Mapping trends and best practice in climate action and sustainability in the arts
Research report: this report seeks to map out the current climate crisis and sustainability responses across the British arts and cultural sectors.
Cultural relations
Our climate change research: advancing knowledge, enabling action
Article highlighting how research and insight generated by the British Council is contributing to climate action.
How International Student Mobility builds trust and long-term relationships
This study investigates the cultural relations dimensions of international student mobility and found that it builds trust and long-term relationships around the world.
Digital cultural relations: a pathway to trust?
Insight article: international cultural relations is increasingly present in the digital dimension, but what does this mean for building trust?
The recognition of divergent voices: The role of artistic expressions in shaping the conditions for a long-term positive peace
In this essay the authors make a powerful case for artistic expression as a means by which true peace can be achieved.
Science for peace?: A history of the British Council’s cultural relations
This essay examines the role of science as a peacebuilding tool.
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.
Cultural Relations and Cultural Diplomacy in a Pariah State: The British Council in South Africa, 1958–1994
Essay exploring the history of educational co-operation between the UK and South Africa.
Sport, cultural relations and peacebuilding
Essay exploring the link between sports and diplomacy.
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.