2025 marks the tenth year of Cultural Policy Observatory Ireland and what better way to celebrate than a new identity and membership refresh for the network and a new book to announce.

On 10 November, an array of scholars, policymakers, artists and cultural organisations will gather at the TUD GrangeGorman campus in the Black Box Theatre to mark the publication of Cultural Policy: Perspectives on the island of Ireland.

This new collection, draws together a wide range of academic perspectives and disciplines that relate to cultural policy in the context of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Through the study of the unique context of this intertwined two-polity island, this collection examines the “situated” nature of cultural policy amongst people and place. It features contributions on media, European integration, festivals, arts and education, sustainable development and cultural participation, the book opens up an interdisciplinary dialogue on cultural policy studies in shared, local, regional and international contexts.

A first of its kind in gathering together the richness and disciplinary diversity of cultural policy research on and about the island, its introductory chapter traces some of the history of this discipline on the island while also connecting it to the range of practices and scholarship that shapes cultural policy research globally.

Booking for this event is now closed