Insights

As the global economy resets into a new mode following the global pandemic, to what extent will the creative sector play a role in facilitating growth, and which cities are the key players in that story?

A follow-up to our 2010 and 2015 Impact Studies, our Edinburgh Festivals Impact Assessment involved more than 22,000 participants.

Launched in 2016, Great Place was a strategic programme that aimed to achieve systemic change, investing in 16 projects that enhanced culture’s role in local decision-making and policy. Our evaluation extended beyond the programme's conclusion in mid-2021, assessing the early legacy impacts.

Working alongside CRAIC, a new research and collaboration centre at Loughborough University, we conducted an extensive survey of virtual production assets throughout the United Kingdom to map the country’s growing ecosystem.

British Land and New Diorama Theatre reveal the substantial social and economic impact of their 12 month-long NDT Broadgate initiative, which saw 20,000sq ft of creative space provided to over 8,800 independent and freelance artists free of charge over 2021-2022.

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport Culture Recovery Fund is the largest one-off package for culture in England’s history. Working alongside ECORYS and IPSOS we are pleased to share the evaluation report. The Fund supported more than 5000 organisations and sites. In turn, these organisations supported over 100,000 jobs and another 100,000 freelancers.

In 2022, the UK’s Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre published for the first time a sub-sector by sub-sector overview of the Creative Industries and net zero.

World Cities Culture Report provides a global view on the state of culture in our cities. It gives insights on the major challenges facing world cities and a vision for the future. It is a unique research output produced with input and insights from 41 partner cities across six continents, 12 global experts, 40 city leaders, four roundtables, and 40 data sets over two years.

This report offers insightful new data that shed light on emerging trends at a global level, as well as putting forward policy recommendations to foster creative ecosystems that contribute to a sustainable world by 2030 and beyond.

This Case Guide is co-produced with the participating cities of WCCF. All of the city examples in this document are presented as ‘use cases’ of cultural data in which we highlight relevant questions and outcomes, and direct readers to further readings.

The report published by the World Cities Culture Forum looks at how major cities around the world are responding to climate change through cultural policies and programmes.

This report points to a body of evidence that demonstrates the role culture and creativity plays in attracting footfall to the high street, generating spend and creating civic pride.