Publications

We publish work on creative networks, hubs, ecologies, and sustainable economies in various formats including reports, working papers, and academic articles.

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Knowledge exchange in the arts and humanities as creative economy policy assemblage

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This paper reflects on how the underpinning logics of UK creative economy policy - about the value of creativity, the commodification of knowledge, and how these things lead to economic growth - become embedded in knowledge exchange projects.
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Exploring Alternate Ways of Doing Business in Bristol and Bath’s Creative Sectors

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Over the past year, Dr. Liz Roberts has been working on a cross-cutting fellowship project for  Bristol + Bath Creative...

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

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

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Bristol+Bath Creative R+D Workshop. Photo by Jon Aitken

Understanding, capturing, and assessing value in collaborative design research

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

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The Hidden Story

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

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Creative Hubs: Understanding the New Economy

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

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Cultural Ecologies Workshop - photo by Jon Aitken

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

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

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Bristol and Bath by Design

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The aim of the project was to collect data on design companies in the Bristol and Bath region, and to...

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REACT Report

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The REACT Report distils our learning from the four year project, and celebrates the great potential of collaboration between universities and the...

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