SERIES

SFP-CIG-2026-01 — Transmission Architecture & Growth Logic Framework

Investment, Inclusion and Transmission in the UK Creative Economy (CIG-2026)

This Series Framing Paper is the governing map for CIG-2026. It sets out the growth logic the series interrogates and the transmission chain the papers test: how (and whether) investment-led creative growth becomes improved work, wider opportunity, and regional diffusion

Summary

The SFP defines key terms (growth, productivity, job quality, diffusion), specifies what counts as ‘transmission success’, and establishes evidential standards and disconfirmation conditions used across the series. It is designed to keep claims legible and bounded, especially where policy narratives tend to over-generalise.

What this output shows and why it matters

You get an explicit mechanism model rather than an assumed story. This matters because much creative-economy strategy treats growth as a proxy for wellbeing. The SFP makes that leap testable by specifying which links can fail and what evidence would be required to defend them.

How it fits the series logic

Every output in CIG-2026 points back to this framing logic. WP1 explores the investment and growth case; WP2 tests labour outcomes; WP3 examines institutions and risk; WP4 focuses on value capture and extraction; WP5 assesses regional diffusion; RP1 synthesises the mechanism tests into bounded implications.

How to read this

Quick route: read the mechanism map and definitions, then open the working paper that matches your question. Deeper route: use the disconfirmation conditions when interpreting claims, especially where evidence is uneven across regions or sub-sectors.

Outputs it connects to

Start here before reading any working paper. Return here if you need to check definitions, scope, or what the series treats as evidence versus inference.

Citation

Creative Enterprise Lab (2026) SFP-CIG-2026-01: Transmission Architecture & Growth Logic Framework. CIG-2026 Series Framing Paper.