Author
Katy Shaw
Katy Shaw is professor of 21st-century writing and publishing at Northumbria University and director of the UKRI/AHRC Creative Communities programme. Her research interests include diversity and inclusion in the creative industries (the subject of her 2022 TED talk) and the redistribution of the creative industries from the capital to the regions and nations as part of the ‘levelling up agenda’.
She sits as a commissioner on the LGA Culture Commission and the Gordon Brown Union Commission. Her policy consultancy focuses on R&D, innovation and the role of HEIs and further education in cultural partnership working.
5 pieces
Newest first, since May 2023
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Culture connects, and universities can help
Katy Shaw introduces some of the work universities are doing to support local areas in the way they support cultural activity
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Putting culture at the heart of the mission economy
Katy Shaw shares the highlights of the AHRC Creative Communities programme and the lessons for a mission led Labour government
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Successful devolution isn’t possible without universities
Katy Shaw sets out the possibilities for deep, mature and expansive partnerships between universities and their regions
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Digital storytelling for twenty-first century changemaking
Katy Shaw explores how digital fluency unlocks the deeply human capability to tell stories, make connections and influence change
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By all, for all – how arts and humanities research can build more resilient communities
The AHRC Creative Communities programme shows the value of bringing local communities into the cultural R&D conversation, argues programme director Katy Shaw