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 – Intellectual Property and Innovation Study 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

Organization for Recorded and Cultural Arts – Report #1: Setting the Stage

  • Donor / Partner: ORCA

  • Year: 2023

Organization for Recorded and Cultural Arts – Report #2: The Economic and Social Impact of Independent Record Labels

  • Donor / Partner: 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