Research
Our research changes minds, policies and outcomes. We deliver transformational work that defines how music works, why it matters, and how we can use it to improve policies, processes and the places we live. All the reports below can be downloaded and shared.
Your Guide to Music and the SDGs
Donor/Partner: UN Global Communications, UN SDG, UNDP
Year: 2021
UNDP Intellectual Property and Innovation Study with UNDP Accelerator Labs
Donor/Partner: UNDP
Year: 2021
UNDP Part 2 Rewriting UNDP’s Internal IP Policy for Sustainable Development
Donor/Partner: UNDP
Year: 2022
European Music Policy Exchange
Donor/Partner: EU Commission, Music Cities Network
Year: 2022-2023
Whippoorwill Arts
Artist Remuneration Analysis
Donor/Partner: Whippoorwill Arts USA
Year: 2023
Defining Resilience in Remote and Rural Nordic Music Ecosystems
Donor/Partner: Nordic Culture Fund, Sermersooq Municipality Greenland
Year: 2023
Music Policy Resilience Network (2024)
Donor/Partner: Nordic Culture Fund, Levitt Foundation, Music Yukon, Highlands and Islands Enterprise, Music Northern Territories USA, Music Newfoundland
Year: 2023-2025
ORCA Report #1
Setting the Stage
Donor / Partner: Organization for Recorded Culture and Arts (ORCA)
Year: 2023
ORCA Report #2
The Economic and Social Impact of Independent Record Labels
Donor / Partner: Organization for Recorded Culture and Arts (ORCA)
Year: 2024-2025
Music Economy Development Initiative Report 1: We Need Tracks Before We Have Trains
Donor/Partner: Universal Music Group, Global Citizen, IFC
Year: 2025
Lila
The South Asian Soundcheck
Donor/Partner: Lila Music
Year: 2025