BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Cultural Policy Observatory Ireland - ECPv6.18.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Cultural Policy Observatory Ireland X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://culturalpolicyireland.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Cultural Policy Observatory Ireland REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20240101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Dublin BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:IST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:IST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:IST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260928T130000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260928T140000 DTSTAMP:20260903T100655Z CREATED:20260903T100559Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T100655Z UID:3358-1790600400-1790604000@culturalpolicyireland.org SUMMARY:CPOI Members Conversation 2026 DESCRIPTION:Join us for an online CPOI Members Conversation! \nRegister at the website below before 23 September\, bring lunch and join other CPOI members for an interactive discussion — an opportunity for members to connect\, share ideas\, and get involved in CPOI. \nCPOI is a shared space\, shaped by the contributions\, interests\, and ideas of its members. This session hosted via Zoom will be a chance to explore what that means for everyone and what members would like to lead\, create\, collaborate on\, or see happen across the network. It will also prompt  exploration of how CPOI as a growing network of individuals can support one another in bringing those ideas to life. \nTogether\, this session will offer attendees the opportunity to: \n\nConnect with other CPOI members\nReflect on what members value about the network\nShare ideas for future activities and initiatives\nExplore possibilities for member-led events\, knowledge sharing\, research conversations\, and new formats\n\nThis will be a space for conversation\, connection\, and imagining what we can create together.  \nUnlike most activities coordinated through CPOI or promoted here\, this session is not open to non-members. To find out more about CPOI membership\, click here. URL:https://culturalpolicyireland.org/event/cpoi-members-conversation-2026/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:ALL EVENTS,CPOI Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://culturalpolicyireland.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CPOI-2025-Logo.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260903T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260903T130000 DTSTAMP:20260824T164526Z CREATED:20260824T164526Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260824T164526Z UID:3345-1788436800-1788440400@culturalpolicyireland.org SUMMARY:Building the Evidence Base for Cultural and Creative Industries Policy DESCRIPTION:The Culture and Society Research Hub invites you to a panel discussion on Wednesday 3 September\, 12:00–13:00\, in room CQ-107\, Central Quad\, TU Dublin\, Grangegorman.\n\nModerated by Dr. Caroline O’Sullivan\, Academic Lead for the Hub\, the session brings together representative bodies\, funders\, and researchers.\n\nThe discussion will explore what Irish cultural policy could look like if it were built on the same quality of data as other sectors of the economy. Across the Cultural and Creative Industries including screen production\, games\, and the arts\, individual organisations gather data that speaks to their own remit\, but no shared infrastructure exists to bring these disparate sets into a coherent national picture.\n\nThe panel examines this gap through three lenses on work:\n\n\nWork done: games as commercial output and the policy case for supporting it\n\n\nWorking conditions: job sharing as a structural response to precarity in screen production\n\n\nWork needed: requirements for a functioning evidence base and who might build it\n\n\n\nThe ambition is to make the case that Irish cultural policy needs and could develop a research framework commensurate with the sector’s economic and cultural importance.\n\nYou can register for the event via this form. The session is part of a larger showcase for the ARISE programme\, and you are most welcome to join earlier in the day if your schedule allows. URL:https://culturalpolicyireland.org/event/building-the-evidence-base-for-cultural-and-creative-industries-policy/ LOCATION:TU Dublin\, Grangegorman Campus\, Smithfield\, Dublin\, Ireland CATEGORIES:ALL EVENTS,CPOI Networks,Other Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://culturalpolicyireland.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/TUD_RGB.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260628T000000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260702T235959 DTSTAMP:20260602T205414Z CREATED:20260602T205414Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260602T205414Z UID:3247-1782604800-1783036799@culturalpolicyireland.org SUMMARY:International Association for Media and Communications Research DESCRIPTION:IAMCR\, the International Association for Media and Communications Research\, is hosting its annual conference in Galway this 28 June – 2 July. \nThe 2026 central theme\, Peripheries and Connections: Media\, Communication\, and Transformation\, addresses the complexities of contemporary media systems in a polarised and interconnected world. By emphasising intersections between the global and the local\, IAMCR 2026 will provide a platform for reimagining media’s role in addressing critical challenges such as climate change\, migration\, representation\, and digital inequalities. URL:https://culturalpolicyireland.org/event/international-association-for-media-and-communications-research/ LOCATION:University of Galway\, University Road\, Galway CATEGORIES:ALL EVENTS,CPOI Events,CPOI Networks,Other Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://culturalpolicyireland.