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Report on work at Creative Cardiff’s pop-up hub #CCHub16

Report on work at Creative Cardiff’s pop-up hub #CCHub16

Posted on 23 June 2016 by Johann Gregory

  Eleanor Roberts is with us for six weeks as part of our research into creative hubs and the Cardiff city regions' creative community. This is her second blog post […]

Creative Hub Research Project

Creative Hub Research Project

Posted on 13 June 2016 by Johann Gregory

Eleanor Roberts, a joint-honours student in English Literature and Media, has joined the Creative Economy team as part of the Cardiff Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (CUROP). We’re really excited to […]

The Creative Citizen Unbound: book launch in the Vertical Studio

The Creative Citizen Unbound: book launch in the Vertical Studio

Posted on 27 April 2016 by Samuel Woodford

Tuesday evening, the second event in the "Vertical Studio" project, saw the Cardiff launch of a new book, The Creative Citizen Unbound. This has been co-edited by Professor Ian Hargreaves and […]

Visual Research Methods – Working with Creatives event

Visual Research Methods – Working with Creatives event

Posted on 21 April 2016 by Johann Gregory

In my role as the co-ordinator of the Creative Cardiff Research Network, I organised an event with Dr Dawn Mannay in the School of Social Sciences. This was the first […]

Creative Citizens book launched in Parliament

Creative Citizens book launched in Parliament

Posted on 21 April 2016 by Ian Hargreaves

We had a great time this week doing the London launch of our Creative Citizens book in the House of Lords. As guests of Lord Mawson, one of the UK's […]

Embedded creatives project – an update

Embedded creatives project – an update

Posted on 11 April 2016 by Samuel Woodford

For the last five weeks I have been speaking with “embedded creatives” throughout Cardiff - those people who are working creative jobs, but are based outside the core creative industries. […]

Visual Research Methods – Working with Creatives Event

Visual Research Methods – Working with Creatives Event

Posted on 7 April 2016 by Johann Gregory

  In my role as the co-ordinator of the Creative Cardiff Research Network, I am organising an event with Dr Dawn Mannay in the School of Social Sciences. This event […]

22 questions about the creative economy: what do you think?

22 questions about the creative economy: what do you think?

Posted on 21 March 2016 by Ian Hargreaves

I really enjoyed my recent session with Dr Jenny Kidd’s Cultural and Creative Industries students – a third year undergraduate group numbering almost 60. As a way of structuring a […]

Embedded creatives in Cardiff

Embedded creatives in Cardiff

Posted on 18 February 2016 by Samuel Woodford

I have just joined the Creative Economy team as a Research Associate, tasked with investigating the important role that creative workers outside the core creative industries play in Cardiff’s creative […]

In search of the creative economy

In search of the creative economy

Posted on 31 January 2016 by Ian Hargreaves

I get asked quite often about the range of research projects I'm currently involved in and how they connect to each other. It's hard to give a short answer to […]