At the start of 2022 the KCL DISCE team ran a series of online workshops in four of the ten DISCE cities: Dundee, Chatham, Enschede and Leuven. We invited residents from each city to meet with us and discuss how they could re-imagine the future of creative and cultural policymaking in their city. In each Continue Reading
DISCE researchers conducted fieldwork research and interviewed local creative professionals in Liepāja in 2020/2021. Now it is time to share the first results! If you are a creative worker, a business professional or a cultural organisation representative, do not hesitate in joining the workshop, you are more than welcome! The purpose of the policy workshop Continue Reading
On 17th November 2021, The DISCE Executive and Project Management Boards met in Turku, Finland to discuss the final stages of the DISCE project which will end in June 2022. This was a privilege in the current circumstance of the global pandemic which has changed the nature of many of the events and ways of Continue Reading
On 18th November 2021, DISCE hosted the opening panel of the RENT Entrepreneurial Conference in Turku, Finland. The topic of the panel was “Promoting inclusive and sustainable entrepreneurial activity in the creative economies” and the session was chaired by Jarna Heinonen, Professor of Entrepreneurship in UTU. It was by design an all-female panel and featured: Continue Reading
DISCE visited Lund in 2020 to conduct fieldwork research and to interview local creative professionals. Now it is time to share the results! If you are a creative worker, a business professional or a cultural organisation representative, do not hesitate in joining the workshop, you are more than welcome! The purpose of the policy workshop Continue Reading
Last week we had the pleasure to participate and exchange thoughts in different RENT Conference’s activities and workshops. First of all, we would like to thank ESCB and the University of Turku for hosting the Conference. We would also like to thank the members of The Consortium for their participation and their interesting contributions to Continue Reading
DISCE consortium member Dr Bridget Conor from King’s College London has just published a new report for UNESCO: Gender and Creativity: Progress on the precipice. The report is based on more than a year of research and collaboration with UNESCO and partners assessing our collective progress towards gender equality in cultural and media industries. It’s Continue Reading
We are excited to announce the beneficiaries of the DISCE P2P Recovery Programme! Almost 30 candidates applied to the call, with 21 cultural organizations being selected to take part in the programme activities. The participants represent a diverse range of cultural operators: from a municipal theatre in Larissa, Greece, to the very first fab lab Continue Reading
On December 17th, the 3rd DISCE workshop “Public policies and European projects at the service of cultural and creative economies” brought together leading experts in the field of cultural and creative industries. The event provided an opportunity to exchange views and discuss policy implications of major projects and initiatives in the CCI landscape in Europe. Continue Reading
On December 15th, Italian urban and cultural practitioners, as well as economic academics, gathered together online to participate in the DISCE workshop “Institutionalizing culture-led urban regeneration: risks and potentials for policy-makers and cultural practitioners”. The event was joined by Francesco Campagnari (Researcher, Trans Europe Halles), Silvia Tagliazucchi (Urban regeneration officer, Ovestlab and Lo stato dei Continue Reading