Our empirical and interdisciplinary research translates into economic and societal impact through a variety of activities, including:
Results and Impact
- We conduct primary research across 7 themes to inform evidence-based policy making. Our research findings are continuously published in the open access CREATe Working Paper series, with over 100 research papers and reports available here:
https://www.create.ac.uk/create-publications/ - We substantially contribute to policy making in intellectual property, competition, information and technology law through policy consultations as well as roundtables with regulators and stakeholders. Specific policy submissions are catalogued here:
https://www.create.ac.uk/policy-responses/ - We build unique interdisciplinary capacity in academia and beyond through an innovative combination of credited and non-credited programmes: https://www.create.ac.uk/study-with-us/
- We continue to develop and maintain a digital research infrastructure of well-established and widely used online resources, while experimenting with new technologies: https://www.create.ac.uk/resources/
CREATe 2018-2023
The impact of CREATe research in this phase – funded via the AHRC Creative Industries Policy & Evidence Centre (PEC) and the H2020 project “reCreating Europe: Rethinking digital copyright law for a culturally diverse, accessible, creative Europe” – was demonstrated in two main areas:
Contributing to policy-making at European level
CREATe research has produced empirical evidence which informed the EU copyright debate and supported amendments to the Copyright in the Digital Single Market Directive (2019/790). This is documented through resource pages such as:
Shaping the creative policy and practice of copyright users
The same research was distilled and systematised into innovative online resources that helped creators, policy-makers, cultural heritage institutions, and researchers make informed decisions on complex copyright matters. These include:
CREATe 2012-2018
Key results from the first phase of CREATe can be accessed via:
Collection of 55 posts published in 2018 reflecting on the Impact of CREATe-funded research projects:
A diagnostic exercise funded in 2017 by AHRC follow-on funding:
Held at the RSA in London in 2016, it exhibited key findings from the first phase of CREATe:
Further material relating to CREATe’s initial phase as a Consortium (2012-18) is documented here: