An Environment to Thrive: what can the culture and heritage capital programme learn from natural capital?
The Arts, Culture and Heritage Taxonomies (ACHTAXONOMIES) research project funded by the Culture and Heritage Capital programme. This programme supports six projects through the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Arts and Humanities Research Council.
About
Most of the landscapes and seascapes of the UK gain their value and identity because of the way they have been shaped by both people and nature. New efforts to achieve nature recovery don’t always give due recognition to the culture and heritage that is so important in making places where people want to be. Likewise, efforts to enable places to thrive culturally don’t always harness the value of nature.
Join this webinar to gain insight into how our different forms of capital and heritage can be considered as one. Share your views on the opportunities for doing this. Involving partners in the Arts, Culture and Heritage Taxonomies (ACHTAXONOMIES) project funded by HM Government’s Department for Culture Media and Sport, and the Arts and Humanities Research Council as part of the Culture and Heritage Capital programme.
Speakers
Adala Leeson
Head of Social and Economic Analysis and Evaluation, Historic England
Adala Leeson
Head of Social and Economic Analysis and Evaluation, Historic England
Adala Leeson is Head of Social and Economic Analysis and Evaluation at Historic England where she leads a small team of analysts undertaking and commissioning social, economic and environmental research. Adala and her team produce the Heritage Counts publication series which is a compendium of evidence considering the connections between heritage, the economy, society and the environment. Adala has worked closely with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to develop the Culture and Heritage Capital (CHC) programme. She is a member of the CHC Steering and Working groups. Adala is the Principal Investigator for a AHRC/DCMS funded project developing a taxonomy for arts, culture and heritage. She is also a co-investigator on the AHRC/ DCMS funded Caveat project developing economic techniques for culture and heritage valuation.
Prior to joining Historic England, Adala worked as an Associate Economic Consultant for 10 years, advising public and private clients on economic development and regeneration programmes. She previously worked in academia as a researcher at the London School of Economics.
Edward Bayfield
Senior Policy Advisor for Environmental Land Management, Historic England
Edward Bayfield
Senior Policy Advisor for Environmental Land Management, Historic England