Societal impact of cultural heritage

Di cosa tratta questo bando?

The topic funds research on how cultural heritage contributes to social cohesion, civic engagement and democratic values. Projects choose one of three areas: access to heritage for young people, gender roles and identities, or heritage, cohesion and security.

Cosa finanzia questo bando?

Scope

Research projects examine how cultural heritage shapes civic engagement, social innovation, collective memory and the transmission of democratic values, and how it can help address challenges such as social inclusion, cohesion, well-being and equality. Each proposal works on one of three areas:

• A. Cultural participation and access to cultural heritage, with a focus on young people, disadvantaged groups and barriers such as rural isolation, under-representation of minorities and economic disparity.
• B. Gender roles and identities: how cultural productions and representations relate to attitudes towards sexes and gender identities, with recommendations for more inclusive representation developed with stakeholders.
• C. Cultural heritage, cohesion and security: shared heritage and responsibility, links between culture and security (including disinformation and foreign information manipulation), instrumentalisation of heritage and polarising narratives.

Expected outcomes

• Better understanding of the societal impact of cultural heritage.
• Documented good practices and case studies in the chosen research area.
• Capacity building and knowledge dissemination among practitioners and policymakers.
• Policy recommendations, guidance and toolkits for policymakers.

Approach

Projects are expected to be multidisciplinary (for example heritage and museum studies, anthropology, ethnology, media, theatre and literary studies, musicology), to prioritise empirical and participatory research, and to connect with formal and non-formal education, particularly arts education. They should build on existing EU-funded networks and platforms, such as the European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage and the Common European Data Space for Cultural Heritage.

Cosa ci si aspetta dalle proposte?

• Proposals should build on existing EU-funded activities, networks and platforms and seek complementarities with related Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020 actions.

Quando scade il bando?

23 settembre 2027 (322 giorni)

23 September 2027 (single-stage submission).