New Voices in Cultural Relations Prize 2026
Winning dissertation of the New Voices in Cultural Relations competition 2026.
Essay
Why technology needs artists: 40 international perspectives
As technology is front and centre of UK agendas, 56 global leaders in art and technology highlight the critical role of artists in shaping human-centred futures.
Coloniality, neo-orientalism, culture, and death: why it is time to move away from the ‘war on terror’ narrative
New Voices in Cultural Relations special commendation essay examining and challenging the narrative of the West’s ‘War on Terror’.
Navigating the chemical weapons taboo: Russia’s response to the OPCW investigations in Syria, 2013–2022
New Voices in Cultural Relations special commendation essay examining Russia’s response to investigations into the use of chemical weapons in Syria and the role of information warfare.
Discrimination in Europe from a Black European perspective: a framework for inclusion and anti-discrimination based on qualitative expert interviews with Black politicians in Europe
New Voices in Cultural Relations special commendation essay investigating the phenomenon of Afrophobia/Anti-Black racism in Europe.
The politics of expendability: decolonial reflections on the state of climate justice at COP27
Winning dissertation of the New Voices in Cultural Relations competition. This essay examines the policy outcomes of the twenty-seventh Conference of the Parties (COP27).
Cultural Heritage for Inclusive Growth Essay Collection
Essay collection: these essays explore heritage’s relationship to sustainable development from a variety of different perspectives, through case studies, concepts and practical approaches.
Deep listening as an approach to tackle polarisation
Essay exploring deep listening – an approach that prepares individuals for encounters across any divides they find within their communities.
Local peacebuilding and cultural relations work
Essay considering the role of the cultural relations organisation in bridging the local and the global in the context of peacebuilding.
Science for peace?: A history of the British Council’s cultural relations
This essay examines the role of science as a peacebuilding tool.