Your perspective matters! Whether you are an artist, cultural manager, producer, curator, or director, working across architecture, audiovisual, crafts, design, fashion, heritage, literature, music, performing arts, visual arts, or another creative sector — CAE wants to hear from you. They are seeking voices of professionals based in the EU and candidate countries, however, responses from other countries are also valuable for certain aspects of our research. Please feel free to also spread the survey within your networks.
State of Culture is a non-academic policy research initiative exploring how culture’s role and value are framed in national and European cultural policies. State of Culture also gathers insights from key stakeholders across the cultural and creative sectors on the major challenges and opportunities they face in the present world.
The State of Culture Barometer Survey is currently being conducted to inform the 2026 edition of the State of Culture report, which will be released by the end of 2026.
The survey takes roughly 20 minutes to complete, is anonymous, and seeks your perspective on important questions including:
• What challenges do cultural sectors face today?
• Is culture valued as it should be by policymakers?
• How do you personally assess the current state of culture in Europe?
The survey builds upon the foundations of the inaugural 2024 edition, and its outcomes will directly inform the 2026 State of Culture report to be released in the autumn of 2026, which will provide a snapshot of cultural policy affairs in Europe.
The deadline to complete the barometer survey is 23:59 (CEST) Sunday 31 May 2026.
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