New research opportunities in cultural heritage and climate

Resilient Cultural Heritage is a new European partnership within the EU's Horizon Europe framework programme. It brings together around 90 organisations from 30 countries and will run from 2026–2035. The focus is on the resilience of cultural heritage in a changing climate: how cultural heritage can be protected, preserved and used when the risks of damage increase, but also how the knowledge, materials and methods of cultural heritage can contribute to climate adaptation and a more sustainable society.

Six or seven calls are planned. Sweden will participate in some of them via the Swedish Research Council and the Swedish National Heritage Board. This gives researchers the opportunity to join international consortia and run projects together with researchers and societal actors in other countries. The calls will be published on the Swedish Research Council's website. Both authorities contribute funding to participants in Sweden. The National Heritage Board also contributes with cultural heritage expertise, coordination, communication and dissemination of results to researchers, cultural heritage institutions, authorities and other relevant stakeholders.

The research should be able to be used in practice

The idea of ​​the partnership is primarily to strengthen the collaboration between cultural heritage research and climate research, but also between research, practice and policy development. The projects will be based on collaboration between researchers, cultural heritage institutions, authorities, decision-makers and other societal actors. The ambition is that the research will be useful in practice. The results should be able to contribute to better decision-making, developed methods and concrete solutions for the climate adaptation of cultural heritage and for society's work on climate neutrality.

Launch in Marseille can be followed digitally

Resilient Cultural Heritage will be launched at a kick-off event in Marseille on 29 September 2026, which can also be followed digitally. The event provides an introduction to the partnership's goals, planned activities and upcoming funding opportunities.

Register to the launch of the partnership. External link.

Read more about the partnerships on the website of Heritage Research Hubs. External link.