Here we’ll share updates, activities, and highlights of the STARTUP project as it unfolds. From news of consortium meetings and announcing new research outputs to documenting our creative trials across Europe and providing bite-size insights into our key concepts and terminology, this is where to keep up with all things STARTUP.
We’re excited to unveil the new STARTUP website, designed to make our project’s research, tools and resources easier to explore, understand and use.
The site provides a clear overview of STARTUP’s mission as a Horizon Europe project advancing creative placemaking and culture-based urban innovation across Europe.
Some of what’s new includes:
• Glossary of terms – A dedicated section explaining key concepts that shape the project’s methodology and framework, making our language more transparent and accessible.
• Access to the mapping platform – Explore the interactive map developed through our extensive autumn 2025 mapping process, identifying local cultural institutions, organisations and activities relevant to STARTUP’s research. The map highlights the cultural layer of urban ecosystems that will inform further empirical research and case study selection.
The website also centralises project updates, partner information, deliverables and resources in one accessible space.
New updates will be added every week, so keep checking back as the project evolves.
Explore it here: https://horizon-startup.eu/
The STARTUP consortium gathered in Dortmund for a three-day workshop hosted at Union Gewerbehof and ILS, combining progress updates, hands-on collaboration, and field visits to local initiatives, while strengthening connections across the partnership.
Workshop at Stockholm University for all project partners especially focusing on testing and training mapping tools and starting the detailed planning of mapping (WP2), and planning the empirical fieldwork (WP3), in the respective cities. The consortium also made a study visit to Hökarängen led by Konstfrämjandet and a guided tour at Konsthall C (art space). The meeting ended with a guided tour at art space Accelerator.
The project officially started with a kick-off meeting in Rome, bringing together all partners to align on objectives, roles, and the overall project timeline.