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 […]
UCD’s Centre for Irish Towns Talking Towns Series, presented in partnership with Cultural Policy Observatory Ireland. 1 – 2pm 4th December 2025 Event takes place online. Register to receive Zoom link. This one-hour conversation explores ways that towns support everyday creativity as part of inclusive, diverse places to live. As explained by the UCD Centre […]
Launch of the Public Media Ireland report, a joint project from Ulster University and Dublin City University. Wednesday 14 January 2026, 3pm-4.30pm The Linen Hall Library, Belfast Book here to reserve your ticket In a new report being launched at the Linen Hall Library, Belfast, researchers from Ulster University and Dublin City University have considered […]
All are welcome to attend this special event exploring current and new thinking on funding models for arts and culture globally. As 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 […]
Dr Adrian Grant Lecturer in History INCORE / School of Arts and Humanities, Ulster University Part of the monthly seminars for INCORE (International Conflict Research Institute) that Ulster University will be hosting throughout 2026. Location: MD008 and online at: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/36371312362171?p=YzhAVpWkOiB5DX4vbx Meeting ID: 363 713 123 621 71 Passcode: WZ6JA3HU ABSTRACT: In the aftermath of the Second World […]
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, […]
Join CPOI Reads for an online lunch time event: Dr Maria O’Brien, Lecturer in Taxation at University of Galway in conversation with David Hesmondhalgh, Professor of Media, Music and Culture at the University of Leeds, on her study of tax credits for cultural production in Ireland. EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Please register to […]
Arts Management & Cultural Policy at Queen’s University Belfast is delighted to host Professor Eleonora Redaelli of the University of Oregon (USA). This 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 […]
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 […]