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- How is digital culture affecting how people define culture?
- Assess and explain the causal impacts of cultural events at a local and national scale (e.g. economic, social, and cultural).
- Examine and explain the impact of the Cultural Protection Fund, in particular its contribution to UK cultural diplomacy, soft power and towards The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals within the programme.
- How does creative content affect cultural identity at both the national and local level?
- What are the social and cultural impacts of digital engagement and how do they differ from or compliment physical engagement?
- Analyse and explain the drivers of spatial differences in cultural engagement across the UK?
- What are the barriers to engagement in digital cultural offers for different groups and how can innovative digital content be used to reduce barriers to audience engagement?
- Which methods could be best implemented and provide robust estimates of in person engagement with cultural events, especially when activities are unticketed?
- Analyse and explain the barriers to the growth of the UK art market and assess what government interventions would be effective to help overcome these barriers.
- How can culture be used to educate and influence citizens to help meet net zero targets?
- What works in developing international influence/soft power through the arts, heritage and tourism sectors?
- What is the most effective means to support community regeneration through use of parks and public spaces?
- What is the impact of digital technologies on supply and demand for culture in AHT sectors?
- How will different groups of society, particularly in rural communities, be affected by changes associated with the move towards Net Zero and the goals of the 25 Year Environment Plan? How can positive effects be adopted more widely and negative impacts be mitigated?
- To what extent has the COVID-19 pandemic and transition to more online/hybrid events changed the domestic/international digital footprint of AHT organisations based within the UK?
- How does the UK’s digital offer for international cultural activity compare to other markets around the world? Where have there been market failures for digital policy in relation to international arts and culture activity and what are effective intervention options?
- What are public perceptions of the economic, social and cultural links between the UK nations? What is driving these perceptions?
- Human engagement - For future operations, are there alternatives to the use of hard/physical power? How can we best predict behaviour in response to our actions? How do we best engage with diverse communities, particularly where our adversaries may be hiding within the civilian populations? How do we work effectively with our Allies?
- To what extent has COVID-19 and cost of living crisis impacted on the drivers for private giving and cultural organisations’ approach to donations?
- What are the emerging drivers of change and what might future change look like? New thinking, analysis, and data can improve our understanding, and our ability to anticipate how economic, social, and environmental drivers might change in the future. How these affect the trajectory of environmental outcomes and the future state of rural communities and businesses?
- Can we further explore quantitatively the role of expectations and narrative in determining the economic fortunes of regions and sub-regions of the UK?
- What is the evidence that culture-led regeneration is effective?
- Which methodologies could be used to more accurately forecast the wider impact of major cultural events on local economies and societies?
- What is the social and developmental impact of culture and creative education at schools and higher education?
- Promoting a learning culture and maximising learning from challenging experiences
- How important is geography, culture and language for trade in services, and how does this compare to that of trade in goods?
- What are the determinants of people’s subjective sense of satisfaction in the place in which they live? What matters most to different cohorts at different times in their lives in different places?
- How effective are trade in creative goods and services in contributing to the long-term promotion of cultural exchange?
- How can we make the most of participatory/ co-design approaches with different groups in society, including digital engagement, to generate new ideas, learn from existing practice, and build consensus for the future of policy?
- Define and measure social cohesion and cultural value, relating it quantitatively to sport.
- Analyse and explain the interactions across the cultural sector value chain and the relative importance of parts of the value chain to growth and sector resilience to understand how future policy interventions should be targeted.
- What are the social, economic, cultural and democratic impacts of national and local news provision in the UK? How can we best quantify and/or qualify the impact of national and local news provision? How do these impacts and benefits differ across different demographics and stakeholders?
- Understanding the effects of mainstream and social media on violence
- How does culture drive soft power and what methodologies can be applied/developed to measure the generation of soft power through international cultural engagement?
- Which methodologies could be used to more accurately forecast physical engagement at cultural events?
- What is the additional value beyond wages (e.g. wellbeing) that can be used to show the welfare impact of cultural and creative employment and therefore the non-wage impact of cultural education?
- How does participation in the creative industries, and in creative activities, affect individuals’ wellbeing and performance?
- How can a One Health approach promote a cultural change to curb the expansion of illegal wildlife trafficking and implement solutions that will ultimately benefit humans and the planet, galvanising the role of protected species conservation and biodiversity on disease prevention and mitigation?
- Define the outcomes and impacts of the legacy of cultural events and develop the methods and/or models that are most effective for evaluating the long-term impacts of cultural events.
- What is the educational background of those working in the culture and creative industries?
- How does access to creative activities, including through digital and social media, support the development of creative and other skills?