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/IAMCR.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260614T000000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260618T235959 DTSTAMP:20260602T204625Z CREATED:20260602T204533Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260602T204625Z UID:3240-1781395200-1781827199@culturalpolicyireland.org SUMMARY:Digital Games Research Association Annual Conference DESCRIPTION:Founded in 2003\, the Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) is an international organisation dedicated to the study of games and play. \nThe 2026 DiGRA conference theme is Intersectional Pleasures. The theme invites a critical and celebratory exploration of how games (digital\, analogue\, and hybrid) enable\, mediate\, or restrict pleasure across lines of identity\, genre\, platforms\, politics and more. \nVisit the website to \n\nView the programme schedule\nBook workshops URL:https://culturalpolicyireland.org/event/digital-games-research-association-annual-conference/ LOCATION:Maynooth University Arts Humanities Institute (MUAHI)\, ontas Building North Campus Maynooth University\, Maynooth\, Kildare\, W23 F2H6 CATEGORIES:ALL EVENTS,CPOI Events,CPOI Networks,Other Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://culturalpolicyireland.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Screenshot-2026-06-02-at-21-40-48-Visual-Identity.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260519T130000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260519T140000 DTSTAMP:20260519T141334Z CREATED:20260414T113003Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T141334Z UID:3119-1779195600-1779199200@culturalpolicyireland.org SUMMARY:AI in the Creative Industries: benefits and challenges DESCRIPTION:CPOI Reads hosted an online lunch time event with Dr Sun Park\, Ad Astra Research Fellow in AI and Digital Cultural Heritage at UCD’s School of Information and Communication Studies in conversation with contributors to the new anthology\, Artificial Intelligence in the Cultural and Creative Sectors Opportunities\, Challenges\, and Transformations.\n\nThe event took place on zoom. \nAI is transforming the creative industries\, reshaping how arts and creativity are produced\, distributed\, experienced and governed\, while raising important questions about labour\, arts management and ethics. CPOI Reads invites you to an online webinar\, ‘AI in the Creative Industries: Benefits and Challenges’ to explore the new anthology Artificial Intelligence in the Cultural and Creative Sectors: Opportunities\, Challenges\, and Transformations. Co-Editor\, Dr Marek Prokupek\, and contributors Professor Franziska Schroeder\, Dr Federico Reuben and Dr Ginevra Addis reflected on their chapters and discussed both the opportunities AI offers for innovation and inclusion\, and the ethical\, social and professional challenges it presents across the cultural and creative sectors. \nDr Marek Prokupek \nMarek Prokupek is an Associate Professor of Arts Management at KEDGE Business School\, where he is a member of KEDGE Arts School and the Creative Industries & Culture Expertise Centre. Marek’s research focuses on innovative business models of arts and cultural organizations\, their financing strategies\, and the dynamics of the art market. His work has been published in journals such as International Journal of Arts Management\, International Journal of Cultural Policy\, Journal of Arts Management\, Law and Society\, Journal of Philanthropy\, and Museum Management and Curatorship. Marek is an Associate Editor for the Arts Governance section of the International Journal of Arts Management. \nProfessor Franziska Schroeder \nFranziska Schroeder is a Professor of Music and Cultures at Queen’s University Belfast\, where she works in the School of Arts\, English and Languages\, Sonic Arts\, and the TIME centre. Franziska’s research focuses on music performance\, especially performances that use digital media and emerging technologies. She has expertise in areas such as Artificial Intelligence\, Disability and Social Inclusion studies\, ethnographic research\, improvisation studies\, performance studies\, including music performance anxiety\, sonic arts history\, and critical theory. \nDr Federico Reuben \nFederico Reuben is an Associate Professor at the University of York where he carries out interdisciplinary and practice research in music and creative technologies. Recent research projects include the AHRC-funded “Data­ sounds\, Datasets and Datasense” research network and the establishment of the Music AI and Interactivity Lab at the University of York. \nDr Ginevra Addis \nGinevra Addis is an art historian and Research Fellow at the University of Milan-Bicocca\, where she investigates contemporary art aesthetics and biodiversity. Since 2023\, she has been affiliated with the National