We support young researchers by co-organizing the annual Forum of Young Cultural Policy Researchers and we co-initiated the Cultural Policy Research Award (CPRA) an annual award for young academics, researchers and policymakers from all over Europe to help them in their research.  Read more.

As part of our commitment to cultural policy research we commissions applied research papers, studies, surveys and background documents on topical issues. The aim is to contribute to informed policymaking at EU, national and local levels.  Some of the research papers developed over the past years are particularly relevant today, in view of the new trends in European cultural policy and debates.  To see a small selection of papers commissioned by the ECF click here.