Anonymised answers to the Delphi 1 survey

The MESOC project adopted a modified version of the Delphi methodology, based on two consecutive survey rounds involving experts from all over the world in late 2021 - early 2022 on the topic of assessing the societal value of culture, the results of which have been discussed in an expert workshop held in Athens in May 2022. 

The first survey was aimed at exploring the typologies of social impacts, the transformative effects of cultural experiences by function and typology of cultural projects, the elements of local context that affect the impact generation process, and at sharing a first set of conceptual reflections on the topic. The influence of these variables has been analysed through the lens of the three main dimensions of the MESOC project: Health and Wellbeing; People Engagement and Participation; Urban and Territorial Renovation.

invited experts were representatives of different groups that play an important role in the researched field, namely:

Academics and consultants;

Directors / managers of cultural projects;

Public administration and policy makers, and private foundations supporting cultural projects aiming at social impact.

The criteria for identifying the experts to be consulted were to have a sample composed by half academic and consultant specialists of culture and creativity and the other half by professionals from the cultural private and public sector. The first group was mainly selected from the authors featured in the literature database created by the MESOC project and available online at: https://www.mesoc-project.eu/resources/online-repository.