A window on dance, Arts Council England’s dance mapping report is the most significant compilation of evidenced-based dance research ever undertaken in the UK. The report maps the dance ecology, economy and environment in England. It looks at the various market segments and identifies trends and patterns, challenges and opportunities for dance. The report focuses...

This report was commissioned by the Research Information Network2 (RIN) and JISC to gather and analyse evidence about the motivations, incentives and constraints that lead researchers in the UK in different subjects and disciplines to publish and disseminate their work in different ways.

Although there is an increasing recognition of the positive role that creative industries play in innovation and growth, there is little evidence on the spatial dimension of this impact. An ongoing NESTA project employs economic geography techniques to address this gap, with the aim of improving our understanding of the mechanisms through which creative industries...

This report examines the idea of culture as it has permeated policy-making, public debate, practices in schools and academic writing in the UK. This review focuses on debates that have occurred in and around English education since 1944. It tracks a sequence of intense and continuing arguments about the proper meanings of ‘culture’ and ‘creativity’...

This report provides a detailed overview of the online presences of the 869 arts organisations that receive regular funding from Arts Council England (hereafter, RFOs). The research was commissioned by Arts Council England and is the first project in a major three-year programme of research designed to inform and support the development of Arts Council...