Professor Katy Shaw, Director of the UKRI/AHRC Creative Communities programme and Professor of Writing and Publishing at Northumbria University, talks to NCIA's John Fell about a range of topics including:

• Creative Communities outputs, including their recently-launched podcast series on their Community Innovation Practitioners.
• Devolution as an opportunity to supercharge change and growth locally.
• Devolving R&D and innovation at a local level.
• How universities can help foster diversity in creative industries.
•  The Case for Culture Report's recommendations, and the impact of Covid on the creative industries and geographic decentralisation.
• Using university cultural spaces as a gateway to engage with the public. 
• And more!

Creative Communities homepage
Creative Communities Podcast
Creative Communities Policy Labs
The Case for Culture Report (2022)

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