Biodiversity Future Center at UNIMIB and\, since 2025\, has taught on the entanglement of biodiversity and contemporary art. She is the author of two books published by European Press Academic Publishing and FrancoAngeli\, and of several book chapters published by Brill\, Routledge\, Edward Elgar\, and Emerald Publishing. She has presented internationally\, worked with UNESCO and the United Nations\, collaborated with More Art in New York\, and curated exhibitions in Europe. \nDr Sun Park \nSun Park is Ad Astra Assistant Professor in AI and Digital Cultural Heritage. She specialises in international cultural policy\, UNESCO heritage policy\, Artificial Intelligence in cultural policy and Human-AI Interaction. She did a PhD in Sociology and MA in International Cultural Policy and Management from the University of Warwick. Sun was Lecturer in Creative and Cultural Industries of the University of Manchester and Module Convenor of the Centre for Cultural and Media Policy Studies of the University of Warwick in the UK. She has worked at UNESCO\, the Korean National Commission for UNESCO and Asia-Pacific Centre of Education for International Understanding under the auspices of UNESCO. She specialised in heritage interpretation\, global citizenship and UNESCO’s policy-making systems. \nAn event as part of the CPOI READS series for Cultural Policy Observatory Ireland\, made possible through the support of UCD’s School of Art History and Cultural Policy. URL:https://culturalpolicyireland.org/event/cpoi-reads-ai-in-the-creative-industries-benefits-and-challenges/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:ALL EVENTS,CPOI Events,CPOI Reads ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://culturalpolicyireland.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Screenshot-2026-04-14-at-12.24.44.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260501T000000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260501T235959 DTSTAMP:20260220T095951Z CREATED:20251210T232854Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260220T095951Z UID:2908-1777593600-1777679999@culturalpolicyireland.org SUMMARY:Samhlú - Seeing Things: reimagining small Irish towns DESCRIPTION:Samhlú – Seeing Things\, an event  jointly hosted by Westport Civic Trust and UCD Centre for Irish Towns\, is a day of talks\, walks & workshops reimagining the past\, present & future of Small Irish Towns with key note speaker\, Sile de Cléir.  \nDe Cléir\, who has a background in fashion and textiles\, is a leading researcher in folklore and ethnology\, with a particular focus on the intersections of textiles\, popular religion and identity. This range of research activity has given her a unique insight into the challenges facing small towns\, and a way in to understanding their past. \n“Samhlú is the act of imagining or creating something new. We ask can the material culture of towns inform more liveable\, imaginative futures for everybody?” said John Mulloy\, one of the event organisers. \n“Across Ireland\, small towns are alive with traces of the past — their streets\, open spaces\, even shopfronts and street furniture hold stories that continue to shape how we live today\,” adds Orla Murphy of the UCD Centre for Irish Towns. \n“Yet many of them face new challenges such as vacancy\, dereliction\, degraded public space and the impacts of climate change. These\, along with a loss of ritual and disappearing material practices all raise questions about how to sustain and nourish towns as socially inclusive places.” \nThe event brings together leading voices from architecture\, heritage\, cultural geography and the arts to ask: what would our small towns look like if we truly connected to their material reality? \nSpeakers will include: Síle de Cléir (UL)\, Nessa Cronin (NUIG)\, Fiona White (ATU)\, Karen Keaveney (UCD)\, Philip Crowe (UCD)\, Laura Earley\, Stephen Wall (UCD)\,  the Mayo Traveller Movement\, Victoria Durrer (UCD) and more. \nThemes will include connection to rural identity\, colonialism\, morphology\, ritual\, adaptive capacity\, mapping the future\, inclusion\, climate change and beauty. \nIn addition to the talks\, there will be two workshops: a visual art session led by local artist Tom Brawn (currently a postgraduate student at the Royal College of Art in London) and a creative writing workshop by poet and artist Alice Lyons on Words & Places. There will also be tours of the town\, led by Orla Murphy and John Mulloy. \nBooking for the event will be open in January  on www.westportcivictrust.org  Tickets cost €25 and €15 for students/concessions and Westport Civic Trust members. \nPoster designed by Orla Murphy URL:https://culturalpolicyireland.org/event/2908/ LOCATION:Private: J P BREHENY & SONS/OLD DUNNES STORES\, Castlebar Street\, Westport\, Ireland CATEGORIES:ALL EVENTS,CPOI Networks,Other Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://culturalpolicyireland.