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The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) will support a new study to measure the value of UK culture and heritage.<\/h3>\nThe Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) will support a new study to measure the value of UK culture and heritage.<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
UK Research and Innovations (UKRI) writes:<\/p>\n
The study will be conducted by the University of the Arts London (UAL).<\/p>\n
It will help the government provide the tools to the sector to evidence decision-making and funding bids where cost benefit analysis and value for money enquiry is needed.<\/p>\n
The study will produce a report published on DCMS\u2019s Culture and Heritage Capital (CHC) portal.<\/p>\n
The report will outline the work and methodology and present an operational agenda, including a priority list of research areas to be further explored.<\/p>\n
Market-based measures of value such as gross domestic product (GDP) are currently used to support government decision making.<\/p>\n
These often fail though to satisfactorily calculate the contribution of the culture and heritage assets to UK society.<\/p>\n
This much needed scoping study will:<\/p>\n
The study brings together a cross-disciplinary team of:<\/p>\n
The study will be led by a humanities and design scholar Dr Patrycja Kaszynska, Senior Research Fellow at the UAL Social Design Institute.<\/p>\n
The research team will work with an international advisory group comprising world-leading experts across the disciplines and sectors most pertinent to the study.<\/p>\n
Supporting partners include:<\/p>\n
The team will build on recent research commissioned by DCMS, Historic England and Arts Council England to inform the development of the CHC framework.<\/p>\n
This reflects the approach set out by the HM Treasury Green Book.<\/p>\n
Professor Christopher Smith, Executive Chair, AHRC said:<\/p>\n
“We are living through a pivotal moment for our cultural and heritage industries.<\/p>\n
“The past two years have demonstrated the enormous value of our cultural institutions by giving us a chilling glimpse of a world without theatres, museums, and historic buildings.<\/p>\n
“This study will help us to capture and measure this value in a way that will help us to direct investment and shape policy to ensure stronger and more resilient cultural and heritage assets across the UK.”<\/p>\n
Lord Mendoza, Commissioner for Cultural Recovery and Renewal, DCMS said:<\/p>\n
“The close and firm collaboration between AHRC and DCMS will continue to help push forward our important CHC programme.<\/p>\n
“I look forward to the work of this cross-disciplinary team.<\/p>\n
“They will consider the key questions to enable us to value the wide-ranging, important contributions of culture and heritage assets.”<\/p>\n
Dr Patrycja Kaszynska, Principal Investigator and Senior Researcher, UAL Social Design Institute said:<\/p>\n
“Walking past a historic building, going to a theatre, engaging with an online collection or an archive, are activities which bring enjoyment to many people, individually and collectively.<\/p>\n
“Not just that, culture and heritage assets provide a sense of identity, continuity and attachment, as well as an appreciation for diversity and difference, for current and future generations.<\/p>\n
“Yet only a fraction of this value is currently being captured and measured.<\/p>\n
“It is great that DCMS and AHRC are supporting this area of research that will help to fill gaps in evidence and open up future avenues of inquiry.”<\/p>\n