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.
Cultural relations
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’.
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.
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).
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.
A Cultural Relations Approach to Development: Why and how the British Council approach to development works
New report on the valuable approaches that Cultural Relations offer to delivering development programmes in ODA countries.
Cultural relations, multilateralism and sustainable development
Reflections from the International Cultural Relations Research Alliance conference.
Soft power at a turning point, a comparative analysis
Comparing soft power and cultural relations approaches in 18 countries and the EU.
Cultural Relations in Action: A research study on the British Council’s International Collaboration Grants programme
What are the ingredients to building cultural relations? What are the benefits? This new research study explores cultural relations through the International Collaboration Grants programme.