December 5, 2025
The fashion and textiles ecosystem, one of 14 strategic sectors in the EU’s Industrial Strategy, sits at the heart of Europe’s push toward green and digital transformation. ...
Policy areas under investigation
November 24, 2025
The video games sector is an important, albeit often overlooked, component of the global and European cultural and creative industries (CCIs)....
September 19, 2025
The use of an innovation portfolio approach creates movement or transformation of an area, broader than individual organisations, individuals, or projects....
September 1, 2025
As digital concerts move toward personalized formats, the legal landscape grows increasingly complex. ...
June 30, 2025
We are living in the age of platformisation — a time when Spotify, YouTube, TikTok, and other digital platforms have replaced traditional gatekeepers in the music industry. ...
Practical methods and outputs
September 8, 2025
By Gabrielle Aguilar van Gend, Rasa Bocyte, Siepke van Keulen
Public funding models tend to priorities short-term projects, market-driven KPIs, and highly ambitious results produced from relatively small investments. ...
September 1, 2025
By Bodil Malmström
Kalaudioscope aims to open up concert halls to far more people than those who can be physically present. ...
January 30, 2025
By Bodil Malmström
Immersive media like virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) are revolutionizing how we...
January 27, 2025
By Bodil Malmström
Immersive technologies are reshaping how people experience media, weaving their way...
Local case studies and experiments
Profiles of contributors, validators, and practitioners
June 18, 2025
By Bodil Malmström
Laura Galante is a part of the coordination team for the ekip policy labs....
April 15, 2025
By Bodil Malmström
As Policy Communications and Strategy Lead, Katerina Kalimera at MSCOMM...
February 28, 2025
By Bodil Malmström
Jeroen van der Aa trained as an Industrial Designer at TU Delft, with a focus on business ...
January 29, 2025
By Bodil Malmström
Insights, knowledge and trendspotting on how ...
Insights and takeaways from policy labs and community dialogues
December 5, 2025
By Bodil Malmström
The fashion and textiles ecosystem, one of 14 strategic sectors in the EU’s Industrial Strategy, sits at the heart of Europe’s push toward green and digital transformation. ...
November 20, 2025
By Bodil Malmström
From independent studios to classrooms and libraries, a quiet revolution is underway. A new wave in the gaming industry is reshaping the conversation around inclusivity. ...
October 13, 2025
By Caitlin McDonald
The Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) are at the forefront of technological innovation, often turning speculative ideas into transformative tools....
October 2, 2025
By Lena Holmberg
ekip is an Innovation Policy Platform for the Cultural and Creative Industries, so in our communication we tend to include “policy” a lot, often in combination with other words. ...
Opinion-led pieces that frame the wider debates
November 25, 2025
By Lena Holmberg, Nicola Osborne
Current developments within the EU indicate several key ethical challenges related to how the CCI community can participate in and benefit from open innovation. ...
November 25, 2025
By Bodil Malmström
Europe doesn’t have cheap labor. It doesn’t have abundant raw materials. What it does have — in extraordinary concentration — is cultural depth, artistic talent an...
September 19, 2025
By Bodil Malmström
Europe’s music sector can only stay competitive if it treats open innovation as a shared task. ...
September 10, 2025
By Bodil Malmström
The creative and cultural industries are vibrant, innovative, and essential to a dynamic society....