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Screenshot-2025-12-11-at-11.13.21-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260424T140000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260424T190000 DTSTAMP:20260323T210430Z CREATED:20260323T205848Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260323T210430Z UID:3083-1777039200-1777057200@culturalpolicyireland.org SUMMARY:Knowledge and Inquiry in Community Movements DESCRIPTION:Knowledge and Inquiry in Community Movements is an afternoon of participatory workshops for local residents\, community activists and researchers\, hosted at St. Andrew’s Community Centre in Rialto on Friday April 24th (2-7pm). Supported by UCD’s newly launched Winifred Carney Centre for Organising & Labour Research and the Thresholds of Knowledge research strand\, these workshops are a chance to come together to collectively discuss shared methods of research and communication. Drawing on experiences from across Ireland and Italy\, and from London to Berlin\, each workshop will introduce a set of ideas and resources\, as as we discuss the role of local & activist media in growing social movements\, and think through how solidarity is built across cities & towns\, in both rural and urban contexts. Dr Neil Gray will join us as keynote speaker\, where he will introduce his forthcoming book\, Take Over the City: Spatial Composition in Italian Autonomy (Common Notions)\, the first systematic study of radical urban politics and transformation in Italy’s rebellious 1970s. \n​What role does research play in community activism? \n​How are we building solidarity across our towns\, cities and workplaces? \n​What resources and tools do we have to create solidarity across our communities? \n​The four workshops of this event\, hosted at St. Andrew’s Community Centre\, are an open space for activists\, researchers and local residents to discuss how different forms of research and investigation can shape organising around work and housing. \n​All are welcome to attend — join us for the whole afternoon\, or drop in at anytime for a session! Food & snacks will be provided throughout! Full details and registration: https://luma.com/41nupqhc  \n​Drawing on experiences across Ireland and Italy\, and from London to Berlin\, each workshop will introduce a set of ideas and resources\, with space for a shared discussion on different methods and examples of organising. \n​We are very excited that our final session will be a discussion with Neil Gray about his forthcoming book\, Take Over the City: Spatial Composition in Italian Autonomy (Common Notions)\, the first systematic study of radical urban politics and transformation across Italy’s rebellious 1970s. \n​Afternoon Schedule: \n​2 – 3pm: Print Politics as Community Politics (Dante Philp) \n​A hands-on workshop engaging a wide archive of printed materials produced within worker and community campaigns. We will explore how different forms of media present challenges to contemporary researchers\, and collectively consider the status of ‘print politics’ in localised disputes and movements today. Bring your leaflets\, zines and ephemera! \n​3.15-4.15pm: Social Investigation for Rural Worker and Tenant Power (Jack Edmunds-Bergin) \n​This workshop will draw on experiences of organising with Community Action Tenants’ Union South Wicklow-Wexford branch to consider how knowledge is produced outside the academy in social campaigns and community development work\, particularly in rural areas\, and highlight the media and spatial infrastructures which underpin the production of this knowledge. \n​4.30 – 5.30pm: Spatial Composition in Communities of Solidarity (Emma Petersen) \n​This workshop will explore social reproduction theory and delve into the spatial organisation of communities and solidarity structures. We will look into different forms of community organising and solidarity structures and engage with the concept of labour in spaces other than the formal work place. Through this workshop we will collectively debate what constitutes labour and how people navigate their everyday responsibilities within communities of solidarity. \n​5.45 – 7pm: ‘Take Over The City’ with Neil Gray \n​Neil will be joining us for a presentation and Q&A\, drawing on his forthcoming book Take Over the City: Spatial Composition in Italian Autonomy. Neil will introduce a set of ideas which animated the radical Italian currents of the 1970s\, including ‘spatial composition’ and the ‘social factory’\, as we think through the lessons and provocations this era of radical politics provides for our present challenges. \n​ URL:https://culturalpolicyireland.org/event/knowledge-and-inquiry-in-community-movements/ LOCATION:​​St. Andrew’s Community Centre\, Studio 468\, 468 South Circular Road\, Dublin\, Dublin\, D08 H51F\, Ireland CATEGORIES:ALL EVENTS,CPOI Networks,Other Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/avif:https://culturalpolicyireland.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/65e59d21-c294-4e96-9a0d-468a9beeaf00.avif END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260414T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260414T183000 DTSTAMP:20260217T155114Z CREATED:20260217T155114Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260217T155114Z UID:3012-1776186000-1776191400@culturalpolicyireland.org SUMMARY:Invisible Cultural Policy in America DESCRIPTION:Arts Management & Cultural Policy at Queen’s University Belfast is delighted to host Professor Eleonora Redaelli of the University of Oregon (USA). \nThis presentation will draw from her latest (open access) publication Invisible Cultural Policy in America: How Public Administration Shapes Culture (Edward Elgar\, 2025). The talk will examine the often-overlooked role of the U.S. government in shaping cultural life. She will explore how public administration fosters a pluralistic cultural landscape through