Transitioning to Sustainable Production across the UK Theatre Sector

Author: Prof Dr Roberta Mock

Examines transitional pathways to sustainable theatre production in the UK

Net Zero as a catalyst in fashion micro and small enterprises

Authors: Professor Dilys Williams, Dr Mila Burcikova, Professor Sandy Black

Fashion, climate and social justice.

Identifying and analysing UK fashion micro-clusters

Authors: Dr Dawn Ellams, Professor Susan Postlethwaite, Dr Patrizia Casadei, Dr Jorge Velez-Ospina

Building regional supply chains that foster sustainable approaches and circular economies

The Motives of Inbound Foreign Direct Investors in the UK Creative Industries

Authors: Dr Jonathan Jones, ​Dr Sara Maioli

Using the Orbis database to explore why international investors choose the UK's creative industries

Fashion MSMEs confronting climate change, COVID-19 and Brexit

Authors: Dr Emmanuel Sirimal Silva, Dr Alessandra Vecchi

The drivers & factors underlying the supply chain relocation strategies of fashion enterprises

The State of Creativity

Author: Hasan Bakhshi et al.

Policy - Research - Industry

The networked shift: A creative industries foresight study

Authors: Rachel Coldicutt OBE, Anna Williams, Dominique Barron

Exploring future directions in the creative industries

Brexit uncertainty and international trade in services: Evidence from the UK creative industries 2014-2019

Authors: Prof Jun Du, Dr Oleksandr Shepotylo, Dr Emine Beyza Satoglu

This discussion paper is based on one of the first studies to look at the impact of Brexit on the Cr...

Post-Brexit migration and accessing foreign talent in the Creative Industries

Authors: Ian Fillis, Mohamed Haddoud Mohamed, Tammy Murphy

Challenges faced by UK creative SMEs recruiting abroad under the post-Brexit visa system.

Working Together – Cooperatives as a creative industry business model

Authors: Kate Oakley, Brian Morgan

How cooperatives operate in the creative industries and what more we can do to support them

The Good Work Review

Authors: Heather Carey, Lesley Giles, ​Dr Dave O’Brien

The first major review of job quality in the Creative Industries

Television production, international trade and pressures to consolidate

Author: Professor Gillian Doyle

How ownership structures of TV production companies impact their performance & the role policy plays

Building sustainable regional music industry clusters

Author: Dr Allan Watson

Post-pandemic recovery and digital opportunities for the UK independent music industry

Understanding createch R&D

Authors: Dr Josh Siepel, Hasan Bakhshi, Dr Martha Bloom, Dr Jorge Velez Ospina

This report seeks to define ‘createch’ businesses and looks at their distinctive features.

Crypto art and questions of value

Authors: Dr Eva Nieto McAvoy, Dr Jenny Kidd

A reference guide to crypto art and non-fungible tokens

Exploring societal challenges through library data

Authors: India Kerle, ​Dr Cath Sleeman

Could data generated by the creative industries be used to shed new light on societal challenges?

Live music ecologies in the UK: A local perspective in the context of the pandemic

Authors: Patrycja Rozbicka, Adam Behr, Craig Hamilton

Exploring the cultural and economic challenges faced by the UK’s live music sector

Creative industries and the climate emergency

Authors: Julie's Bicycle, BOP Consulting

The first environmental overview of all of the UK’s Creative Industries.

The role of the university in enhancing creative clusters

Authors: Dr James Davies, Dr Matt Lyons

Comparing the Cardiff Capital Region and the West Midlands Combined Authority

Creative clusters and sparse spaces: Manchester’s creative industries and the geographies of deprivation and prosperity

Author: Professor Bruce Tether

Taking stock of the creative industries in Manchester through official statistics analysis.

Three ways to support growth in the creative industries

A policy brief for the incoming PM and Cabinet

Creative industries innovation in seaside resorts and country towns

Authors: Lucy McFadzean, Gabriella Giannachi, Joanne Evans

How policy might better support the Creative Industries in Devon and Cornwall similar UK regions

Policy briefing: Creative industries innovation in seaside resorts and country towns

Authors: Lucy McFadzean, Gabriella Giannachi, Joanne Evans

Understanding policy & funding needs of creative industries businesses in rural and coastal regions

What distinguishes creative industry exporters? And does engaging in innovation, R&D and design matter?

