E-mail: info@cind.uu.se
Tel. +46 18 471 25 28
Fax +46 18 471 74 18
Department of Social and Economic Geography, Uppsala University
Kyrkogårdsgatan 10 (Ekonomikum), H428
c/o Department of Social and Economic geography,
P.O. Box 513,
SE-751 20 Uppsala
The Cultural and Creative Economy research group (CIND Creating) focuses on how the cultural economy is evolving and how we can understand its future. In particular we look at the economic geographies of the creative and cultural industries
Background
There is an increasing focus in business and in politics on the role of culture and creativity as economic forces. Around the world and across all industrial sectors there has been talk about how immaterial aspects of a product or service – its design, the experience it gives, its image, what it symbolises – can greatly add to firms and regions’ competitive advantage.
A group of industries loosely labelled the cultural or creative industries can be seen to be at the cutting edge of using immaterial resources such as culture, knowledge, innovation, and creativity as the basis for their business success. These industries include: music, fashion, design, film, video games, art, publishing, literature, crafts, and media.
It is these industries that are the focus of CIND Creating’s research:
* We take an industrial and economic approach to the analysis of these industries and their innovation processes.
* We take an economic geography approach and analyse the role that cities and regions have for the competitiveness of these industries.
* We take a deep interest in the role of culture and creativity in the contemporary economy and in regional and urban development.
CIND Creating involves a group of researchers that is working on a series of interlocked projects that are funded by CIND, the Jan Wallander och Tom Hedelius Stiftelse, Vetenskapsrådet, the Nordic Innovation Center, the Nordic Council of Ministers. Our group has done extensive work in the areas of policy and consultancy to cultural industries.
Members of the group include:
PhD Candidate Su-Hyun Berg. Dept of Social and Economic Geography, Uppsala university. Tel 018-4710000 Su-Hyun.Berg@kultgeog.uu.se
PhD Candidate Taylor Brydges. Dept of Social and Economic Geography, Uppsala university. Tel 018-4710000,taylor.brydges@kultgeog.uu.se
Dr Markus Bugge
Nordisk institutt for studier av innovasjon, forskning og utdanning (NIFU), Tel: +47-22595186, markus.bugge@nifu.no
Dr Brett Christophers
Dept of Social and Economic Geography, Uppsala university. Tel 018-4710000, brett.christophers@kultgeog.uu.se
Dr Alison Gerber
Dept of Social and Economic Geography, Uppsala university. Tel 018-4710000, alison.gerber@kultgeog.uu.se
Dr Atle Hauge
Østlandsforskning/Eastern Norwegian Research Institute, Norway. Tel +47-97084886, atle.hauge@ostforsk.no
Dr Hang Kei Ho
Dept of Social and Economic Geography, Uppsala university. Tel 018-4710000, hang.kei.ho@kultgeog.uu.se
Dr Brian Hracs
University of Southampton, UK; and Dept of Social and Economic Geography, Uppsala university. Tel 018-4710000
Dr Johan Jansson
Dept of Social and Economic Geography, Uppsala university. Tel 018-4712542, Johan.Jansson@kultgeog.uu.se
Dr Sofie Joosse
Dept of Social and Economic Geography, Uppsala university. Tel 018-4710000,sofie.joosse@kultgeog.uu.se
Dr Jakob Nobuoka
Dept of Social and Economic Geography, Uppsala university. Tel 018-4713323, Jakob.Nobuoka@kultgeog.uu.se
Professor Anders Malmberg
Dept of Social and Economic Geography, Uppsala university. Tel 018-4712534, Anders.Malmberg@kultgeog.uu.se
Dr Cecilia Pasquinelli
Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI) L’Aquila, Italy; and Dept of Social and Economic Geography, Uppsala university. Tel 018-4717392, cecilia.pasquinelli@kultgeog.uu.se
Professor Dominic Power
Dept of Social and Economic Geography, Uppsala university. Tel 018-4712538, Dominic.Power@kultgeog.uu.se
PhD Candidate Jasna Sersic
Dept of Social and Economic Geography, Uppsala university. Tel 018-4710000, jasna.sersic@kultgeog.uu.se
Dr Jenny Sjöholm
Dept of Social and Economic Geography, Uppsala university. Tel 018-4712547, Jenny.Sjoholm@kultgeog.uu.se
Dr Robin Teigland
Stockholm School of Economics/Handelshögskolan, Stockholm. Tel 08-7369000, robin.teigland@hhs.se
Dr Anders Waxell
Dept of Social and Economic Geography, Uppsala university. Tel 018-4717377, Anders.Waxell@kultgeog.uu.se
