The PreSIDInt study research team recently presented at The Future Is Cultural: Policy, Practice, and Education Congress, held at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya in Barcelona (15–17 September 2025). Read more about the event here. The conference was well attended, bringing together an international mix of academics, policymakers, practitioners, artists, and community representatives.

Our paper, “Culturally Competent Strategy to Research: Recommendations and Measures to Design, Deliver and Disseminate a Research Study,” was presented in the Audience Analysis and Cultural Participation session, alongside several thought-provoking contributions. These included presentations on festival resilience (Piotr Firych, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland), festivalization and its links to social change and democracy (Emmanuel Negrier, University of Montpellier, France), students’ cultural practices and emotions (Marine Thebault, Université Côte d’Azur, France), and participatory evaluation within the Stronger Peripheries Project (Elisabete Tomaz, ISCTE, Portugal).

Whilst other presenters examined how culture is embedded in communities and its role in shaping social change, democracy, and territorial identity, our work focused on how culture and cultural identity can be explored within the research process itself. This generated strong interest, with attendees taking photos of the findings and engaging in lively discussion around our interactive online tool. Leaflets featuring artwork illustrating the project’s key findings were also distributed and well received, with many participants taking them on board. These exchanges provided valuable feedback, informed next steps, and strengthened the project’s international visibility as we continue developing the framework into an accessible online resource.