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Continue reading →: Rights and Pathways of Support for Disabled Artists on the Island of IrelandThe report, Artists at the Intersection of Work and Welfare by Dr Philip Finn, was released in 2025. It examines the experiences of disabled artists across the arts with recommendations for high-level policy and the sector. It also reflects on the impact of the Basic Income for the Arts Pilot…
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Continue reading →: Special Issue in Cultural TrendsCultural Policy Observatory Ireland announces a special issue on cultural policymaking and research on the island of Ireland for the peer-reviewed academic journal Cultural Trends. Since 1989, Cultural Trends has been an important space that brings together and showcases empirically grounded research on cultural policy with a particular focus on…
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Continue reading →: Exploring Disability and the Arts: Rights and Pathways of Support for Artists
An All-island gathering 1st March 2019, 10am – 4pm (coffee at 10am, start at 10:30am) Queen’s University Belfast, Lanyon Building, Room Ground floor 0G/074 Statement: Rights and Pathways of Support for Disabled Artists on the Island of Ireland This event gathered together practitioners, policymakers and researchers to discuss disability within…
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Continue reading →: Brexit StatementBrexit Discussions Day The Belfast Visual Arts Forum (BVAF), in partnership with Theatre NI, Thrive, Creative Europe Desk UK – Northern Ireland, AICA (L’Association Internationale des Critiques d’Art) with the support of the Cultural Policy Observatory Ireland hosted a Brexit discussions day on Thursday 1 November 2018. A BREXIT Statement was prepared as a result of our discussion.
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Continue reading →: Cross-Island Cultural Policy
Since 2018, there is a growing body of work exploring cultural policy in an all-island context. Three projects are explored here. Please get in touch to tell us about more. Building Capacity for Cultural Industries: Towards a Shared-Island Approach (2022/23) Download the Final Report: Building Capacity for Cultural Industries: Towards…
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Continue reading →: Persistent Creativity: Making the Case for Art, Culture and the Creative Industries
Despite a growing number of valuable, and valid, critiques, the notion that ‘creativity’ has a special role to play in the future success of post-industrial societies has proved to be remarkably persistent. Cultural Policy Observatory Ireland was delighted to host Dr. Peter Campbell on 23rd October 2018 at the Brian…
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Continue reading →: CPOI at ESA, Malta 2018
Kerry McCall Magan, co-founder of Cultural Policy Observatory Ireland, with colleagues Constance DeVereaux, Colorado State University and Fang Hua, Shanghai Conservatory of Music, has organised 2 Research cafes for the Arts Management Research Studies Stream at the Sociology of the Arts and Sociology of Culture joint conference in Malta, 4-7…
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Continue reading →: Alternative Perspectives on Cultural Participation — presentationsThe level of cultural participation in publicly funded arts and culture has been an ongoing cause for concern for policy makers and state agencies in the Republic of Ireland and the UK. This has resulted in efforts to tackle economic, social, psychological, and spatial barriers to broaden access – to…
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Continue reading →: Young people’s perspectives on culture, identity and cultural participation on the island of Ireland todayThe Cultural Policy Observatory Ireland and Queen’s University Belfast hosted a conference entitled ‘Spaces To Belong To’ on Friday 15th September 2017 at the Brian Friel Theatre, Queen’s University Belfast, N. Ireland. This event, curated by Molly Goyer Gorman, explored young people’s perspectives on culture, identity and cultural participation on the island…
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Continue reading →: Alternative Perspectives on Cultural Participation
The level of cultural participation in publicly funded arts and culture has been an ongoing cause for concern for policy makers and state agencies in the Republic of Ireland and the UK. This has resulted in efforts to tackle economic, social, psychological, and spatial barriers to broaden access – to…
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