Soft power superpowers
Research report: soft Power Superpowers explores the soft power of eight leading G20 states.
United Kingdom
Exploring the Public Realm: A teenage takeover of libraries
September 2018: This essay explores libraries and youth takeovers in three cities in the North of the UK, with youth challenging who owns ‘public’ – if interior – space.
Exploring the Public Realm: My House is Your House - How Music Venues Enrich Life in a City Where Strangers Meet
September 2018: Dave Haslam examines how music venues provide spaces for new encounters.
Language Trends 2018
June 2018: The latest report charts the health of language teaching in England.
The value of trust
How trust is earned and why it matters.
English in Europe
New evidence suggests that English will continue to be the lingua franca in the EU after Brexit.
Crossing Points: UK-Poland
Essay collection: as Poland celebrates 100 years since the restoration of its independence, the British Council publishes a book of essays of the Anglo-Polish relationship.
Peace and beyond
20 years on from the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement we look at the role of civil society in building trust and reconciliation, and what can be learned for peace processes everywhere.
Women, Power and Politics in the UK: What’s changed in 100 years? A study commemorating 100 years of women’s right to vote
This report was commissioned to reflect upon the advances that have been made for women's political participation, power and leadership in the four nations of the UK.
Crossing Points: UK-Germany
Essay collection: the new British Council collection of essays, ‘Crossing Points’, has been written by eight authors for the ‘UK/Germany 2018’ season.