Invent Culture
INVENT Recognised as an EU Research & Innovation Success Story
We are proud to announce that the INVENT project has been selected as a Horizon “Success Story” and is now featured in the EU Research and Innovation Success Stories database. You can read the interview with Invent Project Coordinator Susanne Janssen here: Greater cultural inclusivity is key to social progress in Europe | Research and Innovation This recognition highlights INVENT’s
Mapping Euroscepticism across occupational classes
A new INVENT study by Valentina Petrović of the University of Zurich sheds new light on the social divides shaping attitudes towards the European Union across Europe. The study examines how class and cultural capital influence support for the EU in nine European countries at a time when Euroscepticism has become increasingly visible in public debate. While earlier research has
Media use, cultural orientations and support for radical right-wing parties
A new INVENT study published in the journal Information, Communication & Society examines how media use and cultural orientations shape support for radical right-wing parties across Europe. The study, conducted by Marc Verboord, Riie Heikkilä, Susanne Janssen, and Semi Purhonen, draws on survey data collected in 2021 in nine European countries: Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, the Netherlands, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland,
Cultural participation beyond the individual
A new INVENT study by Jordi López-Sintas, Giuseppe Lamberti, Jörg Rössel, and Željka Zdravković shows that cultural participation in Europe is shaped not only by individual social position, but also by broader national conditions such as socioeconomic and cultural modernization. Published in the International Journal of Comparative Sociology, the study examines patterns of both highbrow and lowbrow cultural participation across European
INVENT Presentation at ACEI 2025 Rotterdam
Last month, INVENT project leader Susanne Janssen presented the INVENT project during the Project Poster Session at the 23rd Conference of the Association for Cultural Economics International (ACEI), hosted by Erasmus University Rotterdam. The INVENT poster can be downloaded here. The conference was exceptionally well-attended, attracting over 450 participants from around the world—including policymakers, researchers, and cultural professionals. From established
INVENT book is out: Engagement with Culture in Transformative Times
We are thrilled to announce the launch of our INVENT project book with Routledge— Engagement with Culture in Transformative Times—now free to read and download in open access: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003460497🔗 The collection of fifteen chapters presented in this book significantly adds to current scholarly and policy debates on Europeans’ engagement with culture in its multiple forms and the societal values coupled
Does culture improve affective well-being in everyday life?
INVENT has published a new article in Poetics, co-authored by Marc Verboord, Larissa Fritsch, Neta Yodovich, Alysa Karels, Lucas Page de Pereira, and Eva Myrczik. This research note examines how cultural participation influences affective well-being in everyday life using a novel methodological approach—Experience Sampling Methodology (ESM). The potential of culture to enhance well-being has long been studied, with cultural activities
Geographical and aesthetic inclusiveness: A new cultural worldview?
INVENT members Jordi Lopez, Tally Katz-Gerro, Jörg Rössel, and Simon Walo have published a new article in the International Journal of Intercultural Relations. The European social landscape has evolved through Europeanization, globalization, and migration, resulting in more transnational exchanges, personal connections across countries, and increased cultural and ethnic diversity. The authors examined whether these changes have fostered a new inclusionary
New article on digital cultural participation in Europe
The Journal of International Communication has just published a new INVENT article co-authored by Susanne Janssen, Nete Nørgaard Kristensen, Marc Verboord Franziska Marquart, and Guiseppe Lamberti. Using representative 2021 survey data from nine European countries, the study analyzed Europeans’ digital cultural participation, identifying three key dimensions: cultural information and access, audiovisual entertainment, and content creation and sharing. Our analysis examined
Understandings of culture: A European bottom-up study using structural topic modeling
We are proud to present a new INVENT publication led by Ossi Sirkka and co-authored by Simon Walo, Semi Purhonen, Marc Verboord, Susanne Janssen, and Philippe Bonnett. This study opens up an empirical exploration into how ordinary people perceive the meaning of culture and what are its sociopolitical implications. Drawing on original survey data from over 11,000 respondents across nine
This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 870691