On the Move regularly commissions researchers to investigate different themes closely related to the network’s activities and the work carried out by its members. Reflecting on transversal concerns and key areas of artistic and cultural mobility, the network tries to establish a clearer picture of current movements and trends while formulating policy recommendations.
As part of its multiannual programme co-funded by the European Union, On the Move is publishing the fourth edition of the Cultural Mobility Yearbook.
This Yearbook is conceived as a way to delve into the numerous calls and resources that On the Move collects and promotes on a daily basis.
It does this primarily through a quantitative and qualitative analysis of calls for participation in residencies, meetings, fellowships, training activities, and other funded mobility opportunities for artists and culture professionals that were published on the On the Move website between 1 January and 31 December 2024 (with a few comparative references to the same data from previous years). In 2024, this gives us a dataset of 643 calls involving 107 countries and territories as mobility organisers or destinations.
In connection with the Cultural Mobility Forum 2025, a particular focus is put for this year’s edition on the mobility of young and emerging arts workers. Key take-aways include for instance the following data:
- 18.8% of calls published in 2024 were actively open to emerging arts workers and artists were the most common target group (at 64.8%).
- The most common cultural field was the performing arts (at 26.7%), followed by visual arts and design (at 23.8%).
- 32.9% of calls were in hybrid or online formats.
- Approximately one third (34.5%) of the calls received EU funding.
- Most of the calls targeting young and emerging arts workers originated from organisers based in Europe (74.4%), followed by the Americas (where the majority were based in the USA) and Asia (spread over China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Lebanon).
Download the Yearbook from previous years:
- Download the Cultural Mobility Yearbook 2024 (focus on cultural mobility / training and professional development)
- Download the Cultural Mobility Yearbook 2023 (focus on cultural mobility / environmental sustainability)
- Download the Cultural Mobility Yearbook 2022 (focus on digital mobility)
