Publications

On this page, you will find books, newsletters, policy briefs, reports, articles and book chapters produced as part of the INVENT project. An overview is available in PDF format here.

INVENT Book Publication

Policymaker’s Guidebook

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May 2025

The book, as well as individual chapters, are fully available in open access.

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First edition November 2023

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Read our newsletters and policy briefs!

NOVEMBER 2023

OUTPUT GUIDE

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AUGUST 2023

NEWSLETTER – ISSUE III

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AUGUST 2023

POLICY BRIEF
NUMBER 3

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JUNE 2023

POLICY BRIEF
NUMBER 2

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AUGUST 2022

NEWSLETTER – ISSUE II

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AUGUST 2021

NEWSLETTER – ISSUE I
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AUGUST 2021

POLICY BRIEF
NUMBER 1

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CASE STUDIES

Here you can find the country-specific case studies conducted by the INVENT teams

Fortress of culture Šibenik.

From cultural heritage management to sustainable social development

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Inclusion through participation.

The Croatian Library for the Blind

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Kunsten.nu.

A digital media platform for engaging audiences in visual arts

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KØN – Gender Museum Denmark.

Whose museum?

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Trampoline House.

A space of becoming

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How will algorithms shape our cultural practices?

The case of Finnish public libraries

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Perspectives on Tampere City Cultural Strategy 2030 and its Legacy Project Operaatio Pikanmaa

A case study

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Cultural Practices in the Finnish National Core Curriculum for Basic Education, 1985–2014

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Les Machines de l’Île de Nantes.

From the workshop of the craftsman and the artist to the event in the city

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The MAC VAL.

A Museum of Contemporary Art in the Suburbs

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L’Echonova.

Music as a Strategy for the Dynamisation of Cultural and Associative Life

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Benefitting from culture for well-being and positive health.

A case study of ‘working elements’ in cultural interventions in The Netherlands.

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CITYLAB010:

A case study investigating the inclusive, participatory, and democratic nature of a citizen initiative platform.

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Re-thinking the museum from the bottom-up.

The case of Museum Boijmans van Beuningen’s project ‘Zuid. Boijmans’

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Spaces for culture at urban peripheries.

The case of Culture Stations and Novi Sad European Capital of Culture 2022

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Transnational nominations for the UNESCO World Heritage List as a policy tool in post-war contexts.

The case of Stećci Medieval Tombstone Graveyards

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Experiences with the centralisation of culture in Serbia.

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Cordoba’s Mosque-Cathedral as contested cultural heritage.

To whom does “World Heritage” belong?

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The unanticipated consequences of the “Miró Law” and its negative impact on the Spanish film industry.

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Mass tourism, public space, and the regulation of street performance in Barcelona.

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Forty years of alternative culture in Zurich:

The case of the Red Factory.

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Participatory Budgeting

Opportunities, Successes, and Organisational Constraints:

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Diversity and Inclusion at the Theatre:

Reflections on the Debate in Zurich

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Forty years of alternative culture in Zurich:

The case of the Red Factory.

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Participatory Budgeting

Opportunities, Successes, and Organisational Constraints:

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Diversity and Inclusion at the Theatre:

Reflections on the Debate in Zurich

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Forty years of alternative culture in Zurich:

The case of the Red Factory.

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Participatory Budgeting

Opportunities, Successes, and Organisational Constraints:

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Diversity and Inclusion at the Theatre:

Reflections on the Debate in Zurich

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Diversity in cultural leadership in the policy of Arts Council England

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The Museums that make us: A case study

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Crossing the Line:

Representation of Women in the National Football Museum

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Journal Articles & Books Chapters

Article

Does culture improve affective wellbeing in everyday life? An experimental sampling approach

Marc Verboord, Larissa Fritsch, Neta Yodovich, Alysa Karels, Lucas Page Pereira, Eva Myrczik

Poetics 107, December 2024, 101948

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Geographical and aesthetic inclusiveness: A new cultural world view? The case of nine European countries

Jordi Sintas Lopez, Tally Katz-Gerro, Jörg Rössel, Simon Walo

International Journal of Intercultural Relations 103, November 2024, 102092

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Europeans’ digital cultural participation: Diversification, democratization, barriers, and affordances

Susanne Janssen, Nete Nørgaard Kristensen, Marc Verboord, Franziska Marquart, Guiseppe Lamberti

Journal of International Communication. Online first 30 September 2024

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Understandings of culture: A European bottom-up study using structural topic modelling

Ossi Sirkka, Simon Walo, Semi Purhonen, Marc Verboord, Susanne Janssen, Philippe Bonnet

Socius. Online first 26 September 2024

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Article

Who supports the New Left? Evidence from Croatia

Valentina Petrovic

East European Politics. Online first 24 July 2024

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Article

Perceptions of a Shared European Culture Increase the Support for the European Union

Valentina Petrovic, Simon Walo, Jörg Rössel, Tally Katz-Gerro, Maria Pilar Lopez Belbeze

Journal of Common Market Studies. Online first 4 June 2024

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Cultural practices and socio-digital inequalities in Europe: Toward a unified research framework

