The British Council are a partner in the EU Horizon funded European partnership for Resilient Cultural Heritage. The European Partnership for Resilient Cultural Heritage aims to enhance the preservation of cultural heritage while addressing the impacts of climate change and promoting sustainable practices. It aligns with the European Green Deal and the Creative Europe programme, facilitating research on heritage resilience and sustainable management.

The British Council is leading two strands of this EU Horizon funded partnership programme:

Accelerating transfer to policy and society: a living labs approach which positions Living Labs as both a testing ground for emerging findings across the partnership and a long-term participatory infrastructure for embedding cultural heritage within relevant climate change and sustainability and green transitions.

Fostering international collaboration which focuses on Cultural Heritage and Climate Policy Engagement including the developing an international engagement strategy for the Partnership and engagement with policy platforms.

Over the next five years, working with partners from across the Partnership, you will lead on:

Mapping of current Living Labs around Cultural Heritage and Climate across the EU
Develop a Living Labs methodology for Cultural Heritage and Climate Change
Pilot and review the Living Labs methodology
Working with EU partners, research institutions, cultural actors and policy platforms, the Senior Manager will design, test and scale methodologies that enable cultural heritage to inform climate policy, community resilience and green transition agendas.