How can culture be used to educate and influence citizens to help meet net zero targets?

Background

Research is also needed to help AHT’s understanding of international cultural markets, where the UK sits comparatively and the impact culture has on international diplomacy. Protecting the UK’s cultural assets and understanding ways to consolidate and make better use of crucial data across AHT sectors is also of interest and more research on best practice would be useful.

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Source

This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:

DCMS areas of research interest GOV UK

Related UKRI funded projects


  • The Impact of Culture on Quality of Life: Developing Approaches for Cultural Research

    The dominance of instrumentalism and managerialism within UK cultural policy has produced a drive for evidence of culture's contribution to wider government policy aims, including the overarching goal of improved quality...

    Funded by: AHRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Glasgow

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project explores the impact of culture on quality of life and discusses the need for evidence-based policy, which could be relevant to educating and influencing citizens for net zero targets.

  • Shaping metrics for Cultural Engagement Knowledge Transfer

    Various attempts have been made to identify an appropriate method to measure the impact of Knowledge Transfer. Significant progress has been made in defining metrics for more traditional KT activities and their delivery ...

    Funded by: AHRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Glasgow

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project focuses on measuring the impact of cultural engagement, but does not directly address how culture can be used to educate and influence citizens for net zero targets.

  • Cultural participation: Stories of success, histories of failure

    Data suggests that the number of those labeled as cultural participants across Europe is falling. This is despite a cultural policy focus, at national and EU level, on increasing rates of participation. Traditionally res...

    Funded by: AHRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Leeds

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project investigates cultural participation policies and the narratives around them, which could be relevant to understanding how culture can be used to influence citizens for net zero targets.

  • City Change Through Culture: Securing the Place Legacy of Coventry City of Culture 2021

    Coventry UK City of Culture 2021 is a year-long programme of cultural activities and participation. It is being delivered in a partnership between the City of Culture Trust, Coventry and Warwick Universities, and Coventr...

    Funded by: AHRC

    Lead research organisation: Coventry University

  • Making Data Work for Public Sector Policy: A scoping study to develop a mixed-methods framework for culture

    The rationale behind this project is that cultural datasets are currently in a poor state of development and not fit-for-purpose. As many scholars, cultural workers, funders and policymakers have observed, cultural data ...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Leeds

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project aims to develop a framework for cultural data evaluation to influence cultural policymaking and public policy, aligning with the question's focus on using culture to educate and influence citizens towards net zero targets.

  • The Role of Technology in Evaluating Cultural Value

    Methods of evaluating cultural impact still need substantial development to support robust, long-term empirical research on cultural value. Meanwhile, technological innovations have raised new possibilities for evaluatin...

    Funded by: AHRC

    Lead research organisation: University of Warwick