Predrag Cvetičanin, Lucas Page Pereira, Mirko Petri, Frederic Lebaron, Željka Zdravković & Inga Tomić-Koludrović

Cultural Sociology. Online first 19 February 2024

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Trust repertoires and the reception of institutional responses to the COVID-19 crisis in Europe: A latent class analysis

Marc Verboord

International Journal of Comparative Sociology. Online first 17 January 2024

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Exploring the limits and boundaries between cultural practices and political values in contemporary Finland

Sara Sivonen & Riie Heikkilä

European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology. Online first 26 January 2024

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Article

A comparative analysis of religiosity in Croatia and Serbia

Danijela Gavrilović

December 2023

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Book

Towards a Social Turn in Cultural Policy: A Policymaker’s Guidebook

Predrag Cvetičanin, Mirko Petrić & Inga Tomić-Koludrović

November 2023

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Article

Definitely (not) belonging to culture: Europeans’ evaluations of the contents and limits of culture

Semi Purhonen, Marc Verboord, Ossi Sirkka, Nete Kristensen & Susanne Janssen

November 2023

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Tolerants versus traditionalists: Making sense of online conversations on the new Finnish flagship library Oodie

Riie Heikkilä & Ossi Sirkka

November 2023

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Article

Institutional Trust and Media Use in Times of Cultural Backlash: A Cross-National Study in Nine European Countries

Marc Verboord, Susanne Janssen, Nete Nørgaard Kristensen & Franziska Marquart

July 2023

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Article

Cosmopolitanism in contemporary European societies: mapping and comparing different types of openness across Europe

Tally Katz-Gerro, Susanne Janssen, Neta Yodovich, Marc Verboord & Joan Llonch-Andreu

May 2023

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Explaining the digital divide in the European Union: the complementary role of information security concerns in the social process of internet appropriation.

Guiseppe Lamberti, Jordi López Sintas & Jakkapong Sukphan

2023

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Transnational nominations for the UNESCO World Heritage List as a policy tool in post-war contexts.

The case of Stećci Medieval Tombstone Graveyards

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Cultuur in turbulente tijden (DUTCH LANGUAGE)

Sylvia Holla & Susanne Janssen

December 2022

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Cultuur van en voor iedereen’? Culturele diversiteit en cultuurparticipatie in de migratiesamenleving (DUTCH LANGUAGE)

Susanne Janssen & Marc Verboord

September 2022

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Missing out on culture—or not: Danes and Finns’ cultural participation, the pandemic, and cultural policy measures.

Eva Myrczik, Riie Heikkilä, Nete Kristensen & Semi Purhonen

August 2022

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Article

The social process of Internet appropriation: Living in a digitally advanced country benefits less well-educated Europeans

Guiseppe Lamberti, Jordi López Sintas, & Jakkapong Sukphan

February 2021

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Article

EU cultural policy and audience perspectives: how cultural value orientations are related to media usage and country context

Marc Verboord & Nete Nørgaard Kristensen

August 2020

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INVENT Reports

INVENT REPORT

Culture, politics, and the taxpayer’s money: Insights from nine case studies on online cultural debates in Europe

April 2023

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INVENT REPORT

Inclusive cultural policies and practices across Europe: A report on 27 case studies

January 2023

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INVENT REPORT

The influence of globalization and European integration on culture

October 2022

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INVENT REPORT

The influence of social inequalities on culture

October 2022

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INVENT REPORT

Digitalization and culture: impacts, practices, and perceptions in nine European countries

October 2022

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INVENT REPORT –

What does culture mean to Europeans?

August 2022

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INVENT REPORT

Advocating for Culture

September 2022

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INVENT REPORT

Talking about Culture on Twitter:

A comparative analysis of culture-related topics in nine European countries in 2019 and 2020

July 2021

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Survey Reports & Infographics

SURVEY REPORT

The Netherlands
Dutch Language

July 2022

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SURVEY REPORT

Denmark
Danish Language

July 2022

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SURVEY REPORT

The Netherlands
English Language

July 2022

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SURVEY REPORT

Denmark
English Language

July 2022

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Infographic

What belongs to culture?

August 2021

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How important do Europeans find the public funding of culture?

August 2021

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Publications

INVENT Book Publication

Policymaker’s Guidebook

OUT NOW!

May 2025

First edition November 2023

Read our newsletters and policy briefs!

NOVEMBER 2023

OUTPUT GUIDE

AUGUST 2023

NEWSLETTER – ISSUE III

AUGUST 2023

POLICY BRIEF NUMBER 3

JUNE 2023

POLICY BRIEF NUMBER 2

AUGUST 2022

NEWSLETTER – ISSUE II

READ ONLINE HERE

AUGUST 2021

NEWSLETTER – ISSUE I READ ONLINE HERE

AUGUST 2021

POLICY BRIEF NUMBER 1

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POLICY BRIEF
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POLICY BRIEF
NUMBER 2

NEWSLETTER – ISSUE I
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POLICY BRIEF
NUMBER 1