Evidence Library
The Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change (CRESC) was a joint initiative between The University of Manchester and The Open University.
Our researchers worked across disciplinary boundaries drawing together approaches from the social sciences and the humanities more generally.
Committed to exploring new methods and to engaging critically with existing methods – we also assumed a reflexive approach to how methods actively shape our research on the multi-dimensional aspects of social and cultural change.
An evaluation of the two-year experimental phase of Dance United’s Academy project, this report showed that the Academy’s dance-led education programme delivered measurable increases in their capacity to learn and imparted a range of so-called ‘soft’ skills, which can, in turn, be linked to very favourable ‘hard’ outcomes in …
A feasibility study examining the practical, logistical and methodological issues involved in carrying out effective research on the impact of arts interventions in criminal justice settings. Rather than producing evidence of project outcomes, this study addresses the issue of what constitutes good quality research and evidence in this context …