The Centre for Cultural Value has been selected as an international partner as part of The Arts Impact Partnership, a seven-year research initiative coordinated by Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada.

The Arts Impact Partnership (TAIP): Understanding the Arts’ Civic Impact in the Data-Driven Economy brings together 67 researchers and 33 partner organisations, including two national consortia representing over 1,000 arts entities across Canada and three international satellite partners. Together, they will address the challenges faced by arts-based research and creative practices in the era of data-driven analytics.

The project recognises the inadequacy of existing data and impact frameworks to capture the qualitative richness of arts contributions to society, directly impacting funding and public understanding.

The Centre’s role in the project will include contributing the time of expert staff and a resident researcher to support the data analysis and knowledge mobilisation, working alongside other UK and European scholars.

Centre for Cultural Value Director, Stephen Dobson, says:

To be part of this large-scale, international research consortium is an exciting opportunity for the Centre. With the project spanning seven years, we’re curious to learn more about the research findings and how this connects to the work the Centre is doing in the UK, especially around data-driven analytics and the outcomes of the current work developing a blueprint for a National Cultural Data Observatory.

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