multilevel governance and diverse democratic values. Focusing on the arts\, humanities\, and historic preservation\, the talk traces key legislation that legitimised federal involvement and the evolution of cultural federalism across national and state agencies. To illustrate this process\, the presentation provides national examples of programming as well as cases from Oregon\, Minnesota\, Maryland\, and New Mexico. It also highlights intellectual debates that influenced shifting interpretations of cultural domains. Amid this fragmented governance\, the concept of a pluralistic public culture emerges as a unifying principle aimed at strengthening democracy. \n\n\n\nFollowing the presentation\, a Q&A will be chaired by Dr Kim-Marie Spence\, AMCP\, School of Arts\, English & Languages at QUB. \nLight refreshments will follow the talk. \nThis event is open to all and particularly relevant for those interested in public policy\, cultural policy and public culture. Attendance is free but booking is required due to limited capacity. \nThis event is made possible with the assistance of the School of Arts English & Languages through the Arts CDRG. URL:https://culturalpolicyireland.org/event/invisible-cultural-policy-in-america/ LOCATION:McMordie Hall\, Music Building\, Queen’s University Belfast\, 1 College Green\, Belfast\, Northern Ireland\, BT7 1LN\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:ALL EVENTS,CPOI Events,CPOI Exchanges ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://culturalpolicyireland.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Invisible-Cultural-Policy-Book-Cover.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260414T130000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260414T140000 DTSTAMP:20260507T211816Z CREATED:20260323T163406Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260507T211816Z UID:3068-1776171600-1776175200@culturalpolicyireland.org SUMMARY:Tax Credits for Cultural Production in Europe: The Irish Example DESCRIPTION:This recording features a CPOI Reads online lunchtime event with Dr Maria O’Brien\, Lecturer in Taxation at the University of Galway\, in conversation with Professor David Hesmondhalgh\, Professor of Media\, Music and Culture at the University of Leeds\, discussing Maria’s study of tax credits for cultural production in Ireland\, which was held on 14th April 2026. \n\nThe event took place via Zoom and explored the issues raised in Maria’s recently published book\, Tax Credits for Cultural Production in Europe: the Irish Example (Palgrave Macmillan\, 2025). The discussion examined the provision of tax credits for film and digital games\, highlighting the importance of cultural value as a key justification for state support. It also explored the complex interplay between culture and economics in cultural and creative industries discourse\, applying a law and political economy approach to investigate the Irish tax credit system and the impact of EU membership on framing these tax credits as cultural incentives. \n\n\n\nBy examining the political economy of state support for audiovisual industries\, the discussion enhanced understanding of national governments’ motivations and the intricate relationship between cultural and economic objectives. It emphasised the symbiotic nature of audiovisual goods\, drawing on the emerging field of law and political economy to uncover the forces shaping cultural policies and offering insights into the development of cultural policy in a neoliberalised environment. \n\n\n\nDr Maria O’Brien is a Lecturer in Taxation at the University of Galway\, with a joint role across the School of Law and the J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics. A qualified lawyer\, her work combines legal expertise with academic research to explore how tax policy can support the cultural and creative industries. Her research focuses on incentives for film\, audiovisual media\, and digital games\, examining how fiscal tools can encourage growth\, investment\, and innovation in Ireland and across Europe. She has published widely on the intersection of taxation and cultural policy and has contributed to policy development through her work with industry bodies\, including film and games organisations. \n\n\n\nThe event was chaired by Professor David Hesmondhalgh of the School of Media and Communication at the University of Leeds. His authored books include The Cultural Industries (5th edition\, 2026)\, Why Music Matters (2013)\, and Creative Labour (2010\, with Sarah Baker). His edited collections include Music Streaming Around the World (2025) and Media and Society (6th edition\, 2019\, with James Curran). From 2021 to 2026\, he held a European Research Council Advanced Research Grant on Music Culture in the Age of Streaming.   URL:https://culturalpolicyireland.org/event/tax-credits-for-cultural-production-in-europe-the-irish-example/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:ALL EVENTS,CPOI Events,CPOI Reads ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://culturalpolicyireland.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/978-3-031-96424-4.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260227T103000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260227T163000 DTSTAMP:20260127T224017Z CREATED:20260127T223850Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260127T224017Z UID:2973-1772188200-1772209800@culturalpolicyireland.org SUMMARY:Symposium: Shaping a feminist art resource centre DESCRIPTION:IMMA & NCAD present a Symposium\, entitled How shall we do this?