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Culture and the Climate Emergency
5 Priorities for World Cities in the post-covid recovery period
Culture and the Climate Emergency
Creating Healthy Night-time Economies in World Cities
BOP’s report for Nanjing City Government demonstrates the importance of cross-cutting policies with a compelling cultural offer at the core
Creating Healthy Night-time Economies in World Cities
Culture and the Recovery: Levelling Up Culture?
Culture can play an important role in recovery and renewal across the UK, if the right local decision-making is put in place
Culture and the Recovery: Levelling Up Culture?
Central London’s celebrated cultural offer is in peril
This focused, coordinated set of measures can not only rescue the sector, but position it to lead the recovery
Central London’s celebrated cultural offer is in peril
Creative and Cultural Industries and Urban Revitalisation in the post-COVID era
BOP’s updated Handbook for the Inter-American Development Bank sets out strategies for sustainability and urban resilience
Creative and Cultural Industries and Urban Revitalisation in the post-COVID era
COVID-19: Government support packages for culture and creative industries #3
Three big questions as applications close for Arts Council England’s Cultural Recovery Fund
COVID-19: Government support packages for culture and creative industries #3
COVID-19: Government support packages for culture and creative industries #2
The UK’s £1.57 billion recovery package: priorities for a New Deal
COVID-19: Government support packages for culture and creative industries #2
COVID-19: Cities, Culture and the 3 ‘P’s: powers, partnerships, place
Cities are using their unique capabilities to lead recovery and renewal
COVID-19: Cities, Culture and the 3 ‘P’s: powers, partnerships, place
COVID-19: Government support packages for culture and creative industries #1
Investing in recovery, planning for transformation
COVID-19: Government support packages for culture and creative industries #1
COVID-19 is a triple blow to culture and the creative industries
Recovery and renewal will depend on how we address the three dimensions of the crisis
COVID-19 is a triple blow to culture and the creative industries
‘Plans are useless, planning is essential’
In the face of radical uncertainty leaders and policy-makers will have to take planning and collaboration to whole a new level
‘Plans are useless, planning is essential’
Relief, Recovery and Renewal: navigating our way to a new kind of future
Nobody knows what will happen next, but we have a good idea of the three necessary steps out of the crisis
Relief, Recovery and Renewal: navigating our way to a new kind of future

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Research and Evaluation
We provide original research and robust evaluations that help our clients improve what they do, plan new programmes, test policies and make the case for their work. Learn more
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Places
We help local authorities, city leaders, and developers to map and plan for dynamic cultural places and projects across scales. Learn more
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Organisations
We help our clients to develop exciting concepts for new and enhanced cultural buildings, and to test their feasibility. Learn more
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World Cities Culture Forum
We organise and coordinate The World Cities Culture Forum (WCCF), a network of 38 cities across six continents. Learn more
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We provide original research and robust evaluations that help our clients improve what they do, plan new programmes, test policies and make the case for their work. Learn more
We help local authorities, city leaders, and developers to map and plan for dynamic cultural places and projects across scales. Learn more
We help our clients to develop exciting concepts for new and enhanced cultural buildings, and to test their feasibility. Learn more
We organise and coordinate The World Cities Culture Forum (WCCF), a network of 38 cities across six continents. Learn more

Recent projects

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Evaluation of ArtsTrain
Research and Evaluation arts
Evaluation of ArtsTrain
Building a global cultural city Chengdu Media Group
Chengdu Media Group
Strategy and Planning China
Building a global cultural city
Exploring visual art and European identity Goethe-Institut
Goethe-Institut
Research and Evaluation arts museums and galleries
Exploring visual art and European identity
Unlocking public funds and support
Buildings and Regeneration Strategy and Planning arts audiences funding
Unlocking public funds and support
Upgrading The Albany art centre into a mixed used development
Buildings and Regeneration Strategy and Planning arts funding
Upgrading The Albany art centre into a mixed used development
Evaluation of London Creative Network
Research and Evaluation arts economic development
Evaluation of London Creative Network
Strategy & concept development for major new art foundation
Strategy and Planning MENA
Strategy & concept development for major new art foundation
Evaluation of Creative Europe, European Commission
Research and Evaluation arts creative industries funding
Evaluation of Creative Europe, European Commission
Reshaping cultural policies UNESCO
UNESCO
Research and Evaluation
Reshaping cultural policies
Ireland’s live entertainment sector
Research and Evaluation economic development
Ireland’s live entertainment sector
The value of a residency by Secret Cinema Secret Cinema
Secret Cinema
Buildings and Regeneration Research and Evaluation arts economic development
The value of a residency by Secret Cinema
A New Toolkit for Creative Cities Across the UK Creative Industries Council
Creative Industries Council
Research and Evaluation Strategy and Planning arts creative industries
A New Toolkit for Creative Cities Across the UK