PACESETTERS Summit will take place from 12 to 16 November 2025 in Málaga. Opened by Teresa Ribera, the Vice-President of the European Commission, it will be a unique opportunity to highlight the diversity of art and culture as a driver of the climate transition and as Europe’s competitive edge.
About PACESETTERS
Art and culture driving the climate transition
PACESETTERS carries out collaborative, artistic and practice-based research to keep pace with the transition. The Horizon Europe funded Research and Innovation Action tests innovative ideas to set the pace of the transition and to assess strategies to push the pace of the transition.
Creative Case Studies
From observations to co-research
Creative Case Studies analyse the resources, processes, products and services in the cultural and creative industries according to the challenges and opportunities of the climate transition
Real-World Laboratories
Three testbeds for creative research and innovation
PACESETTERS Real-World Laboratories have been launched to carry out practical experiments and learn how to make the step from project-based funding to environmental, aesthetic and economic sustainability: Genalguacil and neighbouring villages in the Valle del Genal, in Andalusia; Galway and the International Arts Festival in Ireland; Nowa Huta and the C. K. Norwid Cultural Centre near Kraków in Poland.
Transformation Frameworks
Evaluation and Support
The outcomes of the research informs the development of evaluation and support frameworks that indicate progress and key readiness criteria for the climate transition. They result in a model of a pre-accelerator tailor-made for the CCIs as well as cornerstones of a shared risk mitigation system.
Compass of Advanced Practices
Map of Challenges
What are the key challenges pertinent to art, culture, heritage, and creativity within the context of the climate transition?PACESETTERS have started to map them.
Launch of the project
Kick-off Meeting
PACESETTERS was launched with a Kick-off Meeting at NTNU, on 11 and 12 March 2024. Read about the meeting and watch the video recordings
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Your experience matters
Contribute to the research
PACESETTERS invites you to explore the various ways of collaborating on the research in the project. Start by creating a user account on our website