\, that brings together a diverse range of feminist-led practices and voices\, to think through the imperatives for a feminist-led art resource centre on the island of Ireland. Contributors include Alex Martinis Roe\, Beulah Ezeugo & Joselle Ntumba\, Matylda Taszycka\, Adele Patrick\, Allison Elliott\, Êvar Huseynî and Alessia Cargnelli. \nForegrounding new research to shape an all-island feminist led art resource centre \nUnlike other settings in the Global North\, the island of Ireland still lacks an all-island focused\, community-led resource centre dedicated to feminist-informed artistic practices. This is remarkable given the central importance of Irish women’s role both as artists and as activists on the island and beyond\, from second wave feminism in 80s/90s\, till today. Although some aspects of feminist-led and artist-led scholarship are currently available in public collections across the island\, there are many more informal and overlooked archives. These materials exist in an ephemeral\, delicate state\, and it is a political act to take care of them and make them available for future research and education. \nUnderstanding archives as a site of radical imagination and learning\, How shall we do this? investigates the potential of inclusive feminist-informed methodologies for archiving underrepresented her/stories connected with the island of Ireland. Learning from international practices of feminist leadership and community-led\, anti-hierarchical approaches from the UK\, the US\, Europe\, and Australia; participants – along with the invited speakers – will initiate discussions around what a viable and long-term sustainable structure could look like in the context of the island of Ireland; as well as what feminist-informed methods of access and preservation are needed. \nInvited contributors include:\nAlex Martinis Roe: Artist and Researcher\, Melbourne\nÉireann and I Archive: Beulah Ezeugo & Joselle Ntumba\nGlasgow Women’s Library (GWL): Adele Patrick\nThe Feminist Institute NYC: Allison Elliott\nAWARE Paris Archives of Women Artists\, Research and Exhibitions: Matylda Taszycka\nThe West Asian and North African Women’s Art Library (WANAWAL): Êvar Huseynî \nThe programme concludes with a participatory-led workshop\, where attendees will collectively generate a series of proposition on feminist-informed archiving practices of donation\, conservation\, outreach\, and public engagement. The workshop will be practice-driven\, focusing on selected materials from the archive of Irish visual artist Patricia Hurl\, held in the IMMA Collection. URL:https://culturalpolicyireland.org/event/symposium-shaping-a-feminist-art-resource-centre/ LOCATION:Irish Museum of Modern Art\, Royal Hospital Kilmainham\, Military Rd\, Kilmainham\, Dublin\, D08 FW31\, Ireland CATEGORIES:ALL EVENTS,CPOI Networks,Other Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://culturalpolicyireland.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/22012026.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260225T160000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260225T170000 DTSTAMP:20260217T233309Z CREATED:20260216T212031Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260217T233309Z UID:3024-1772035200-1772038800@culturalpolicyireland.org SUMMARY:Housing redevelopment in Derry and Belfast\, 1960-1980: placemaking in a time of crisis DESCRIPTION:Dr Adrian Grant\nLecturer in History\nINCORE / School of Arts and Humanities\, Ulster University\n\nPart of the monthly seminars for INCORE (International Conflict Research Institute) that Ulster University will be hosting throughout 2026.\nLocation: MD008 and online at:  https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/36371312362171?p=YzhAVpWkOiB5DX4vbx \nMeeting ID: 363 713 123 621 71 \nPasscode: WZ6JA3HU \nABSTRACT: \nIn the aftermath of the Second World War\, Northern Ireland’s cities faced a housing crisis driven not only by wartime damage\, but as a result of decades of neglect and government inaction in public house building. Major UK policy shifts forced the NI government to engage in a comprehensive public housebuilding programme from the late 1940s onwards. New build estates were constructed on greenfield sites\, dealing rapidly with the sharper edges of housing shortage. Housing in inner-city areas had also deteriorated massively\, requiring state intervention to tackle problems of overcrowding and unsanitary conditions. In the early 1960s the NI government tasked local authorities and the Northern Ireland Housing Trust with the large-scale clearance and redevelopment of the inner-city housing identified as being beyond repair. Victorian terraced streets were replaced with a modernist mixture of high-rise and low-rise apartment complexes and lower density traditional housing. The permeable gridiron of terraced streets was replaced with a mixture of culs-de-sac and courtyard developments that separated pedestrians and vehicles\, but also created more closed-off and insular micro-communities. The construction of new roads and urban motorways added to the comprehensive nature of the changes to the urban fabric. \nThis seminar paper outlines the history of this process and its immediate and long-term impacts on urban communities in NI. Histories