Authors: Professor Bruce Tether, Xiaoxiao Yu

Characteristics of exporting creative industry organisations

The nature of foreign direct investment in the creative industries

Authors: Professor Giorgio Fazio, Dr Jonathan Jones

An overview of the characteristics of FDI in the Creative Industries

Assessing the impact of COVID-19 on the arts and cultural sector: British newspaper reporting of the Culture Recovery Fund

Authors: Dr Eva Nieto McAvoy, Professor Stuart Allan

Findings from a study examining newspaper coverage of COVID-19's impact on the creative industries

Mapping and examining the determinants of England’s rural creative microclusters

Authors: Dr Jorge Velez-Ospina, Dr Josh Siepel, Dr Frances Rowe, Dr Inge Hill

A study that looks at where and why rural creative businesses cluster together

Supporting the Creative Industries: The impact of the ‘Preston Model’ in Lancashire

Authors: Professor Philip B Whyman, Dr Adrian Wright, Mary Lawler, Dr Alina Petrescu

How the ‘Preston Model’ of Community Wealth Building is reorganising local economies

Culture in quarantine? Cultural institutions’ uses of Twitter during lockdown

Authors: Dr Jenny Kidd, Dr Eva Nieto McAvoy

How museums and galleries used social media to engage the public during Covid-19 lockdowns

The relationships between cultural organisations and local creative industries in the context of a cultural district

Authors: Natalia Vartapetova, Harry Fisher-Jones, Christie Lam

How planned 'cultural districts' can support local growth

The art of R&D

Author: Hasan Bakhshi

Why the arts, humanities and social sciences should be eligible for R&D tax relief

Starving the golden goose? Access to finance for innovators in the creative industries

Authors: Dr Salvatore Di Novo, Professor Giorgio Fazio, Professor Jonathan Sapsed, Dr Josh Siepel

A paper looking at the barriers that are preventing creative firms from accessing R&D investment.

Policy Briefing: R&D in the Creative Industries

Author: Hasan Bakhshi

A five-page policy briefing with facts and statistics on R&D in the creative industries

Enhancing creative education

Authors: Joy Williams, Emma Pollard, Joseph Cook, Morwenna Byford

New research with 7000+ teachers on creative education in secondary schools

What is the public value of public service broadcasting?

Authors: Professor Stuart Allan, Dr Tom Chivers

Exploring challenges and opportunities in evolving media contexts

A global agenda from the PEC's International Council

11 key actions for the Cultural and Creative Industries

The birth of neo-regulation. Where next for the UK’s approach to platform regulation?

Authors: Professor Martin Kretschmer, ​Professor Philip Schlesinger

A policy briefing outlining the government's plans to regulate platforms and prevent online harms

Pivot to digital: How museums and galleries responded to COVID-19

Authors: Dr Jenny Kidd, Dr Eva Nieto McAvoy, Dr Ania Ostrowska

The experience of moving to digital platforms during a pandemic

Placemaking, Culture and Covid

Author: Trevor MacFarlane FRSA

Insights from our Industry Champions: In partnership with the Centre for Cultural Value

Creative firms and trade

Authors: Dr Salvatore Di Novo, Professor Giorgio Fazio, ​Dr Sara Maioli

Facts and figures from the CIC Access to Finance Survey on the UKs creative trade

The Creative Industries in the UK’s Export Strategy

A policy brief outling the PEC's research into the barriers to exporting for creative businesses

Createch activity in the UK

Author: Juan Mateos-Garcia

An analysis of Createch businesses - where they are, who works for them, and what they need

How to design a creative higher education system that supports economic needs

Author: Lesley Giles

How higher education can be a driver of innovation, skills and economic growth

Social mobility in the creative economy: Rebuilding and levelling up?

Authors: Heather Carey, ​Dr Dave O’Brien, Dr Olivia Gable

A ten-year, ten-point plan to enhance socio-economic diversity in the creative economy

Growth through skills: Lessons from the Thames Estuary Production Corridor

Authors: Lesley Giles, Heather Carey

Lessons for designing effective skills policies for local creative industries

The European Capital of Culture: A review of the academic evidence

Authors: Oriane Nermond, ​Dr Neil Lee, ​Dr Dave O’Brien

A literature review & policy implications of the impact of the Capital of Culture on local economies

Creative places: Growing the creative industries across the UK

Authors: Claudia Burger, Eliza Easton, Hasan Bakhshi

A policy brief summarising PEC's research on the importance of place for the creative industries

Driving local growth: Lessons from the Preston Model

Authors: Professor Philip B Whyman, Dr Adrian Wright, Mary Lawler, Dr Alina Petrescu

How the innovative local growth model in Preston has benefited the creative industries

