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.
Cultural relations
New Voices in Cultural Relations - Competition
Masters Dissertation Prize in International Relations - a competition for Masters International Relations graduates
British Council Global Arts Programmes Outcomes Synthesis Report
This report is a synthesis analysis of outcomes from a sample of the British Council’s Global Arts Programmes.
Understanding Ukrainian young people’s current concerns, needs, and hopes: Looking ahead to a future rebuilding of Ukraine
Research examining how the war in Ukraine shapes young people’s everyday life and perceptions of the future.
Arts and Technologies in India: Reimagining the Future
This report provides a comprehensive overview of cutting-edge practice at the intersection of arts and technologies in India, with the voices of local artists and practitioners at its heart.
Cultural relations in schools: evolving practice in a globalised world
This study provides an overview of the benefits and impact of schools collaborating internationally through a cultural relations approach.
Monitoring and Evaluation of Circular Culture, the British Council Americas Fund for the Development of Sustainable Festivals
Circular Culture fosters UK–LATAC artistic exchange through festivals, boosting sustainability, skills, and UK ties, while increasing environmental awareness and audience diversity.
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’.
Dynamics of 21st-century anti-coup resistance in Myanmar: triangle model of resistance in Myanmar
New Voices in Cultural Relations special commendation essay exploring the resistance movement against the military coup in Myanmar.
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.