Our research projects explore how diverse forms of cultural capital affect or enable change within urban environments.
We are interested in how uses of cultural capital can shape wider social and economic agendas, including its impact on people’s wellbeing, the regeneration of localities and the positioning of culture and creativity as valuable assets for individuals and communities.
Cultural Policy & Major Events
- Evaluation of the Liverpool City Region Boroughs of Culture programme (2019-23)
- Role of the British Council in adding value to the UK Cities of Culture programme (2017)
- Reimaging Brazilian cities: Urban images and cultural narratives in the wake of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (2017)
- Impacts 08: European Capitals of Culture Research Programme (2006-10)
- Mapping Cultural Spaces (2007)
- Building bridges between Olympic cities and the Olympic Movement (2016)
- Shakespeare Lives evaluation programme (2016-17)
- Understanding the Current and Future Value of the Beatles Legacy in Liverpool (2015-16)
- Culture in Sustainable Cities: Learning with Culture 21 Actions in Europe (2015)
- Impacts 18: Evaluating the legacies of the European Capital of Culture 10 years on (2016-19)
- European Capitals of Culture Legacies (2013)
- Liverpool World Heritage Site (2012)
- London 2012 Cultural Olympiad (2011-13)
- Scotland’s London 2012 Cultural Programme (2012)
Cultural Value & Public Policy
- The Social Outcomes of Taking Part in Place-based Cultural Programmes: A review of the evidence (2022)
- Transnational Memory Practices in the UK and South Korea – Ethics, Evaluation and Learning in Digital Exhibitions (2022-23)
- Evaluation of Lullaby in Cheshire, Merseyside and Wales (2021-22)
- Connecting with Yemeni Elders Heritage (2021-22)
- Instrumental Values: Professional ethics in collaborative cultural work (AHRC Leadership Fellowship 2017-19)
- The Value of Museums in Meeting the Global Dementia Challenge (2018)
- The Art of Social Prescribing: Informing policy on creative interventions in mental health care (2014-15)
- House of Memories: The value of museums in dementia care (2013-19)
- The Art of Social Prescribing Conference 2015
- Evaluation of Arts Council England’s Libraries Development Initiative (2012-13)
- Cultural Cities AHRC Research Network (2011-12)
- The Arts, Them and Us: Creating a more equitable system for subsidised culture (2014)
- In Harmony Liverpool AHRC Research Network (2012-13)
- Cultural Intermediation and the Creative Urban Economy (2012-2016)
- Continuing Professional Development in Liverpool City Region’s Arts and Cultural Sector (2010-11)
- ICC 5th Anniversary Symposium (2015)
Cultural Assets & Social Value
- Devolution and Health Governance in the Liverpool City Region (2016-17)
- Evaluation of Creative Alternatives arts on prescription programme (2015-16)
- Evaluation of the Core Fit pilot programme for children and over 50s in Cheshire East (2015)
- Evaluating the Impact of Blackpool Arts for Health (2014-15)
- LJMU Early Career Researcher Development Fellowship (2014)
- Evaluation of Big Heritage’s Roman Medicine Roadshow (2014)
- Joining the Dots: The social value of creative interventions in mental health care (2012-2016)