>> HomeBlog7 July 20238 December 2023 Climate and Sustainability Reflections from Creative Industries 2025: The Road to Sustainability Emily Hopkins Cross-cutting Creating value: the creative economy beyond culture by Marta Foresti Marta Foresti AI, Intellectual Property and Regulation Taking stock of the Creative Industries Sector Plan Bernard Hay Global Creative Economy Council Conversations between the Global North and South Dr Steven Hadley Arts, Culture and Heritage Why higher education matters to the arts, culture and heritage sectors Professor Dave O'Brien Business Models and Access to Finance What does the 2025 Spending Review mean for the creative industries? Bernard Hay Business Models and Access to Finance Bridging the Imagination Deficit Professor Nick Wilson Skills, Jobs and Education Why accredited qualifications matter in journalism Mark Spilsbury Geography of the Creative Industries All Together Now? Dr Josh Siepel Global Creative Economy Council The Mahakumbh Mela, India, 2025 Jairaj Mashru Diversity and Inclusion Class inequalities in film funding Professor Dave O'Brien Geography of the Creative Industries Creative self-employed workforce in England and Wales Dr Ruoxi Wang Business Models and Access to Finance What just happened to funding for culture in Scotland? Clive Gillman AI, Intellectual Property and Regulation Copyright and AI - a new AI Intellectual Property Right for composers, authors and artists Dr Jeremy Silver Cross-cutting Creative PEC: A Year in Review Creative PEC Business Models and Access to Finance Measuring the economic value of digital culture Professor Hasan Bakhshi MBE Business Models and Access to Finance Lifelong learning in the creative industries, part 2: the solutions Nik Gunn Diversity and Inclusion Lifelong learning in the creative industries - part 1: the challenges Nik Gunn Geography of the Creative Industries Creative Corridors: Connecting Clusters to Unleash Potential Emily Hopkins Business Models and Access to Finance Creative UK Access to Finance Survey: Share Your Views Professor Hasan Bakhshi MBE Global Creative Economy Council Unlocking the power and potential of the U.S. creative industries Laura Callanan Arts, Culture and Heritage Reflecting on a year of State of the Nations reports Alice Kent AI, Intellectual Property and Regulation Copyright protection in AI-generated works: Evolving approaches in the EU and China Kristofer Erickson Global Creative Economy Council Introducing the World Creativity Organization Edna dos Santos Consortium Partners Island in Transition: The Journey from Reggae Music Mecca to Creative Economy Hub Andrea Dempster Chung Global Creative Economy Council UK engagement in Central Asia: Education and the creative economy in the territories of the ‘new Silk Roads’ Dr Martin Smith Global Creative Economy Council Creative Industries in Egypt: An Overview Omar Nagati - CLUSTER Global Creative Economy Council Hasan Bakhshi and Rehana Mughal introduce the Global Creative Economy Council Professor Hasan Bakhshi MBE Global Creative Economy Global Creative Economy Council: An introduction from the Former Chair John Newbigin Cross-cutting Creative PEC's response to the Spring Budget 2024 Nik Gunn AI, Intellectual Property and Regulation Copyright protection in AI-generated works Kristofer Erickson The Value of Arts and Culture The economic value of cinema venues to their communities Hasan Bakhshi Diversity and Inclusion Creative diversity in higher education Alice Kent R&D and Innovation Estimating the Contribution of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (AHSS) R&D to Creative Industries R&D Dr Josh Siepel Public Service Broadcasting The Media Bill and the future of Public Service Broadcasting policy Dr Tom Chivers R&D and Innovation Creative spillovers: Do the creative industries benefit firms in the wider economy? Rowena Crawford Business Models and Access to Finance The PEC’s response to the 2023 Spring Budget Benjamin Kulka Public Service Broadcasting Re-imagining Channel 4’s Future Dr Tom Chivers The Value of Arts and Culture A new deal for arts funding in England? Dr Salvatore Di Novo Geography of the Creative Industries Too many demands are being placed on universities to support their regional economies, without sufficient support and partnership Dr James Davis AI, Intellectual Property and Regulation Can you own a pixel? Dr Jenny Kidd Business Models and Access to Finance What the Autumn Budget means for the Creative Industries Benjamin Kulka Business Models and Access to Finance Trade in creative services: scale, trends, and geography Dr Neil Lee AI, Intellectual Property and Regulation How data analysis of colour can help courts make objective decisions about trademarks Xiaoren Wang Geography of the Creative Industries How a placed-based employment programme is bringing