Cultural brokerage and creative clusters

Author: Professor Paul Moore

How the Future Screens creative cluster in Northern Ireland responded to the impact of COVID-19

Creative Radar 2021: The impact of COVID-19 on the UK’s creative industries

Authors: Dr Josh Siepel, Dr Jorge Velez-Ospina, ​Dr Roberto Camerani, ​Martha Bloom, ​Dr Monica Masucci, Dr Patrizia Casadei

How creative businesses have benefited from being in a microcluster during the pandemic

Mapping the R&D landscape for creative technologies

Author: Juan Mateos-Garcia

Insights from a research project using machine learning to map creative tech projects in the UK

The emergence of platform regulation in the UK

Authors: Professor Martin Kretschmer, Ula Furgal, ​Professor Philip Schlesinger

A discussion paper examining the emerging field of platform regulation in the UK

The Regulation of Online Platforms: Mapping an emergent regulatory field

Authors: Professor Martin Kretschmer, Ula Furgal, ​Professor Philip Schlesinger

A policy brief to accompany the discussion paper ' The emergence of platform regulation in the UK'

R&D, design and innovation: Examining the links in the creative industries

Author: Professor Bruce Tether

A paper examing the responses to a DCMS survey about creative firms and R+D

Freelancers in the Creative Industries

Author: Billy Beckett

A brief to help policymakers understand freelancers in the creative industries

Creating value in place

Authors: Professor Nick Henry, Dr Victoria Barker, Paul Sissons, Dr Kevin Broughton, Peter Dickinson, Jordan Lazell, Dr Tim Angus

A discussion paper looking at the role, contribution and challenges of creative freelance work

Recovery and growth for creative freelancers: during and post-pandemic

Author: Jo Chandler

Insights from our Industry Champions: in partnership with the Centre for Cultural Value

Comparative analysis of pay and conditions: London's West End and New York's Broadway

Author: Heidi Ashton

The employment conditions, wages and precarity of work for freelance musical theatre performers

The challenges facing freelancers in Scottish Film and TV

Authors: Dr Alistair Scott, Dr Neil Davidson

A discussion paper identifying the barriers to sustaining a freelance career in film and TV

Screened out: Tackling class inequality in the UK's screen industries

Authors: Heather Carey, ​Dr Dave O’Brien, Dr Olivia Gable

Our new research, supported by ScreenSkills with BFI funding, calls for change in the Screen sector

Using computer vision to improve on-screen representation

A series about improving issues of diversity in the characters that we see on our screens

Business R&D in the arts, humanities and social sciences

Authors: Hasan Bakhshi, Jonathan Breckon, Ruth Puttick

What R&D in arts, humanities & social sciences looks like in a business setting, and why it matters

On-Demand Culture: How the lockdown is changing games and streaming services

Authors: Raphael Leung, John Davies

An analysis of the effect that lockdown has had on streaming and online gaming

Measuring the economic value of cultural and heritage sites

Authors: Dr Ricky Lawton, John Davies

Major contribution of new guidance, evidence & research on the economic value of culture & heritage

The UK’s international creative trade: A review of the official data sources

Authors: Professor Giorgio Fazio, Dr Salvatore Di Novo, ​Dr Sara Maioli, Professor Jonathan Sapsed, Dr Wessel Vermeulen

A review of the national and international data sources used to measure creative trade.

A review of creative trade in the economics literature

Author: Professor Giorgio Fazio

A review of the economics literature on creative international trade

Beyond the early adopter: widening the appeal for virtual reality

Authors: Catherine Allen, Dr Jenny Kidd, Dr Eva Nieto McAvoy

How cultural industries can increase the adoption of immersive technologies for mainstream audiences

The impact of COVID-19 on diversity in the creative industries

Author: Claudia Burger

Insights from our Industry Champions, in partnership with the APPG for Creative Diversity

Understanding how our habits of cultural consumption changed during lockdown - wave 9 data

Insights from the nine-week study into consumers cultural consumption habits

Creative radar: Mapping the UK's creative industries

Authors: Dr Josh Siepel, ​Dr Roberto Camerani, ​Dr Monica Masucci, Dr Jorge Velez-Ospina, Dr Patrizia Casadei, ​Martha Bloom

Mapping the UK’s creative clusters and microclusters

Beyond bailouts: three ways the upcoming Spending Review should support the creative industries

Recommendations for the 2020 Comprehensive Spending Review stemming from our recent research

