XR Stories to lead new Creative Industries Policy Research Group

XR Stories is to lead a new Creative Industries Policy Research Group, established by The York Policy Engine at the University of York.

The Creative Industries group will capitalise on existing links and forge new connections into the creative industries sector by drawing on expertise from other colleagues in the institution across the School of Art and Creative Technologies, Sociology, Psychology, Computer Science, Archaeology, School of Physics, Engineering and Technology AudioLab and the School for Business and Society.

The group will build on opportunities currently being established with the new Combined Authority as it develops a wider creative industries and cultural sector strategy for York and North Yorkshire. It will focus on influencing the development of our region in terms of its creative economy, emphasising the important place that culture and creativity holds for York and North Yorkshire, as well as part of the UK-wide Governmental Creative and Cultural Industries Policy.

The group will operate alongside the Law and Process policy group and the Children and Young People’s Mental Health policy group to harness cross-disciplinary expertise within the university to target important policy challenges at a regional and national scale.

The groups will be similar to TYPE’s existing Cost of Living Research group which has proved an effective model of collaboration, capitalising on York’s tradition of ground-breaking research on poverty, inequality, social justice, social policy and politics.

Content repurposed with permission from The York Policy Engine. Visit the TYPE website to read the full article.

Published on 2 October 2024