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Journal overview

Cultural Trends, a peer-reviewed international journal (AHCI and SSCI), provides in-depth analysis of the cultural sector and cultural policy. It offers timely investigations into key issues in the arts, culture and creative sectors, and critically engages with ongoing policy debates from interdisciplinary and international perspectives. The journal champions methodological rigour and is keen to comment on evidence used for policy making, but it values quantitative and qualitative approaches equally. It serves as a platform to reach a broad audience and research communities worldwide and communicate with both cultural practitioners and policymakers.

The coverage of the journal includes but is not limited to the following areas:

  • Cultural policy
  • Cultural management and organisation
  • Production and consumption of culture
  • Cultural work and creative labour
  • Audiences and cultural participation
  • Values and functions of culture
  • Creative industries
  • Culture and urban space
  • Culture, environment and sustainability
  • Cultural diplomacy
Cultural Trends is widely read and referred to by academics, researchers, journalists and consultants, by funders, sponsors and policymakers, and by those concerned with the promotion and development of the cultural and creative sectors.

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