This research was conducted by Jessica Sherrod Hale and Joanna Woronkowicz at Indiana University, USA
This paper looked at the effects of arts programming at a large university campus in the United States. In 2016 Indiana University made a big investment in on-campus arts programming, including festivals with performances, film …
This research was conducted by Robert Blakey at the University of Oxford
This paper looked at whether people’s attitude to youth justice can be changed by watching a play about neuroscience. After watching the play, people recommended a slightly higher age of criminal responsibility than is currently the case in …
This research was conducted by Kenneth Elpus at the University of Maryland, USA
This paper sought to ‘understand the effects of school-based music education on later adult engagement with the arts using nationally representative data from the United States’. It found that ‘both music performance and music appreciation courses are …
This research was conducted by Mikhail Sokolov at the European University at Saint Petersburg, Russia.
One of the aims of Soviet public policy was to reduce (even eliminate) the cultural distinctions between classes and professional groups by making the population more professionalised. This did not occur. During Perestrioka, when …
This research was conducted by Jonathan Daniel Gómez-Zapata, Luis César Herrero-Prieto and Beatriz Rodríguez-Prado at the National University of Colombia in Medellin and the University of Valladolid, Spain
This paper examines the economic and social impact generated by the Medellin Music School Network. The programme comprised 27 music schools concentrated …
This research was conducted by Yves Evrard and Anne Krebs at HEC Paris and the Musée du Louvre, France.
This paper looks at the profile of visitors to the Louvre in Paris and compares them to those visiting the museum’s website. The research revealed that while the website and social …
This research was conducted by Enrico E. Bertacchini, Chiara Dalle Nogare and Raffaele Scuderi at the University of Turin and two other institutions in Italy
This research specifically examined ‘the effectiveness of museums in their provision of public services’ against four criteria (accessibility, friendliness, visibility, and connection to locality). The …
This research was conducted by Jamie Levine Daniel and Mirae Kim at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and Georgia State University, USA
This paper describes the outcomes of a workshop on creative placemaking which brought together ‘local community leaders, planners, economic developers, tourism or cultural administrators’. Creative placemaking ‘intentionally leverages the …
This research was conducted by Birgit Regina Mandel at the University of Hildesheim, Germany.
This paper charts an initiative called 'Intercultural Audience Development' designed to broaden and diversify the audiences for elite arts institutions in Germany. It found that diversification only happens when changes are made to the programming and …
This research was conducted by Siobhan McAndrew and Paul Widdop at the University of Bristol and Leeds Beckett University
Surveys of adults in England show that women are less likely than men to attend jazz concerts – there is a larger gender gap for jazz than for rock concerts. By …