May 2025

Strengthening UK Soft Power: Strategic Recommendations

Backed by 20 of the UK’s most influential independent organisations, the UK Soft Power Group’s new report outlines strategic recommendations to unlock the full potential of UK soft power.

  • Climate change
  • Cultural relations
  • Economy and prosperity
  • International development
  • Peace and security
  • Soft power
  • United Kingdom
  • Research report
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

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