Evolution and trends of creative cluster research

Authors: ​Martha Bloom, ​Dr Roberto Camerani, Dr Patrizia Casadei, ​Dr Monica Masucci, Dr Josh Siepel, Dr Jorge Velez-Ospina

A systematic literature review and future research agenda

Business model disruption and innovation during COVID-19 in the creative content industries

Author: Claudia Burger

We consulted our Industry Champions on how their business models are affected by the pandemic

Getting in and getting on: Class, participation and job quality in the UK's Creative Industries

Authors: Heather Carey, ​Rebecca Florisson, ​Dr Dave O’Brien, ​Dr Neil Lee

We find widespread and persistent class imbalances across the UK's creative industries

As lockdown eased: How our habits of cultural consumption at home are changing

Continuing our study of people's cultural consumption at home as the UK moved out of lockdown

International creative students: their significance for UK universities, regions and the creative industries

Authors: Dr Wessel Vermeulen, Dr Salvatore Di Novo, Professor Giorgio Fazio

Investigating the overlooked issue of the international attractiveness of creative degrees

For love or money?

Author: ​Martha Bloom

Graduate motivations and the economic returns of creative higher education

Graduate motivations and the economic returns of creative higher education inside and outside the creative industries

Authors: ​Martha Bloom, Hasan Bakhshi

A clear link between studying a creative subject at university & gaining a meaningful creative job

A skills monitor for the Creative Industries

Authors: Lesley Giles, Mark Spilsbury, Heather Carey

Workplace perspectives: skill needs, mismatches and development in the creative industries

The importance of a UK-wide recovery plan for the creative industries

Authors: Eliza Easton, Claudia Burger

2008 recession highlights lessons for recovery of creative businesses outside London post COVID-19

The changing spatial distribution of employment in creative industry clusters in England 1991-2018

Authors: Ben Gardiner, Professor Peter Sunley

Understanding creative industries growth trends by mapping & measuring creative employment over time

AI and the Creative Industries: The art in the artificial

Authors: John Davies, Joel Klinger, Juan Mateos-Garcia, Kostas Stathoulopoulos

AI already plays a role in the creative industries - how will it shape the sector in years to come?

Relatedness between the Creative Industries and the wider economy: A primer

Author: ​Dr Neil Lee

Exploring the idea that industries using similar skills or tech can develop new sector specialisms

Streaming culture

Authors: Raphael Leung, Professor Martin Kretschmer, Bartolomeo Meletti

Looking back at one of the major innovations in culture consumption of the past decade – streaming

Measuring the creative economy: a guide for policymakers

Author: Hasan Bakhshi

Understanding a segment of the economy that is becoming more important in many countries

Charities speak

Author: Raphael Leung

Using data science to understand the arts and cultural charities sector in England and Wales

12 facts about the UK’s international trade in creative goods and services

Authors: Dr Salvatore Di Novo, Professor Giorgio Fazio, Dr Wessel Vermeulen

It's important we understand the increasingly international sector ahead of UK/US trade negotiations

How policymakers can support local growth in the creative industries

Author: Claudia Burger

We consulted our Industry Champions on local policy interventions which aim to grow the sector

Skills, talent and diversity in the creative industries: critical issues and evidence gaps

Authors: Heather Carey, ​Rebecca Florisson, Lesley Giles

Nine-month evidence synthesis identifies most pressing skills & diversity challenges in the sector

Immersive experiences in museums, galleries and heritage sites: a review of research findings and issues

Authors: Dr Jenny Kidd, Dr Eva Nieto McAvoy

Opportunities and challenges of immersive experiences for arts and heritage organisations

How evidence should guide manifesto promises on the Creative Industries

Author: Hasan Bakhshi

Evidence-led policies for the sector that parties of all colours should include in their manifestos

The creative digital skills revolution

Authors: Hasan Bakhshi, Jyldyz Djumalieva

What are 'createch' skills? And how do we know they will become more important in the future?

Mind the gap: regional inequalities in the UK's creative industries

Author: Professor Bruce Tether

Examining the distribution and growth of the creative industries in the UK at the regional level

The value of creative higher and further education

We consulted our Industry Champions on recruiting talent from post-18 higher & further education

The migrant and skills needs of creative businesses in the UK

Authors: Hasan Bakhshi, Mark Spilsbury

Findings from the January 2018 Creative Industries Council migration and skills survey

She said more

Author: ​Dr Cath Sleeman

Measuring gender imbalances in reporting on the creative industries

Creativity and the future of skills

Author: Jyldyz Djumalieva

New research: creativity will become even more important to the growth of jobs between now and 2030