Lund University develops innovation policy in creative and cultural industries
Lund University has in recent years made a strategic investment in creative and cultural industries (KKN). The new project ekip (European Cultural and Creative Industries Innovation Policy Platform), which starts on 1 June, aims to develop innovation policies for KKN. This is done in order to support the ecosystems of the sector with better access to finance and incubators so that more ideas can be realised.
Complex innovation processes involve many actors and include experimentation, testing and exploration of ideas. With the support of an entire ecosystem of large and small companies, institutions, organizations, researchers and citizens, it will be easier to test new concepts, attract investors and get new companies and operations up and running faster.
“The challenge is that there is a lack of good support mechanisms for these networks and open ecosystems. The project ekip aims to change this,” says coordinator Charlotte Lorentz Hjorth, Lund University in Lund University's text.
“With Lund University as the main partner for EIP, we become a key player in Europe's cultural and creative industries and are at the forefront of developing ideas for innovation in the field. This strengthens our image as a cultural university,” says Anna Lyrevik, Rector's Counsellor in Arts and Culture at Lund University.
Partners in the eIP project: Lund University (Sweden), Creative Business Network (Denmark), The Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision (Netherlands), The University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom), Delft University of Technology (Netherlands), Creativity Lab (Estonia), MSCOMM (Greece), The Polytechnic University of Milan (Italy), Technopolis Consulting Group (Belgium), IDEA Consult (Belgium), Humak University of Applied Sciences (Finland), Icikir Oolhunt (Italy), City of Rotterdam (Netherlands), Metropolitan Institute of Bratislava (Slovakia), Creative Industry Kosice (Slovakia), Cité du Design-Higher School of Art and Design of Staint-Étienne (France), New Moment (Slovenia).
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