The Global Creativity project develops research and data on creativity and the creative class in regions and nations around the world. We are expanding and updating the Global Creativity Index (originally published in Flight of the Creative Class) to develop a new measure of global creative-competitiveness.

Working with scholars in North America, Europe, Asia and around the world, we are building new integrative data sets for creativity, the creative class, the three T’s (talent, tolerance, and technology), and economic performance for regions worldwide. We’re also assessing and benchmarking creative economy policies and programs undertaken by cities, regions and other jurisdictions worldwide.

We’re interested in gaining a better understanding of the creative content of occupations in the manufacturing and service sectors. A key hypothesis is that future regional development may hinge on harnessing the creativity of a much broader segment of the population.

EUROPE IN THE CREATIVE AGE
Europe in the Creative Age, released in February 2004, extended the concepts and indicators of The Rise of the Creative Class to the European context. It developed new indicators for the Creative Class and competitiveness for 14 European countries and compared them to the United States.

We are currently collaborating with Irene Tinagli of Carnegie Mellon University on a second edition. Europe in the Creative Age II will apply the three T’s framework and a newly revised set of indicators to analyze the European Union’s expanded roster of 27 countries, comparing them to Canada and the United States. The expected release date is spring 2009.

WORKING PAPERS
Inside the Black Box of Regional Development – Human Capital, the Creative Class and Tolerance
July 2008
By Richard Florida, Charlotta Mellander and Kevin Stolarick

The Creative Class or Human Capital? Explaining Economic Development in Sweden
December 2006
by Charlotta Mellander and Richard Florida

Europe in the Creative Age
February 2004
by Richard Florida and Irene Tinagli

IN THE MEDIA
Let’s Get Creative: India in the Creative Age
by Richard Florida in The Times of India
February 2006
India’s future depends crucially on its ability to compete fully in the Creative
Economy — not just in tech and software, but across design and entrepreneurship;
arts, culture and entertainment; and the knowledge-based professions of medicine,
finance and law.

THOUGHTS FROM THE BLOG
Mexico City – Capital of the 21st Century? June 2008
Flight of the Creative Class – Microsoft Edition July 2007

TEAM
Richard Florida, Martin Prosperity Institute
Kevin Stolarick, Martin Prosperity Institute
Charlotta Mellander, The Prosperity Institute of Scandinavia, Jönköping International Business School
Irene Tinagli, Heinz School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University
Karen King, Martin Prosperity Institute
Ian Swain, Martin Prosperity Institute

CONTACT
Ian Swain, Research Associate
Email: [email protected]