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Unpacking the Methodology Behind Industry Insights: CCR’s Media Sector 2023

Unpacking the Methodology Behind Industry Insights: CCR’s Media Sector 2023

Posted on 22 October 2025 by Ellie Griffin

Written by Máté Fodor, Impactonomix The Cardiff Capital Region (CCR) is home to a dynamic media cluster dominated by small, innovative firms and freelancers, making traditional data sources often incomplete. This […]

Latest research: Industry Insights – The size and composition of the creative industries in Wales in 2023

Latest research: Industry Insights – The size and composition of the creative industries in Wales in 2023

Posted on 11 September 2025 by Ellie Griffin

This economic snapshot provides an updated economic analysis of the creative industries in Wales for the year 2023. It builds upon the previous editions of the Creative Industries Report Series, […]

Cardiff University Researchers uncover new way of mapping  creative ecosystem in Wales

Cardiff University Researchers uncover new way of mapping creative ecosystem in Wales

Posted on 21 February 2025 by Carys Bradley-Roberts

Researchers from Cardiff University’s Centre for the Creative Economy have today unveiled a brand-new way of uncovering the breadth of Wales’ vast network of creative businesses and freelancers.   The […]

From ideas to policy: a brief history of the creative economy

From ideas to policy: a brief history of the creative economy

Posted on 16 April 2024 by Justin Lewis

The idea of ‘the culture industry’ was developed more than 70 years ago (Adorno and Horkheimer, 1947), at a time when many popular cultural forms were still emerging, and when […]

Creative Research at Cardiff Universty: Dr Dawn Mannay

Posted on 27 June 2017 by Johann Gregory

Dr Dawn Mannay speaking at the 'Visual Research Methods - Working with Creatives' event hosted by the Creative Cardiff Research Network and the School of Social Sciences. During the filming […]

Launch of the Networking Creative Hubs project

Posted on 1 June 2017 by Johann Gregory

More people are working in creative hubs than ever before. For freelancers and small businesses, hubs offer a place to work, opportunities, connections and a sense of community. This week […]

Creative Research at Cardiff University: Professor Damian Walford Davies

Posted on 27 April 2017 by Johann Gregory

During the filming of the Creative Research at Cardiff University video, we spoke to three academics in the Creative Cardiff Research Network about their work. We’ve identified three particular and […]

‘A Spotlight on Sŵn Music Festival’ Report Launch

Posted on 3 April 2017 by Johann Gregory

Last year I helped to set up the Festivals Research Group in the Creative Cardiff Research Network. This led to a collaboration with Sŵn Music Festival last autumn. A report […]

The Creative Economy in Europe

The Creative Economy in Europe

Posted on 22 March 2017 by Ian Hargreaves

The Lisbon Council and Nesta has today launched The Creative Economy in Europe: Why Human Beings Remain the Economy's Key Asset, a hard-hitting new policy brief which highlights the pivotal role of creativity […]

Creative Research at Cardiff University: Professor Samantha Warren

Creative Research at Cardiff University: Professor Samantha Warren

Posted on 22 February 2017 by Johann Gregory

During the filming of the ‘Creative Research at Cardiff University’ video, we spoke to three academics in the Creative Cardiff Research Network about their work. We’ve identified three particular and […]