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# Research

Posts in this archive: 8

- [Creatividad, Cultura e Innovación en Las Ciudades Iberoamericanas](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/publication/creatividad-cultura-e-innovacion-en-las-ciudades-iberoamericanas.md) — Creatividad, Cultura e Innovación en Las Ciudades Iberoamericanas (Creativity, Culture and Innovation in Ibero-American Cities) showcases how cities in Latin America are placing culture at the heart of urban development to safeguard heritage, protect cultural rights, and promote access to culture. 
- [5th World Cities Culture Report Reveals Culture Is Driving Urban Innovation Worldwide](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/launch-world-cities-culture-report-5th.md) — New report shows cultural participation is rebounding strongly, creative spaces are being protected, and the night-time economy has become a mainstream policy focus for global cities.
- [Ernesto Ottone, Assistant Director General for Culture, UNESCO](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/report/ernesto-ottone-world-cities-culture-report.md) — Foreword from Ernesto Ottone, Assistant Director General for Culture at UNESCO, to the World Cities Culture Report: 5th Edition
- [Library Lab: Stockholm using UX methods to improve libraries](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/stockholm-library-lab.md) — To deepen cultural participation, Stockholm City Library has embedded user experience (UX) methods into daily practice across its 40 branches. At the Library Lab in Liljeholmen, launched in 2024 as a four-year experiment, staff use agile, user-led sprints to co-design future library services with local residents. From parent breakfasts to youth-led space redesigns, the Lab gathers insights to inform a major new library. The initiative has become a model for inclusive, needs-driven cultural infrastructure.
- [Civic Creative Base Tokyo: Igniting civic creativity and a co-creative ecosystem](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/city-project/creative-civic-base-tokyo.md) — Civic Creative Base Tokyo (CCBT), opened in October 2022, is a dynamic hub where art, technology, and society intersect to foster “civic creativity,” engaging citizens, artists, researchers, and businesses in co-creating Tokyo’s future through exhibitions, labs, workshops, and nearly 300 public events to date.
- [19 Cities Selected To Participate In Third Round Of The Leadership Exchange Programme](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/announcing-third-round-of-leadership-exchange-programme.md) — Nineteen global cities have been selected for the World Cities Culture Forum’s third Leadership Exchange Programme, enabling city leaders to share and scale cultural strategies that drive thriving, inclusive, and resilient urban environments.
- [Research Tender: Cultural Policy in Southeast Asian Cities ](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/post/research-tender-cultural-policy-in-southeast-asian-cities.md) — World Cities Culture Forum and the British Council are commissioning a researcher (individual or team) to produce a high-quality report on cultural policy in five Southeast Asian cities: Jakarta, Bangkok, Hanoi, Kuala Lumpur, and Metro Manila.
- [Creative Land Trusts: A Practical Guide](https://worldcitiescultureforum.com/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/publication/creative-land-trusts-a-practical-guide.md) — The Creative Land Trust Practical Guide is filled with global case studies and step-by-step advice for cultural leaders looking to adapt this innovative model in their city and secure affordable creative space for the long term.