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.

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.

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.

This June, Culture Commons collaborated with partners our partners at the University of Dundee and Culture Counts on an inspiring two-day visit to Dundee as part of 'the future of local cultural decision making' - a major four-nations research and open policy development programme.

At the end of May, Culture Commons teamed up with our partners at Belfast City Council to co-convene a series of activities across Northern Ireland as part of our flagship open policy development programme for 2024 looking at cultural devolution.

We share a readout from a high-level meeting with local and combined authorities officers across England exploring how ‘upper’ and ‘lower’ tier authorities already collaborate to support the creative, cultural and heritage ecosystem in their regions.

Director of Culture Commons, Trevor MacFarlane contributes to a new book series exploring how the creative, cultural and heritage ecosystem responded to the Covid-19 pandemic between 2020 and 2022.