creative workers back to Northern Ireland Professor Paul Moore AI, Intellectual Property and Regulation New research suggests regulation could actually enhance user-creativity on the platform giants Xiaoren Wang Business Models and Access to Finance How Research and Innovation can help level-up the Creative Industries Professor Andrew Chitty Cross-cutting Creative Clusters Case Studies Creative PEC Cross-cutting How to find out more about your local Creative Industries Eliza Easton Cross-cutting Eight things to know about the Creative Industries Billy Becket Diversity and Inclusion Class inequality in the Creative Industries is rooted in unequal access to arts and cultural education Dr Heidi Ashton Geography of the Creative Industries How can policy makers help rural creative businesses contribute to Levelling Up? Dr Jorge Velez-Ospina Public Service Broadcasting Channel 4: Streaming on the world stage? Competing in the Changing Media Landscape Dr Kenny Barr Public Service Broadcasting Envisioning Broadcasting Anew: the future of UK broadcasting policy Dr Tom Chivers Public Service Broadcasting Privatising Channel 4: The evidence behind the debate Dr Tom Chivers Skills, Jobs and Education Differences in creativity across Art and STEM: We are more alike than unalike Kim van Broekhoven Cross-cutting How our Industry Champions helped define our policy priorities for 2022 Dr Tom Cahill-Jones R&D and Innovation A new age for the creative industries…and the UK Samantha Lynch R&D and Innovation Agile innovation funding is the solution for the UK Creative Industries Tom Fiddian R&D and Innovation Key Facts About R&D in the Creative Industries Dr Josh Siepel R&D and Innovation How lessons from UKRI's Creative Industries Challenge Programmes should transform the way we invest in R&D Professor Andrew Chitty Blog Creative R&D: where are we now? Chris Michaels Cross-cutting How to support the creative industries around the world Alice Kent Skills, Jobs and Education What value Higher Education? Professor Anna Vignoles Skills, Jobs and Education Wired! How 24/7 culture can put pressure on social media employees in the creative industries Alice Kent Geography of the Creative Industries PEC's comment on the 2021 Spending Review and Autumn Budget Eliza Easton The Value of Arts and Culture Art, climate science and policy Stephen Bennett Business Models and Access to Finance Managing transition in the UK fashion sector Professor Sandy Black Business Models and Access to Finance How theatre can contribute to the UK's net-zero targets Prof Dr Roberta Mock R&D and Innovation Investment into R&D will be vital for the recovery of creative and cultural organisations Dr Tarek Virani Diversity and Inclusion What works to support equity, diversity, and inclusion in the Creative Industries? Professor Dave O'Brien Geography of the Creative Industries The austerity decade: local government spending on culture Dr Bethany Rex Geography of the Creative Industries When policy meets place: ‘Levelling Up’ and the culture and creative industries Dr Abigail Gilmore Business Models and Access to Finance Plugging the Data Gap: Freelance Workers in the Creative Industries Dr Inge Panneels Skills, Jobs and Education How differently has the creative workforce fared under COVID-19? Professor Hasan Bakhshi MBE Skills, Jobs and Education Freelancers in the Dark Dr Josh Edelman Skills, Jobs and Education One size can’t fit all Creative PEC International, Trade, and Immigration How the pandemic is impacting creative sectors around the world Creative PEC International, Trade, and Immigration The Brexit shock in the UK's fashion and textile industry Dr Patrizia Casadei The Value of Arts and Culture A little greyer and a bit more rectangular? Dr Cath Sleeman Skills, Jobs and Education What does the Skills for Jobs White Paper mean for Creative Industries? Lesley Giles International, Trade, and Immigration The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement Professor Giorgio Fazio AI, Intellectual Property and Regulation Gating the gatekeepers Professor Martin Kretschmer International, Trade, and Immigration The impact of Brexit on UK's cultural and creative sectors: More heat than light? Pier Luigi Sacco Skills, Jobs and Education A jobs crisis in the cultural and creative industries Dr Gwilym Owen Business Models and Access to Finance Why regulating the public sphere matters more than ever Kerry Patterson Business Models and Access to Finance What we learned about digital cultural consumption as we went in and then came out of lockdown Professor Hasan Bakhshi MBE Geography of the Creative Industries Small engines of growth: Understanding creative microclusters Dr Josh Siepel Skills, Jobs and Education Who is working second jobs in the creative economy? 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