Practice-Based, AI and Immersive Approaches to Innovation in Cultural & Creative Industries

I am seeking to join or co-develop a Horizon Europe Cluster 2 consortium, particularly aligned with HORIZON-CL2-2026-01-HERITAGE-02: Boosting creative startups for disruptive innovation.

My work focuses on integrating artistic and practice-based research methods with digital innovation, AI, and immersive technologies (VR/AR) to support more sustainable, innovative, and socially impactful cultural and creative sectors.

I am particularly interested in contributing to projects that explore:

• Entrepreneurial and experimental approaches in CCIs

• Practice-based innovation and artistic research as drivers of entrepreneurship

• AI-supported decision-making and innovation processes in creative practice

• The use of immersive technologies (VR/AR) for prototyping, storytelling, audience development, and market testing

• Inclusive and accessible approaches to creative entrepreneurship (including disability inclusion)

• Co-creation and participatory models for developing and testing creative ideas

With experience in research leadership, proposal development, and cross-sector collaboration, I can contribute to consortium building, methodology design, stakeholder engagement, and impact development. I am particularly interested in roles related to pilot design, co-creation frameworks, immersive and creative technology integration, inclusion strategies, and practice-based research methods.

Looking for

• Coordinators and partners developing proposals for Cluster 2 (especially HERITAGE-02)

• Cultural and creative organisations, SMEs, and startups

• Researchers in entrepreneurship, innovation, AI, and immersive technologies

• Partners working with VR/AR, digital storytelling, and creative technologies

• Organisations interested in practice-based, artistic, and participatory approaches

• Partners focused on inclusion, accessibility, and social impact

Offering

• Expertise in artistic and practice-based research

• Experience in digital cultural heritage and immersive/creative technologies (VR/AR)

• Strong focus on inclusion, accessibility, and disability

• Skills in co-creation, stakeholder engagement, and interdisciplinary collaboration

• Support in proposal development, concept design, and impact planning