Research
Creative PEC was founded in 2018 to bridge the worlds of policy, research and industry in the UK’s creative industries. Since then, we have published over 60 in-depth, high-quality research reports, to build a bank of evidence to inform policy to support the growth of the creative sector across a range of fields, from innovation and technology to education and diversity.
Research and Policy
State of the Nations
The Creative Education, Skills, Talent State of the Nations reports provide regular updates on key issues related to the supply of and demand for creative talent in the UK’s Creative Industries. The Creative Education, Skills and Talent theme is led by researchers at Work Advance.
Our Internationalisation State of the Nations reports provide regular overviews of international activity of the UK’s creative industries, in particular international trade, foreign direct investment (FDI) and migration. The Internationalisation theme is led by researchers from the Newcastle University.
The Arts, Culture and Heritage Sectors State of the Nations reports provide regular reporting on key issues of supply and demand facing the Arts, Culture and Heritage Sectors. The Arts, Culture and Heritage Sectors theme is led by researchers at Sheffield University.
The R&D, Innovation and Clusters State of the Nations reports provide regular overviews of R&D and innovation in Creative Industries businesses and creative clusters. The R&D, Innovation and Clusters theme is led by researchers at Sussex University.
Latest Research Reports
Improving economic statistics in the creative industries
Towards multi-regional creative industries satellite accounts In today’s ever-evolving economi…
Explore our published research covering the ten thematic areas of the research programme established in the first five years of the Creative PEC.
