Norway | Nordic conference on cultural policy research 2025

The 12th Nordic conference on cultural policy research, on the topic of ‘Technological change and the discourse of crisis: Putting cultural policies to work’ and to be held in Oslo, Norway from 25 to 27 August 2025, is calling for abstracts. 

Cultural and media consumption patterns have changed due to digitalisation processes in the culture and media sectors, and many have proclaimed an information crisis, fuelled by generative AI, fake news, and mis-/disinformation, and issues related to privacy in the public sphere have emerged as a topic when discussing big tech and digitalisation. 

Others are concerned with a reading crisis, spanning across primary, secondary, and higher education, as well as recreational reading among children, youths, and adults. These crises do again represent challenges for liberal democracies and the need for informed citizenry. Simultaneously, media theorists are arguing that we live in a post-digital age, with digital components being integrated into most aspects of our daily life. 

What role can cultural policy play in such a landscape? Can cultural policy play a role in countering such crises and how should such policies be set up? How can cultural policies stimulate reading and consumption of culture in a post-digital age? What roles do cultural experiences in non-digital environments (e.g., concert halls, theatres) play in our times? These are some of the questions to be discussed at this conference.

NCCPR2025 application guidelines

Deadline (for abstracts): 16 January 2025