Over the past two decades OECD countries have made a series of policy choices, particularly with respect to decentralisation, allowing for greater territorial differentiation in policy design and implementation. This report examines these arrangements across the OECD. These policy choices are influenced by a need for governments to solve increasingly complex problems, ones for which...

These case studies are advocacy tools to demonstrate the ways arts and culture deliver positive activities for children and young people. Arts Council England in partnership with the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) staged three one day events in July 2009 to increase understanding of how the arts and culture can help deliver positive...

Recently there has been a move towards incorporating ethnographic practices into the research phase of the design process. Groundbreaking work has been done by design consultancies like IDEO (2001), and by trend-predictors such as The Future Laboratory. Large corporations (BMW, Philips and Mark & Spencer) employ ethnographic methods to gather data on the use of...

This UK study shows how academic library and IT services are budgeting for today's economic conditions, but are in need of help to scenario plan for the long term impact of the recession. The research has highlighted some interesting findings in relation to how the current economic climate is and will impact library and IT...

An overview of the literature surrounding the nature of work in the cultural industries, as it has permeated policy-making, public debate, and practice across many sub-sectors within the arts, and the culture sector more generally.