Econcult - Research Unit for Economics of Culture and Tourism

econcult, a research unit since 1995, specializes in the analysis of cultural activities and collective actions to promote cultural and creative sectors. its goal is to analyze the relationship between the cultural and creative activities and the social, economic and political dynamics of communities and territories, based on the multidisciplinary methodologies. in the last 5 years, the econcult has participated in numerous international projects, regarding the effects of the cultural and creative activities in social innovation processes (sostenuto), the role of spaces for creativity (3c4incubators), the existence of regional development models based on cultural and creative industries (creativemed) or in identifying excellent practices in cultural policies in the urban and regional level (culture for cities and regions). the econcult is also deeply linked with national and international organizations, including the crit group from the university of barcelona, futurlab at the unive