Cultural Policy Innovation and the Creative Economy: Creative collaborations in Arts and Humanities research
- Submitting institution
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University of the West of England, Bristol
- Unit of assessment
- 34 - Communication, Cultural and Media Studies, Library and Information Management
- Output identifier
- 5942414
- Type
- B - Edited book
- DOI
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10.1057/978-1-349-95112-3
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- ISBN
- 9781349951116
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- November
- Year of publication
- 2016
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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1
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- Edited collection derived from research for Creativeworks London, a four-year (2012-16) knowledge exchange programme, directed by Professor Morag Shiach. Virani was post-doctoral researcher on the project and co-wrote Chapter 1 (Introduction), Chapter 2 and Chapter 15.
Research Process
The collection investigate the conditions that enable effective collaborations between arts and humanities researchers and SMEs in the creative economy. The chapters all emerge from projects developed within by Creativeworks London (CWL)’s Creative Voucher scheme, an AHRC-funded Knowledge Exchange Hub for the Creative Economy.
Research Insights
There is significant policy interest in the impacts of voucher schemes designed to support growth within the creative economy, particularly through co-created and collaborative research with universities. The collection offers insights into university/business engagement and the potential impact of small levels of investment on the growth and success of creative and cultural economy businesses.
The Introduction, pp. 1-16, describes the research, how the collection was assembled and the ways in which the contributions explore how co-created and collaborative research projects work on the ground.
Chapter 2, pp. 17- 30, describes the origins and implementation of voucher schemes as catalysts for growth by scrutinising the CWL voucher scheme in detail. It examines the implications and significance of this process of knowledge exchange and its role in the creative and cultural sector, while making a case for universities to be seen as anchor institutions.
Chapter 15, pp. 217-30, discusses the challenges associated with evaluating the CWL voucher scheme. It critiques normative evaluation processes demonstrating how they miss important nuanced parameters and processes in this type of work and argues for a more appropriate approach to evaluation.
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- English abstract
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