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By Bodil Malmström

DPP – could be the engine of a more responsible market

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 Spotlights

Policy areas under investigation

November 24, 2025

By Laura Galante

A strong gaming industry isn’t just good for business — it’s good for society

The video games sector is an important, albeit often overlooked, component of the global and European cultural and creative industries (CCIs)....

September 19, 2025

By Caroline Wendt and Bodil Malmström

Innovation Portfolios pave the way for collaborations with the creatives

The use of an innovation portfolio approach creates movement or transformation of an area, broader than individual organisations, individuals, or projects....

September 1, 2025

By Bodil Malmström

Digital concerts raise new legal questions

As digital concerts move toward personalized formats, the legal landscape grows increasingly complex. ...

June 30, 2025

By Bodil Malmström

The music industry – towards a fairer tune

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. ...

Tools of Change

Practical methods and outputs

September 8, 2025

By Gabrielle Aguilar van Gend, Rasa Bocyte, Siepke van Keulen

Hacking futures for cultural and creative industries: sustainable models for innovation funding

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

Reinventing the live music experience – through collaboration

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 Tech: Revolutionizing Creativity, Yet Out of Reach for Many CCIs

Immersive media like virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) are revolutionizing how we...

January 27, 2025

By Bodil Malmström

Immersive media: a pathway to keeping stories alive

Immersive technologies are reshaping how people experience media, weaving their way...

City Stories

Local case studies and experiments

People of ekip

Profiles of contributors, validators, and practitioners

June 18, 2025

By Bodil Malmström

Profile of the month: Laura Galante

Laura Galante is a part of the coordination team for the ekip policy labs....

April 15, 2025

By Bodil Malmström

Profile of the month: Katerina Kalimera

As Policy Communications and Strategy Lead, Katerina Kalimera at MSCOMM...

February 28, 2025

By Bodil Malmström

Meet Jeroen van der Aa and Davide Parrilli – profiles of the month

Jeroen van der Aa trained as an Industrial Designer at TU Delft, with a focus on business ...

January 29, 2025

By Bodil Malmström

Meet ekip’s Validators: Empowering Creatives to Shape the Future of Innovation Ecosystems

Insights, knowledge and trendspotting on how ...

From the Lab

Insights and takeaways from policy labs and community dialogues

December 5, 2025

By Bodil Malmström

DPP – could be the engine of a more responsible market

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

Games are culture gold

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

Open Innovation Factory: The Innovation Potential of Heritage

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

Policy, policy recommendation, policy area, and policy development journey – what’s the difference?

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. ...

Big Ideas & Perspectives

Opinion-led pieces that frame the wider debates

November 25, 2025

By Lena Holmberg, Nicola Osborne

Open innovation and ethics – a matter of trustworthiness, accountability, and genuine benefit for those involved

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’s True Advantage: Creativity

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 must embrace open innovation to compete globally

Europe’s music sector can only stay competitive if it treats open innovation as a shared task. ...

September 10, 2025

By Bodil Malmström

The challenge isn´t creativity—but connectivity

The creative and cultural industries are vibrant, innovative, and essential to a dynamic society....