’s overall GVA from… Read More »Live music ecologies in the UK: A local perspective in the context of the pandemic
A sector by sector overview of activity taking place in the creative industries to achieve Net Zero Wednesday 19 October 2022 – Ahead of COP 27, a landmark new report… Read More »Press release: Landmark report on the Creative Industries and Climate Emergency heralded as a ‘call to action’
The economic geography of the UK is highly uneven, with many of the largest clusters concentrating in the greater South East of England and some large metropolitan areas in the… Read More »Supporting the Creative Industries: The impact of the ‘Preston Model’ in Lancashire
Cultural institutions, such as museums and galleries, are important for local communities. They are places that preserve and promote cultural heritage, and can be sources of familiarity, inspiration and pride. … Read More »Culture in quarantine? Cultural institutions’ uses of Twitter during lockdown
A literature review & policy implications of the impact of the Capital of Culture on local economies
A paper examing the long-term impacts of the creative industries on surrounding urban economies
This discussion paper feeds into our wider research on freelancers, considering the employment conditions and wages of freelance musical theatre performers. The paper compares the employment situations of musical theatre… Read More »Comparative analysis of pay and conditions: London’s West End and New York’s Broadway
A major contribution of new guidance, evidence and research on the economic value of culture and heritage Visiting a free museum, walking past a historic building, going to a theatre:… Read More »Measuring the economic value of cultural and heritage sites
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-month research project Project overview This national… Read More »COVID-19: Impacts on the cultural industries and the implications for policy
Policy debates on the creative industries are mired in ambiguities and inconsistencies in terminology. Policymakers speak interchangeably of creative industries, cultural industries and creative economy. Cunningham (2009) compares the creative… Read More »Measuring the creative economy: A guide for policymakers
Using data science to understand the arts and cultural charities sector in England and Wales Charities affect all walks of life – they care for underprivileged people; they provide spaces… Read More »Charities speak
Interest in immersive experiences in museums and heritage sites has increased in recent years in response to challenges faced by the sector and the potential of emerging technologies. Arts and… Read More »Immersive experiences in museums, galleries and heritage sites: a review of research findings and issues