Three male musicians with wooden instruments watched by a researcher
April 2025

Music and Peacebuilding in Nigeria

Vashala Charles, a PhD student in cultural sustainability at the University of Maiduguri, Nigeria, discusses the role of music in peacebuilding among communities affected by Boko-Haram.

  • Arts and culture
  • Cultural heritage
  • Music
  • Peace and security
  • Middle East and Africa
  • Insight article
Three sculptures, two bright orange and one blue, in a dark blue room.
March 2025

Arts and Technologies in ASEAN: Interconnected Parts

Interconnected Parts takes a closer look at practices and trends in the arts and technology ecosystems of ten ASEAN member states and Timor-Leste.

  • Arts and culture
  • Digital and technology
  • Economy and prosperity
  • International development
  • South Asia and Asia Pacific
  • Research report
Young people looking out the window of a glass building, in the bright yellow glow of the sun setting.
December 2024

UK Arts, Culture and Young People: Innovative practice and trends

What are the issues that young people and the sector are facing across the UK, and how is creative practice responding to those needs?

  • Arts and culture
  • Non-formal education
  • Schools and teachers
  • Economy and prosperity
  • Equality, diversity and inclusion
  • International development
  • Skills and employability
  • Sustainable Development Goals
  • Youth voices
  • United Kingdom
  • Research report
December 2024

Introducing our 90th anniversary research fellows

International researchers from South Africa and Ukraine discuss their plans as they prepare to start fellowships in the UK through our new partnership with IASH, University of Edinburgh.

  • Arts and culture
  • Theatre and dance
  • Decolonisation and anti-racism
  • Europe and Central Asia
  • Middle East and Africa
  • Insight article

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