Sustainable Cultural Futures

​Led by King’s College London (UK) and Doshisha University (Japan), Sustainable Cultural Futures: COVID-19 and Resetting Cultural Policy (SCF) takes a mid- to long-term perspective to reconsider the pre-pandemic assumptions, explore new frontiers for cultural policy studies and build a more sustainable future for the arts and culture. To achieve this, we focus on three themes: 1) Cultural Value; 2) Institutions of Culture Work; and ​3) Digitalised Cultural Consumption.

SCF is one of ten UK-Japan collaborative research projects aimed at tackling various challenges induced by the COVID-19 pandemic. The ten projects were jointly awarded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). 

This page summarises the projects recent research activities in a series of blog posts. The projects official webpage can be found here.

Research Activity

How To Become An AI Overlord

On 15 January, King’s College London BA and MA students gathered for Winona Wee’s guest talk, “How to Become an AI Overlord.” Wee offered thoughtful perspectives on the role of AI in the creative process, drawing on her expertise and a culture-focused approach to innovation. About the Speaker Winona Wee (she/her) is a Senior Creative at…

Sustainable Cultural Futures UK-Japan Online Seminar

‘Cultural Labour: policy approaches to tackling the precarity in cultural freelancing’ Thursday, 9 November 2023 10:00 – 11:30 GMT We are pleased to invite you to an online seminar on potential policy approaches to tackling the precarity in cultural freelancing. The issues of low income, the lack of good access to social security and the…

Sustainable Futures of Culture Project: International Workshop on Cultural Labour 

On June 24 and 25, 2023 the Sustainable Cultural Futures team arranged and engaged in an international workshop held at Ryoshin kan, Imadegawa Campus, Doshisha University, Kyoto. Japanese team participants included Professor Nobuko Kawashima, Professor Tadashi Yagi, Associate professor Sakoda Sayaka, Naoya Sano, Rune Kobayashi, and from the UK team Professor Hye-Kyung Lee & Dr. Sana…

Policy Proposals to Tackle the Precarity in Cultural Work: A Case study of the UK

26th May 2023 London Time: 11am Department of Cultural Industry ManagementSchool of Media and CommunicationShanghai Jiao Tong University HEResearchGlobal Distinguished Scholar Lecture Series Join Professor Hye-Kyung Lee and Dr. Sana Kim for a discussion on precarity in cultural work on the 26th May 2023. About the Event: During the recent years, especially since the start…