of this period have an understandable focus on the beginning of the ‘Troubles’ and the issues that acted as a catalyst for the activism and later violence of the conflict. Fair housing allocation was of course central to the demands of the civil rights movement\, and has been researched in some detail. However\, housing has the potential to be used as a prism through which to view the multi-layered issues affecting NI society in this period and after. This frame allows us to identify the common experiences of urban communities globally in the post-war period\, but also the particularities of the NI experience. The paper finishes with an outline of the ‘Home in Troubled Times’ project\, which will utilise this history to engage younger people and migrant communities with the historical debates and legacy contemporary urban issues that continue to impact neighbourhoods today. \nDr Adrian Grant is a Lecturer in History at Ulster University and a member of INCORE. He has written widely on the conflicted history of twentieth century Ireland\, and more recently with a focus on urban change in time of conflict. He was PI on the AHRC funded ‘Divided Pasts – Design Futures’ project that explored the history of urban redevelopment in Derry. He was also CAIN Transformation Project Lead\, securing design upgrades and new funding for the CAIN website. URL:https://culturalpolicyireland.org/event/housing-redevelopment-in-derry-and-belfast-1960-1980-placemaking-in-a-time-of-crisis/ LOCATION:online CATEGORIES:ALL EVENTS,CPOI Networks,Other Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://culturalpolicyireland.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Adrian-Grant.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260224T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260224T183000 DTSTAMP:20260217T155125Z CREATED:20260204T175910Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260217T155125Z UID:3000-1771952400-1771957800@culturalpolicyireland.org SUMMARY:Cultural Funding and Financing: Insights\, opportunities and challenges DESCRIPTION:  \nAll are welcome to attend this special event exploring current and new thinking on funding models for arts and culture globally. \n\n\n\nAs a special event to mark the launch of a new open access collection of essays edited by Carolina Dalla Chiesa (Erasmus University\, Rotterdam) and Anders Rykkja (Queen’s University Belfast)\, Cultural Funding and Financing – A Guide to New and Traditional Models in Arts and Culture. \nThose attending will hear from the editors and about established and emerging funding and finance practices. The event will be chaired by Brona Whittaker\, Arts & Business NI. \nThis event and the publication will be of interest to both researchers and practitioners in arts\, culture and creative practices. Scholars interested in financial and funding models in both nonprofit and private finance will also find much of relevance here. \nLight refreshments will follow the talk. \nAttendance is free but booking is required due to limited capacity. Please book here. Location and accessibility details can also be found here. \nThis event is made possible with the assistance of the School of Arts English & Languages through the Arts CDRG. \nOpen Access publication (free digital access) has been made possible through a joint library grant for open access publication from Erasmus University Rotterdam and Queen’s University Belfast. URL:https://culturalpolicyireland.org/event/cultural-funding-and-financing-insights-opportunities-and-challenges/ LOCATION:McMordie Hall\, Music Building\, Queen’s University Belfast\, 1 College Green\, Belfast\, Northern Ireland\, BT7 1LN\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:ALL EVENTS,CPOI Events,CPOI Exchanges ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://culturalpolicyireland.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/book-cover.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260114T150000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260114T163000 DTSTAMP:20251212T163057Z CREATED:20251208T221411Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251212T163057Z UID:2885-1768402800-1768408200@culturalpolicyireland.org SUMMARY:Report Launch - Public Media Ireland: a New PSM Organisation for a New Country DESCRIPTION:Launch of the Public Media Ireland report\, a joint project from Ulster University and Dublin City University. \nWednesday 14 January 2026\, 3pm-4.30pm\nThe Linen Hall Library\, Belfast \nBook here to reserve your ticket \nIn a new report being launched at the Linen Hall Library\, Belfast\, researchers from Ulster University and Dublin City University have considered what might happen to Public Service Media in a reunified Ireland – should this eventuality occur. \nIn this report the authors begin at that point\, and ask:\n– Would BBC Northern Ireland simply be subsumed into RTÉ\, taking on its staff and its assets?\n– Would a completely new Public Service Media organisation be created?