Published research

2025

Eliza Easton, Allan Watson, Tom Webster, and George Windsor. “CreaTech: How the fusion of emerging technologies and the Creative Industries can transform the UK’s approach to skills, innovation and business”. Erskine Analysis for Royal Anniversary Trust and Department for Culture, Media and Sport, February 2025

Eliza Easton, John Knell, Amy Vaughan, and Jordan Gibbs. “Scene Change: Optimising Business Model Innovation in the Performing Arts”. National Theatre, Erskine Analysis and Intelligence Agency, January 2025

2024

Eliza Easton, Trevor MacFarlane, Jack Shaw. ‘A review of devolution and the UK’s creative, cultural and heritage ecosystem’. Culture Commons, November 2024

Eliza Easton. “Ambition to Reality: The Case for Creative Education”. Heatherwick studio, October 2024

Eliza Easton. “Keeping the UK’s creative industries globally competitive: a playbook to protect our future prosperity and security.” UAL and Erskine Analysis, May 2024

2023

Eliza Easton. “Evidence and Lobbying: How the UK’s Creative Industries policy and research ecosystem developed during the 2010s.” In Creative Industries and Cultural Diversity: Part 1 - Understanding the UK Policy Ecosystem. Cultural Diversity Laboratory, Creative Impact Research Centre Europe, Nov 2024

Eliza Easton et al. “Northern England’s Creative Industries.” Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre and RSA, Sep 2023

Eliza Easton and Dr Salvatore di Novo. “A New Deal for Arts Funding in England?” Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre, Jan 2023

2022

Eliza Easton and Benjamin Kulka. “Three ways to support growth in the creative industries.” Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre, September 2022

Billy Beckett and Eliza Easton. “Eight things to know about the Creative Industries.”  Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre, June 2022

Eliza Easton. “How to find out more about your local Creative Industries.” Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre, June 2022

Eliza Easton. “If the arts and culture are a third front in the Ukrainian war, here’s what Ministers should do.” ConservativeHome, March 2022

Eliza Easton. “PEC's Submission to the DCMS Committee inquiry Promoting Britain Abroad.” Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre, March 2022

Eliza Easton, Benjamin Kulka and Hasan Bakhshi. “Policy Briefing: R&D in the Creative Industries.” Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre, February 2022

2021 

Eliza Easton. “The Creative Industries in the UK’s Export Strategy.” Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre, November 2021

Various (including Eliza Easton). “A global agenda from the PEC's International Council.” Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre, December 2021

Claudia Burger, Eliza Easton and Hasan Bakhshi. “Creative Places: Growing the creative industries across the UK.” Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre, July 2021

Eliza Easton. “Not just for city hipsters: the creative industries and the levelling up agenda.” Bennett Institute, June 2021

Eliza Easton and Billy Beckett. “Insights for policymakers: Freelancers in the creative industries.” Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre, May 2021

Eliza Easton. “Response to the Integrated Review: A new era of soft power?” Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre, March 2021

Eliza Easton and Claudia Burger. “Response to the 2021 Budget: R&D, migration and levelling-up” Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre, March 2021

2020

Claudia Burger and Eliza Easton. “The impact of Covid-19 on diversity in the creative industries” Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre and Nesta, November 2020

Eliza Easton. “Beyond Bailouts: three ways the upcoming Spending Review should support the creative industries”  Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre and Nesta, September 2020

Eliza Easton. “The importance of a UK-wide recovery plan for the creative industries”  Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre and Nesta, June 2020

Eliza Easton, Claudia Burger, Eva Nieto-McAvoy. “A New Recipe for Soft Power.” Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre and Nesta, May 2020. (Submitted to the Integrated Review)

2019 

Eliza Easton and Hasan Bakhshi. “How evidence should guide manifesto promises on the Creative Industries.” Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre, November 2019. 

Eliza Easton. “The value of creative higher and further education.” Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre, October 2019. 

Hasan Bakhshi, Jyldyz Djumalieva, Eliza Easton. “The Creative Digital Skills Revolution.” Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre and Nesta, October 2019. 

2018

Eliza Easton, Jyldyz Djumalieva. “Creativity and the Future of Skills.” Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre and Nesta, November 2018. 

Eliza Easton, Samuel Young, Evy Cauldwell-French. “Global Trade Report.” Creative Industries Federation, January 2018.

2017

Jack Powell, Evy Cauldwell-French, Eliza Easton. “Global Talent Report.” Creative Industries Federation, October 2017.

Eliza Easton and Evy Cauldwell-French. “Creative Freelancers.” Creative Industries Federation, July 2017.

Harriet Finney, Caroline Julian and Eliza Easton. “A Blueprint for Growth: Creative Industries Federation response to the government’s consultation ‘Building our Industrial Strategy”. Creative Industries Federation, April 2017.

Evy Cauldwell-French, Eliza Easton and Caroline Julian. “Because the night - why what happens after dark matters to the creative industries.” Creative Industries Federation, March, 2017

2016

Jack Powell, Eliza Easton, Harriet Finney and Louise Jury. “Brexit Report: the impact of leaving the EU on the UK’s arts, creative industries and cultural education - and what should be done.” Creative Industries Federation, October 2016.

Eliza Easton. “Industrial Strategy for the Creative Industries.” Creative Industries Federation, October 2016.

Eliza Easton. “Social Mobility and the Skills Gap.” Creative Industries Federation. October 2016.

Eliza Easton. “Countries of culture.” Creative Industries Federation. April 2016.

Eliza Easton. “The Sustainability of Channel 4.” Creative Industries Federation. April 2016

Eliza Easton. “Consultation on implementing the EBacc.” Creative Industries Federation. January 2016.

2015

Eliza Easton. “Creative Diversity.” Creative Industries Federation. September 2015.

Eliza Easton. “Creative Education Agenda.” Creative Industries Federation. May 2015