The cultural, creative and media industries are key drivers of innovation and economic value, and have impacts on social cohesion, well-being and equity. At the same time, these sectors are increasingly challenged to operate in economically, socially and environmentally sustainable ways. Economic precarity, the emergence of generative AI, and societal polarization all affect these sectors’ capacity to integrate creativity, innovation, and sustainability.
ERMeCHS is internationally recognised for its comparative and interdisciplinary research on the creative industries, art worlds, media and cultural heritage. In the coming years, this expertise will be consolidated by further integrating questions of economic, social and environmental sustainability into research on creative labour, organizations, business and markets, while paying due attention to the role of digitalization, AI and the climate crisis.