Research unit in cultural economics and tourism - ECONCULT

Reference of the Group:

GIUV2016-297

 
Description of research activity:
Econcult is a research unit, which since 1995, has specialised in the analysis of cultural activities and collective actions to promote the cultural and creative sectors. As a research unit, in the last 5 years it has participated in numerous international projects related to the effects of cultural and creative activities on social innovation processes (Sostenuto), the role of spaces in creativity (3C4Incubators), the existence of regional development models based on the cultural and creative sectors (Creativem) or the identification of excellent practices in cultural policies at urban and regional level (Culture for Cities and Regions). The team has 5 permanent staff and a large number of external collaborators and other research institutions. It also maintains close international relations with organisations such as Relais Culture Europe (Paris), the Roberto Cimetta Foundation, the URBEGO group, the Creative Economy Culture and Public Policies Working Group (Brazil) and the Cultural Industries Institute of the University of Yunnan (China) and interacts with agents of innovation, culture and creativity at national, regional and local level. Also in Spain, it has stable...Econcult is a research unit, which since 1995, has specialised in the analysis of cultural activities and collective actions to promote the cultural and creative sectors. As a research unit, in the last 5 years it has participated in numerous international projects related to the effects of cultural and creative activities on social innovation processes (Sostenuto), the role of spaces in creativity (3C4Incubators), the existence of regional development models based on the cultural and creative sectors (Creativem) or the identification of excellent practices in cultural policies at urban and regional level (Culture for Cities and Regions). The team has 5 permanent staff and a large number of external collaborators and other research institutions. It also maintains close international relations with organisations such as Relais Culture Europe (Paris), the Roberto Cimetta Foundation, the URBEGO group, the Creative Economy Culture and Public Policies Working Group (Brazil) and the Cultural Industries Institute of the University of Yunnan (China) and interacts with agents of innovation, culture and creativity at national, regional and local level. Also in Spain, it has stable relationships with groups such as CRIT of the University of Barcelona, Futurlab of the University of Alicante or Quantitative Methods for Measuring Culture of the University of Valencia. The Economics of Culture Research Unit was set up in the Department of Applied Economics at the Universitat de València in 1997. Since then, it has developed a continuous research work in the field of Economics of Culture, becoming one of the reference centres at national and international level. Since the middle of the first decade of the 21st century, its internationalisation process has been remarkable, collaborating with projects both in Latin America and Europe. In the period between 2011 and 2014, the unit was attached to the Inter-University Institute for Local Development, but since 1 January 2015 it has once again belonged to the Department of Applied Economics. Econcult is a heterogeneous network of researchers from different universities and external collaborators, coordinated by Professor Pau Rausell. Since 2007, Professor Raül Abeledo has been responsible for the development of European projects. During our trajectory we have addressed aspects such as: Macroeconomic dimension of cultural and creative activities. The metrics of cultural and creative activities. Causality between cultural and creative sectors and development. The effects of cultural and creative sectors and per capita income, productivity, efficiency, global competitiveness. (SOSTENUTO Project. Culture as a factor of economic and social innovation Territorial specificities: innovation models based on culture and creativity? (CreativeMed. Toolkit Project). Sectoral and Mesoeconomic Dimension. Sectoral analysis. The specificities of the cultural and creative market sectors. Culture and territory. Creative Territories. Microeconomic Dimension Consumer/participant/creator behaviour. Structure and production function of cultural and creative organisations / projects and enterprises. Spaces for innovation, creativity and culture. For a New Political Economy for Culture, Creativity and Innovation.
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Scientific-technical goals:
  • Nuestro objetivo es analizar la relacion entre los individuos y el hecho cultural, desde la perspectiva epistemologica de la Economia, atendiendo tanto a los aspectos micro (comportamiento de los consumidores y agentes culturales), meso (organizaciones y empresas culturales y macro (implicacions de las actividades de los sectores culturales y creatives y el desarrollo territorial.
 
Research lines:
  • Culture and sustainable development.Analysis of the relations between the cultural and creative sectors, and the development of territories, taking into account social, economic and cultural constraints.
  • Cultural policies.Design and evaluation of local, regional, national and international cultural policies. Cultural planning and creative cities.
  • Cultural and creative organisations and institutions.Analysis of the functioning of cultural and creative organisations, whether they are for-profit (companies), non-profit (associations, foundations...) or public institutions (museums, theatres, creative spaces...).
 
Group members:
Name Nature of participation Entity Description
PABLO FRANCISCO RAUSELL KOSTERDirectorUniversitat de València
Research team
CHUAN LI MemberUniversitat de València
RAUL ABELEDO SANCHISMemberUniversitat de València
JORDI SANJUAN BELDAMemberUniversitat de València
JOAQUIN DIAZ BOILSMemberUniversitat de València
BLANCO SIERRA BLANCOCollaboratorUniversitat de València - Estudi GeneralUVEG PhD student
JUIO MONTAGUT MARQUESCollaboratorTaller d'Història Local de Godellacivil servant assigned to defense
ANTONIO RAMOS MURPHYCollaboratorCulturalink S.L.consultor
VIRGILIO PEREZ GIMENEZCollaboratorUniversitat de València
 
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Associated structure:
  • Applied Economics
 
Keywords:
  • Desarrollo regional, sostenibilidad, sectores culturales, creatividad, innovación
  • Políticas culturales, Economía Pública, Teoría del Estado, Política Económica, Sectores culturales y creativos, Economía creativa
  • Gestión cultural, museos, audiotorios, asociaciones culturales, espacios creatives, emrpresas culturales, audiencias