Publications

Investment into R&D will be vital for the recovery of creative and cultural organisations

Tarek Virani looks at the impacts of the pandemic on the UK’s creative and cultural sector, and why the evidence...

South West Creative Technology Network Final Report

The South West Creative Technology Network (SWCTN) was a three year Research England funded project which aimed to promote creative...

From catastrophe to hybridity to recovery?

South West Creative Technology Network Interim Report

In this interim report we begin to share our learning and highlight the diversity of impacts that the South West...

Creative Producers International Final Report

Creative Producers International gathered together a dynamic network of creative producers from across the world. It aimed to enhance individual...

Network for Creative Enterprise Final Report

The Network for Creative Enterprise (NfCE) was established in October 2017 to help freelancers, artists, creative practitioners, start-up microbusinesses, and...

Understanding, capturing, and assessing value in collaborative design research

This paper is an editorial for a collection of papers in the CoDesign Journal that respond to a tension between...

Contributing to the creative economy imaginary: universities and the creative sector

This paper explores the relationship between the creative economy and universities. As funders, educators and research bodies, universities have a...

Rethinking ‘knowledge exchange’: new approaches to collaborative work in the arts and humanities

This paper explores approaches to collaborative work between arts and humanities disciplines in UK higher education and the creative economy....

The Hidden Story

Understanding Knowledge Exchange Partnerships with the Creative Economy. This report maps the ways in which higher education institutions support the...

Creative Hubs: Understanding the New Economy

This report was commissioned by the British Council to better understand ‘creative hubs’: their diverse value, processes and motivations; and...

The practice of cultural ecology: network connectivity in the creative economy

This paper reflects on approaches to collaborative knowledge exchange projects between UK universities and the creative economy. It develops a...