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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The main objective is to develop a taxonomy of culture and heritage capital (CHC) that articulates the multiple benefits and values generated by culture and heritage (C&H)in a way that enables us to give weight to C&...
Funded by: AHRC
Lead research organisation: Historic Bldgs & Mnts Commis for England
The project aims to develop a taxonomy for culture and heritage capital, which could help address data gaps in the AHT sectors, but it does not directly address the financial and economic performance or wider cultural engagement.
Measuring the economic value of cultural sites and institutions poses challenges. Traditional economic impact studies have tended to value the market benefits of culture, such as the impacts on employment and gross value...
Funded by: AHRC
Lead research organisation: Nesta
The project addresses the valuation of cultural institutions and sites, which is relevant to understanding financial and economic performance of AHT sectors, but does not directly address data gaps or wider cultural engagement.
Essential context for the project is the view that, given the stringent economic climate, the cultural sector must lobby for public funding using the concepts and tools of economics or face dire consequences, a strategy ...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: Brunel University London
The project aims to develop a toolkit for measuring cultural value, which could potentially address data gaps in the AHT sectors, but does not directly address the financial and economic performance or wider cultural engagement.