\n– Or would Public Service Media survive in a reunified Ireland at all? \nWhether reunification takes place in the medium term\, long term\, or indeed not at all\, it is worth thinking creatively through approaches to media on an all-island basis. Work in this area is already gathering pace\, not least with the November 2025 announcement of the Shared Island Media Fund – aimed at to fostering all-island media development. \nWith this report\, the authors seek to commence a debate\, and use it as a starting point for all interested parties to have their say. This is the beginning of a conversation on the future of media across the island of Ireland – North and South – and certainly not the end. \nReport Authors: \nDr Phil Ramsey\, Ulster University\nDr Roddy Flynn\, Dublin City University\nDr Stephen Baker\, Ulster University\nDr Dawn Wheatley\, Dublin City University \nLaunch Event Chair: Susan McKay\, Press Ombudsman for Ireland\, journalist and author \nFor information on getting to the Linen Hall Library/parking etc.\, visit: https://linenhall.com/visit-us/ \nFunded by the Centre for Communication\, Media and Cultural Studies\, Ulster University and the School of Communications\, Dublin City University. \nLaunch event in partnership with Cultural Policy Observatory Ireland  \nFor more information\, please email: Dr Phil Ramsey – pt.ramsey@ulster.ac.uk URL:https://culturalpolicyireland.org/event/report-launch-public-media-ireland-a-new-psm-organisation-for-a-new-country/ LOCATION:The Linen Hall Library\, Belfast\, 17 Donegall Square N\, Belfast\, BT1 5GB\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:ALL EVENTS,CPOI Events,CPOI Exchanges ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://culturalpolicyireland.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Public-Media-Ireland-Seminar.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251204T130000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251204T140000 DTSTAMP:20251208T225439Z CREATED:20251125T020326Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251208T225439Z UID:2784-1764853200-1764856800@culturalpolicyireland.org SUMMARY:Towns Welcoming Creativity DESCRIPTION:UCD’s Centre for Irish Towns Talking Towns Series\, presented in partnership with Cultural Policy Observatory Ireland. \n1 – 2pm 4th December 2025 Event takes place online. Register to receive Zoom link. \n\n\n\nThis one-hour conversation explores ways that towns support everyday creativity as part of inclusive\, diverse places to live. \nAs explained by the UCD Centre for Irish Towns\, in Ireland\, Irish towns are home to a third of the population. They face significant challenges—including vacancy\, underinvestment\, and fragmented data and governance—which undermine social cohesion and long-term resilience. However\, they also present a major opportunity: towns are well-positioned to support population growth\, enable sustainable and low-carbon communities\, and drive post-pandemic transition. Growing policy initiatives and consensus highlight the need for coordinated research\, collaboration\, and evidence-based action to revitalise town centres. \nPresentations and discussion will draw from case studies and experiences within Creative Lives. Established in 1991\, Creative Lives champions community and volunteer-led creative activity\, and works to improve opportunities for everyone to be creative. They work across Ireland\, England\, Scotland\, Wales\, and Northern Ireland. \n\n\n\nChair: Dr Victoria Durrer (UCD) \n\n\n\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\nJemma Neville is a Policy Director of Creative Lives\, based in Scotland\, who writes creatively about the intersections of people in place \n\n\n\nJess Plant on Creative Lives’ Place work and partnerships with BBC local radio. She has previously worked in a range of arts development roles connected to criminal justice and lessening social exclusion. \nDan Brown is Head of Creative Development for OnFife\, a Cultural Trust in Fife\, Scotland. His background spans arts\, digital media\, and community engagement. \n\n\n\nAngi Ward runs the Monday Music group in Edenderry as part of Creative Places Edenderry\, Ireland (funded by Arts Council Ireland). Monday Music and Acoustic Hearts\, were the national Runners Up for Ireland at the Creative Lives Awards last year. Angi was also a recipient of Seed Funding from Creative Places\, Edenderry for writing her ‘Mother Bog’ original script musical play. \n\n\n\n URL:https://culturalpolicyireland.org/event/towns-welcoming-creativity/ LOCATION:Zoom CATEGORIES:ALL EVENTS,CPOI Events,CPOI Exchanges ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://culturalpolicyireland.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/TT_December_2025_v1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20251110T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20251110T180000 DTSTAMP:20251121T173843Z CREATED:20251121T173843Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251121T173843Z UID:2751-1762790400-1762797600@culturalpolicyireland.org SUMMARY:Cultural Policy: Perspectives on the island of Ireland. DESCRIPTION: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. \nOn 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. \nThis 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. \nA 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. \nBooking for this event is now closed URL:https://culturalpolicyireland.org/event/cultural-policy-perspectives-on-the-island-of-ireland/ LOCATION:TU Dublin\, Grangegorman Campus\, Smithfield\, Dublin\, Ireland CATEGORIES:ALL EVENTS,CPOI Events,CPOI Exchanges,CPOI Reads ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://culturalpolicyireland.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CPOI-2025-Logo.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR