Project Output
Academic journal articles
Comunian, R., Gilmore A. and Jacobi, S. 2015 (forthcoming) Higher education and the creative economy: students, knowledge and regional impact debates, Geography Compass
Comunian R, Faggian A, S Jewell (2015) Digital technology and the creative industries: Exploring the role of human capital submitted Journal of Education and Work Link to Journal
Comunian, R., Faggian, A., & Jewell, S. (2014). Embedding arts and humanities in the creative economy: the role of graduates in the UK. Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 32(3), 426-450. Link to Journal
Comunian, R., & Faggian, A. (2014). Creative Graduates and Creative Cities: Exploring the Geography of Creative Education in the UK. International Journal of Cultural and Creative Industries, 1(2), 19-34. Link to Journal download
Comunian, R, and Alessandra Faggian. "Higher education, human capital, and the creative economy." Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy 32.3 (2014): 381-383. Link to Journal
Comunian, R., Taylor, C., & Smith, D. N. (2014). The Role of Universities in the Regional Creative Economies of the UK: Hidden Protagonists and the Challenge of Knowledge Transfer. European Planning Studies, Volume 22, Issue 12, Link to Journal
Book chapters
Comunian, R. and Jacobi, S. (2015), "Resilience, creative careers and creative spaces: bridging vulnerable artist’s livelihoods and adaptive urban change" in Resilient territories: innovation and creativity for new modes of regional development, ed. H. Pinto, Cambridge Scholars, Link to book content
Comunian, R., & Gilmore, A. (2014) “From knowledge sharing to co-creation: paths and spaces for engagement between higher education and the creative and cultural industries” in Annick Schramme, Rene Kooyman, Giep Hagoort (eds.) Beyond Frames dynamics between the creative industries, knowledge institutions and the urban context, Eburon Academic Press: Delft. Link to Publisher / Link to Working Paper Version
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Academic Conferences and engagement activities
Beyond the workshops and conference organised as part of the network, results from the research work of the network have contributed to the following:
(5-8th November, 2014) Roberta Comunian presented "“Love Story: Higher Education, the Creative Economy and Emotional Labour” at EDGE EFFECTS: 2014 A2RU NATIONAL CONFERENCE, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
(9-10 October, 2014) Roberta Comunian discussed her paper "Global aspirations and local talent: the development of Creative Higher Education in Singapore" at the 3rd European Colloquium on Culture, Creativity and Economy Amsterdam, Department of Social and Economic Geography, Uppsala University, Sweden In Collaboration With: Geographies of Globalizations, Centre for Urban Studies, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
(9-10 October, 2014) Roberta Comunian discussed her paper "Global aspirations and local talent: the development of Creative Higher Education in Singapore" at the 3rd European Colloquium on Culture, Creativity and Economy Amsterdam, Department of Social and Economic Geography, Uppsala University, Sweden In Collaboration With: Geographies of Globalizations, Centre for Urban Studies, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
(3-5) September 2014 Abigail Gilmore chaired a panel discussion during the CRESC Centre for Socio-Cultural Change conference in Manchester on “Higher Education and the Creative Economy: critical frames, paths and spaces for art & artists (in the city)”
(22-24 May 2014) Third International Research Conference on the Cultural and Creative Industries, Antwerp Management School, Belgium, paper presented Comunian, R., & Gilmore, A. (2014) “From knowledge sharing to co-creation: paths and spaces for engagement between higher education and the creative and cultural industries” Link to Publisher / Link to Working Paper Version
(28-30 August 2013) RGS-IBG Annual Conference in London Dr Roberta Comunian co-organised the Special session: Creative industries, creative jobs and creative clusters: An evolutionary perspective, organised with Su-Hyun Berg and Robert Hassink Dept. of Geography, University of Kiel, Germany
(22-24 May 2014) Third International Research Conference on the Cultural and Creative Industries, Antwerp Management School, Belgium, paper presented Comunian, R., & Gilmore, A. (2014) “From knowledge sharing to co-creation: paths and spaces for engagement between higher education and the creative and cultural industries” Link to Publisher / Link to Working Paper Version
(28-30 August 2013) RGS-IBG Annual Conference in London Dr Roberta Comunian co-organised the Special session: Creative industries, creative jobs and creative clusters: An evolutionary perspective, organised with Su-Hyun Berg and Robert Hassink Dept. of Geography, University of Kiel, Germany
Keynotes & invited talks
28th November 2014, Roberta Comunian, talk on "Universities and the arts: patrons, sponsors or partners “at the Centre for Creative and Cultural Research at University of Canberra (Australia), during a workshop on: “Making Culture: creative participation in the arts” convened by Professor Angelina Russo and Dr Scott Brook
28th May 2014, Edinburgh, Roberta Comunian Keynote contributor to Identifying and Nurturing Talent: Best Practice and New Pathways in the Screen Industries
29th November 2013 | University of Algarve, Faro, Roberta Comunian Keynote delivered on ‘Resilience and vulnerability in creative careers: work and geographical strategies of creative graduates in UK at the 19th Workshop APDR Resilient Territories: Innovation And Creativity For New Modes Of Regional Development
8th November 2013, Antwerp (Belgium) Roberta Comunian Keynote to the conference To Teach Or Not To Teach? Questioning The Art School with the paper The career opportunities and patterns of creative graduates in UK as part of the celebration of the Anniversary of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp