Project cooperationUpdated on 2 April 2026
From Innovation Ecosystems to Startup Growth: Reimagining the Creative Economy through HEI–CCI Alliances
Professor at University of Hull
Hull, United Kingdom
About
This marketplace opportunity invites universities, cultural organisations, SMEs, start-ups, policymakers, investors, and innovation agencies to join a consortium for a Horizon Europe Cluster 2 proposal addressing the transformation of the cultural and creative industries (CCIs). The concept is designed to align flexibly with two complementary call topics:
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HORIZON-CL2-2026-01-HERITAGE-02: Boosting creative startups for disruptive innovation
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HORIZON-CL2-2027-01-HERITAGE-05: Re-imagining the creative economy: the interplay between CCIs and the social economy
Building on the IDEAL (Innovation-Driven Entrepreneurship and Academic Learning for Creative Industries) project, the proposal aims to scale and extend proven HEI-led innovation models into a comprehensive framework that connects education, research, entrepreneurship, and market-driven innovation across Europe and beyond.
The project will address both system-level transformation (ecosystems, skills, policy) and market-level impact (startup creation, scaling, and competitiveness), allowing alignment with either or both call directions depending on consortium strengths.
Stage
- Ideation - identifying the project idea
Call
- Destination: Innovative Research on European Cultural Heritage and Cultural and Creative Industries
Type
- Partners for an existing consortium
- A consortium to join as partner
Organisation
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- Completing the consortia
- A consortium to join as partner
- Design - setting the project scope
- Partners for an existing consortium
- Ideation - identifying the project idea
- Drafting - writing the project proposal
- Destination: Innovative Research on European Cultural Heritage and Cultural and Creative Industries
Ciara Glasheen-Artem
Vice Dean of Research & Innovation, Faculty of Creative and Performing Arts and Media at Munster Technological University
Cork & Kerry, Ireland
Project cooperation
Practice-Based, AI and Immersive Approaches to Innovation in Cultural & Creative Industries
- A consortium to join as partner
- Design - setting the project scope
- Ideation - identifying the project idea
- Drafting - writing the project proposal
- Destination: Innovative Research on European Cultural Heritage and Cultural and Creative Industries
Ciara Glasheen-Artem
Vice Dean of Research & Innovation, Faculty of Creative and Performing Arts and Media at Munster Technological University
Cork & Kerry, Ireland
Project cooperation
- A consortium to join as partner
- Design - setting the project scope
- Partners for an existing consortium
- Ideation - identifying the project idea
- Drafting - writing the project proposal
- Destination: Innovative Research on Democracy and Governance
- Destination: Innovative Research on Social and Economic Transformations
- Destination: Innovative Research on European Cultural Heritage and Cultural and Creative Industries
Dr. Elena Puica
Founder & Principal Researcher (PhD) at Mentheris
Bucharest, Romania