For more than 10 years, IACS teams have participated in international research consortia, implementing projects funded by the EU research and innovation program Horizon Europe (previously Horizon 2020), the Latvia–France partnership program Osmoze, the Latvia–Ukraine bilateral cooperation program, as well as regional and national science funding schemes. LAC leading researchers maintain close partnerships with foreign science management and research teams, and are currently recognized as highly reputable and reliable partners in international project design and implementation. 

Current research projects

European Culture and Health Hub – ECHH (2026-2029)

War Through the Lens of New Media: Documentation Methods and Challenges in the Post-Digital Era (2025-2026)

EU Kids Online V: Quantitative Europe-wide study on children's online experiences (2025)

C R I E S : CRIses Established Singing. Investigations into the Inherent Potential of Collective Singing in Times of Social Crises in the Scandinavian and Baltic Regions (2025-2027)

Tracks4Crafts: Transforming crafts knowledge for a sustainable, inclusive and economically viable heritage in Europe (2023-2027)

IN SITU: Place-based innovation of cultural and creative industries in non-urban areas (2022-2026)

Completed research projects

Hanseatic subaltern: Methods and approaches in the research of social, economic and ethnic exclusion in the Hanseatic cities (c. 1350-c. 1550) (2024)

Mapping of Heritage NGOs in Central & Eastern Europe (2024)

LIVIND: Creative and living cultural heritage as a resource for the Northern Dimension region (2021-2024)

From Sea to Street (2023)

CoHERE: Critical Heritages: performing and representing identities in Europe (2016-2019)

A Comparative Research on Intangible Cultural Heritage Law in Europe (2016-2017)