We’re excited to announce that the third edition of the CREATe Spring School on Remaking Creativity will take place between 29 April and 2 May 2026. The School will provide an interdisciplinary outlook on the interplay between human creation and technology by bringing together the expertise of copyright, competition and tech regulation scholars. It is addressed to doctoral and advanced master students, early career researchers, industry representatives, and policy makers with the interest in cultural and creative industries.
The first edition of the School on the topic of Platforming Creativity took place in April 2024. You can read about it, including the participants’ testimonials, here. We offered the School for the second time in May 2025, addressing the topic of (re)Humanising Creativity. A blog post by one of the School’s participants reflecting on their experience and including (video) testimonials is available here.
Cultural and creative industries play an important role in modern economies, fostering innovation, creating jobs, and significantly contributing to the economic growth. But their primary role is that of fostering cultural diversity and development of our society, providing an outlet for people’s creativity and expression. Digitalisation and rapid technological progress have created unprecedented opportunities for creators, widening the cultural offer available to the users, who can now partake in creative processes themselves. At the same time, technology has become a crucial intermediary: platforms and their opaque algorithms mediate access to creative goods, acting as gatekeepers, potentially flattening the cultural offering. Digital media creators, searching for new monetization opportunities, dip their toes in advertising, fusing the roles of artists and entrepreneurs more than ever before. The recent advancement in generative AI brings both hope for the automation of menial tasks, freeing creators to do what they love to do, as well as fear that their work will be exploited by big tech and that they will eventually be substituted by machines.
The School aims to provide its participants with a comprehensive understanding of the effects digital technology has on the cultural and creative industries, and how those effects are being addressed by the legislators and policymakers in Europe. The School addresses the current discussions from three perspectives: creativity (copyright), markets (competition) and technology (tech regulation), with each perspective addressed on a separate day.
Who can apply?
The Spring School welcomes applications from doctoral and advanced master students, early career researchers, industry representatives and policy makers with an interest in cultural and creative industries. The Spring School is taught on a postgraduate level and participants should have some but not exhaustive prior knowledge on at least some of the topics. The Spring School will touch upon EU copyright law, competition law, digital regulation and technology. Reading materials will be made available to the Spring School participants.
The number of participants is limited to 15-20 people. Anyone who is interested is welcome to apply by 9 February. Candidates will be notified of the application results by 13 February 2024.
How to apply
The online applications are now open. To apply, fill in the application form on the Spring School page on CREATe’s website.
Upon application, candidates will be asked to provide a CV (of maximum 3 pages) and a short statement of motivation, explaining why they want to participate in the Spring School and why they make a good candidate (max 500 words).
The fee for participation in the Spring School is 480 GBP. The fee includes tuition, coffee, lunches and reception. A limited number of scholarships are available upon request during the application process.
In case of questions about the Spring School please contact Dr Ula Furgał (ula.furgal@glasgow.ac.uk) or Dr Magali Eben (magali.eben@glasgow.ac.uk).
Where will the Spring School take place?
The Spring School will take place at the University of Glasgow, Scotland (United Kingdom) from 29 April to 2 May 2026.
Founded in 1451, the University of Glasgow has for centuries been a cradle for revolutionary ideas and exceptional thinkers, such as the famous ‘father of modern economics’ Adam Smith. It remains home to exceptional research and teaching, taking place on the stunning campus which combines Gothic architecture with the best modern campuses have to offer. The Spring School will be taught principally in the Advanced Research Centre, a high-tech building housing 500 multidisciplinary researchers from all four of the University’s colleges: Social Sciences, Arts, Science and Engineering, and Medical/Veterinary and Life Sciences.
The University of Glasgow is situated in the leafy, green west end of Glasgow, which is also home to the impressive collections of art, natural history, and cultural heritage in the Hunterian museums and Kelvingrove Art Gallery. Glasgow is also well-situated to explore the extraordinary natural beauty of Scotland, with lochs (lakes), munros (mountains), and nature reserves less than an hour away.