Observe
A listing of cultural "observatories" and other organisations undertaking cultural research and related activities.
Organisations producing statistics or similar data will be found under Statistics and those providing online databases are listed under Research. Other relevant information & contacts can be found at Gov (pan-national government bodies and country-based agencies who promote culture internationally) and Policy (databases and other resources providing information on cultural policies across the world).
Organisations are listed by location or stated remit:
International / Networks
Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Pacific
International / Networks
International Network of Observatories in Cultural Policies
Observatory for International Library Programmes
Africa
Pan-African
Observatory of Cultural Policies in Africa (OCPA)
Africa Research Institute
South Africa
National Heritage Cultural Studies Centre (at the University of Fort Hare)
Americas
Pan-American
Inter-American Cultural Policy Observatory
Observatory of the Colombian Carribean
Argentina
Cultural Observatory (City of Buenos Aires)
Observatorio Cultural (at the Faculty of Economic Sciences of Buenos Aires University) (no URL)
Observatory of the Cultural Industries
Brazil
São Paolo Cultural Policy Observatory (no URL)
Canada
Canadian Cultural Observatory
Cultural Industries Research Centre (at the University of Alberta)
Quebec Observatory of Culture and Communication
Colombia
Documentation Centre on Urban Culture
Observatory of Urban Culture
Mexico
Centro Regional de Investigaciones Multidisciplinarias (at Universidad Nacional Autonoma)
Uruguay
Observatorio de políticas culturales municipales, Montevideo (no URL)
USA
Alliance for the Arts (gathers, analyzes and publishes information about the arts in New York)
Americans for the Arts
Arts and Culture Observatory (at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh )
Center for Arts and Culture (closed 31 Dec 2005 - resources moved to Americans for the Arts)
Center for Arts Policy (at Columbia University Chicago)
Cultural and Arts Policy Research Institute (at Northeastern University)
Cultural Policy Center (at the University of Chicago)
Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy (at Vanderbilt University)
Institute for Studies in the Arts (ISA) (at Arizona State University) (focus on arts and technology)
Research Center for Arts and Culture (at the Teachers College, Columbia University)
Social Impact of the Arts Project (at the University of Pennsylvania)
Asia
China: Hong Kong
Center for Cultural Policy Research (at the University of Hong Kong)
Europe
Pan-European
Associazione per l'Economia della Cultura (AEC)
Budapest Observatory
ERICArts (European Research Institute for Comparative Cultural Policy and the Arts)
European Association of Sports Employers (EASE )
European Audiovisual Observatory
European Health and Fitness Association (EHFA)
European Institute for Progressive Cultural Policies (EIPCP)
European Network Sports Science Education and Employment (ENSSEE) (under construction)
European Observatoire of Sports and Employment (EOSE)
European Observatory for Sport Education and Employers Network (EUROSEEN)
IDATE (specialising in the media, internet and telecommunications sectors)
PACT: The Regional Observatory (South East Europe)
Réseau Universitaire d'Observation et de Prospective de l'Emploi Sportif (RUNOPES)
Austria
FOKUS (Austrian Society for Cultural Economics and Policy Studies)
Mediacult (International Research Institute for Media, Communication and Cultural Development)
Österreichische Kulturdokumentation / Internationales Archiv für Kulturanalysen
Denmark
Centre for Cultural Policy Studies (at the Royal School of Library and Information Science)
Finland
CUPORE (Foundation for Cultural Policy Research)
France
CERAT: Centre de Recherche sur le Politique, l'Administration, la Ville et le Territoire
Departement des Etudes et de la Prospective (within the French Ministry of Culture and Communication)
Observatoire Politiques Culturelles
Germany
Instituts für Kulturpolitik, Universität Hildesheim,
Kulturpolitische Gesellschaft e.V.
ZfKf - Zentrum fur Kulturforschung (Centre for Cultural Research)
Italy
Cultural Observatory of Piedmont
Fondazione Fitzcarraldo
Italian Istitute for the Cultural Industries
Osservatori Italiani per lo Sport e l'Occupazione (OISE)
Osservatorio culturale e reti informative
Netherlands
Boekman Foundation
Portugal
Observatorio das Actividades Culturais
Russia
Russian Institute for Cultural Research
Spain
Cátedra UNESCO Políticas Culturales y Cooperación (at the Universitat de Girona)
INTERARTS (European Observatory of Regional and Urban Cultural Policies)
Sweden
Center for Cultural Policy Research (at the Göteborg University & Högskolan i Borås)
UK
NATIONAL
Centre for Cultural Policy Research (at the University of Glasgow)
Centre for Public Policy (at the University of Northumbria)
Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change (CRESC)
Comedia
Cultural Intelligence Ltd
Cultural Management and Policy Group (at De Montfort University)
David Powell Associates
DCA Associates
EUCLID
Institute for Cultural Analysis (ICAn) (at Nottingham Trent University)
International Intelligence on Culture
Manchester Institute for Popular Culture (MIPC)
Pavis Centre for Social and Cultural Research (at the Open University)
TF Creative Consultancy
ENGLAND: EAST MIDLANDS
East Midlands Cultural Observatory (no URL)
ENGLAND: NORTHEAST
North East England Cultural Observatory
ENGLAND: NORTHWEST
Northwest Cultural Observatory
ENGLAND: SOUTH EAST
Southeast Cultural Observatory
ENGLAND: SOUTH WEST
South West Cultural Observatory
ENGLAND: YORKSHIRE
Yorkshire Cultural Observatory
Pacific
Australia
Centre for Public Culture and Ideas
Centre for Cultural Research (at the University of Western Sydney)
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