🔥The 9th Round of Easy Loan, Earn $40 Reward is in progress❗️ ⏰ Promotion Period: January 15th - Feburary 15th, 2025 👉 Register now and check more details at gate.io/campaigns/358

Universal basic income of £1,600 a month to be trialled in two places in England theguardian.com/society/2023/j…

Throwback to SCF International Workshop on cultural labour, which took place in Kyoto (June 2023). SCF project partners from King's College London and Doshisha University exchanged interim findings and emerging ideas. Sustainable Cultural Futures (KCL)

📢 Join us tomorrow at Webinar Series on Global Sustainability. Prof Hye-Kyung Lee and I will explore some of the implications of generative AI on cultural work and policy.

Sustainable Futures of Culture Project: International Workshop on Cultural Labour  cmcikings.wordpress.com/2023/07/18/sus…

Our 'Sustainable Cultural Futures UK-Japan Online Seminar' (Nov 9th) explored vital policy solutions for cultural freelancers. Watch the thought-provoking session on YouTube now! youtu.be/ytJfhVlksXE?si… #CulturalSeminar #UKJapan

🚨 Exciting Opportunity Alert! 🎓 Applications now open for a funded 4-year PhD studentship at King's College London on "Afro beats and Afro bytes: exploring West African music's global impact in digital economies." 🌍 Further information: creative-economies-africa.org/2024/01/afro-b… #AfricaEuropeCoRE

🚨NEW: Two in three research staff in UK universities are employed on fixed-term contracts Today's report exposes the widespread use of gig-economy style contracts for the staff who prop up university research departments. Read the full report here: ucu.org.uk/article/13444/…

There is still time to view SCF’s UK-Japan Online Seminar looking into cultural labour and policy approaches to tackle precarity in cultural freelancing. The recording is available until February 8. youtube.com/watch?v=ytJfhV…

🚨Delighted to share our latest report exploring insights from cultural sector stakeholders, discussing challenges and policy directions for tackling #freelancer #precarity in the UK. sustainableculturalfutures.weebly.com/uploads/1/4/5/… #culturalpolicy #culturalwork

🌍🗣️The State of Creativity is now available in 8 new languages thanks to a partnership with British Council British Council Arts🌏✍️ Read it in Arabic, French, Indonesian, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, Uzbek and Ukrainian. Download them👇 and share. pec.ac.uk/research-repor… 1/3

The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Music wants to hear #musicindustry views on the impact of #AI as part of its inquiry. Take part here: bit.ly/49xrPGZ #Survey #APPGonMusic #MusicBusiness #ArtificialIntelligence

Join us online on March 6 (10-11:30) for a discussion on higher ed & creative economies in 🌍Africa! Our experts from King's College London, University of Southampton, University of Nairobi, University of Lagos, & Wits University will share the impact of the AHSCE project. #AfricaEuropeCoRE kcl.ac.uk/events/impact-…

Calling all #Freelancers in the arts industry! The Big Freelancer Survey 2024 is here. linktr.ee/BigFreelancerS… The BIGGEST annual survey of freelancers BY freelancers. Your input directly impacts industry and government decisions. Take part now and share! #ArtsFreelancers

call for abstracts #NGM2024 session on Rethinking Path Dependence and Lock-Ins in Regions, Economy and Society (Track 59), Copenhagen, 24-27 June. deadline for abstract submissions: 15th April 2024. ngm2024.com with @CChlebna, Han Chu 楚晗, @M_Grillitsch

Read a summary of our report on policy solutions to tackle freelancer precarity on Arts Professional Sustainable Cultural Futures (KCL) King's CMCI

Labour to promise ‘access to the arts’ to widen involvement in creative industries theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

This report speaks to the work we are doing exploring the working conditions of freelance dance artists. Thank you Sana Kim Arts Professional Freelancers Make Theatre Work

A research report about AI and cultural labour by the “Sustainable Cultural Futures” project team in the UK and Japan: sustainableculturalfutures.weebly.com/uploads/1/4/5/…

400 job cuts announced at Cardiff University. The Vice Chancellor has said “not to change was not an option.” Maybe the Vice Chancellor could propose a change to her £290,000 salary or give her company car back. UCU will deliver a widespread fightback against these attacks.