Informing international research on cultural districts and zoning
Culture Commons’ influential report on Creative Improvement Districts (2022) has been cited by researchers from the University of Manchester and included in a new paper published in City, Culture and Society.
Retrospective on cultural devolution published
Launch of a review of the history of devolution and the UK's creative, cultural and heritage ecosystem.
What do grant giving bodies think about devolution?
Culture Commons publishes a new Insight Paper laying out a variety of perspectives from some of the UK’s largest Grant Giving Bodies shared at a special roundtable as part of a major open policy development programme exploring cultural devolution.
New paper examining effective public involvement in cultural decision making
Today we publish a new Discussion Paper by Professor Leila Jancovich (University of Leeds), Dr Lucrezia Gigante (Culture Commons) and Dr Claire Burnill-Maier (Culture Commons) that unpacks some of the main models that have supported people to participate in decision making about the cultural life of their local area.
‘Pandemic Culture’ book launch
Culture Commons Director Trevor MacFarlane FRSA attends the launch of ‘Pandemic Culture: The Impact of Covid-19 in the UK Cultural Sector and Implications’ - a book he contributed a chapter to covering the UK's national policy response.
Cultural devolution evidence base published
Over the last nine months, the Culture Commons team has been working closely with leading universities and research institutions across the UK to develop new research exploring devolution and increased local decision making as part of a major four-nations open policy development programme. Today we make all that research publicly available to uphold out commitment to open and transparent policy making.