🤔 How Are Cities of Culture Evaluated? 🏙️Centre for Cultural Value has issued a free online resource which looks at how UK Cities and Capitals of Culture have approached their evaluations.📝 #city #culture #evaluation #research #culturalheritage buff.ly/3zt94Ib

What are the benefits and challenges of research collaborations? As our exploratory Collaborate programme comes to an end, we reflect on what we’ve learnt from matching cultural practitioners with academics to explore questions of cultural value. culturalvalue.org.uk/why-we-need-re…

How do you evaluate digital work in the cultural sector? The Space helps guide you through with a new collection of resources. And it’s brilliant to see signposts to some of the Centre’s resources such as the Wheel of Change framework. thespace.org/resources/eval…

"The specificity of the research was really helpful. It was exciting to find it." Find out how English Touring Opera used our research review to develop a new programme to support young people’s mental health. culturalvalue.org.uk/how-english-to… Bradley Travis Dr Robyn Dowlen (she/her)

📣 IN TWO MONTHS, join us & Centre for Cultural Value for the launch of the book ‘Pandemic Culture’(Manchester University Press) exploring the impact of Covid-19 on the cultural sector🏛️ w/ discussions of research, policy implications & more📚 📅17/09📍@contactmcr 👉 Book: bit.ly/3KF9NIL

How have UK Cities and Capitals of Culture impacted their local economy? Dr Emma McDowell and Ava shine a light on economic impact assessments, highlighting key findings over the short and longer term. culturehive.co.uk/evaluation-lea…

In this new how-to guide, Lisa Baxter explores the lessons learned from the Centre’s Collaborate programme, sharing practical tips on designing ethical, people-centred research collaborations that respond to the cultural sector's priorities. culturehive.co.uk/CVIresources/h…

Would you like to help improve lives by creating a shared understanding of the differences culture makes? Would you like to work closely with the UK’s next City of Culture? #Bradford2025 Apply to be our new part-time Research Fellow by 19 August 2024. jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r…

How do cultural, sporting and community events impact their local economies? The Centre’s Dr Emma McDowell shares seven essential reads that explore the complexities of calculating the economic impact of major events and how this connects to social value. culturehive.co.uk/evaluation-lea…

Did you know that 'Pandemic Culture' (Manchester University Press) - is out and all chapters are open access? ⬇️⬇️ Thrilled to have contributed #PandemicDrama 😀🥳 Centre for Cultural Value Prof Abi Gilmore Ben Walmsley Dave O'Brien manchesterhive.com/display/978152…

Applications for this role close on 19 August 👇 Would you like to help improve lives by creating a shared understanding of the differences culture makes? Would you like to work closely with the UK’s next City of Culture? #Bradford2025 jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r…

Next week sees the launch of this exhibition from Fun Palaces, sharing the findings of their Centre-funded Collaborate research project. Fun Palaces worked with sociologist Dr Katy Pilcher to explore whether finding your creative voice can unlock your civic activist voice.

🔊 Sound on to hear this snippet from Stella Kanu (Shakespeare’s Globe) sharing what it means to be truly transparent in our evaluations. Listen to the Transparency episode of our podcast series Reflecting Value online and across podcast platforms. culturalvalue.org.uk/podcast/s3-ep-…

Great to be in Warsaw for the International Conference on Cultural Policy Research and to hear some of the Centre for Cultural Value team share research on cities of culture including hidden findings from evaluation reports #iccpr2024

Can finding your creative voice unlock your civic activist voice? If you're around SE London tomorrow, you can discover more about the findings of this Centre-funded research project at Fun Palaces exhibition launch. (There's also the promise of protest banner making.)👇

How can researchers help to shape public policy? This how-to guide provides advice to researchers about government research priorities, evaluation criteria and how to make contact with key policy stakeholders. culturehive.co.uk/CVIresources/h…

September marks one year since the launch of our online evaluation training: Evaluation for Arts, Culture and Heritage: Principles and Practice. With over 2,800 registrations, the course has earned a 4.7-star rating on FutureLearn. Discover more👇 culturalvalue.org.uk/evaluation-art…

It's been a pleasure working with Culture Commons and other project partners on the recent The Future of Local Cultural Decision Making project. You can find out more about the work we've been doing in the thread below 🔽