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“What if?” – An expert discussion on the future of the cultural and creative industries

By June 21, 2018April 13th, 2022No Comments

Christoph Weckerle and Simon Grand granted an insight into their research on the future of the cultural and creative industries on 21 June 2018. Since 2018, they have been the official research partner of the Federal Competence Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries with their research venture CreativeEconomies (predecessor of the ZCCE) at the ZHdK. Janine Schiller, the project manager, presented the current results of a study on the creative industries in the Lake Constance region commissioned by the International University of Lake Constance (IBH).

Christoph Weckerle, Simon Grand and Janine Schiller (ZHdK) presented the research approach of ZHdK’s Creative Economies Research Venture (the predecessor of today’s ZCCE) to the Federal Competence Centre for Cultural and Creative Industries (Germany).

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The Zurich Centre for Creative Economies (ZCCE) is an international centre of excellence dedicated to research, teaching, incubation and consultancy in the field of the creative economies.

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