Culture. Care. Community.
Designed Together.
Civic Curate Oxford helps organisations and individuals design projects that make knowledge tangible and public life more alive.
We build partnerships between universities, cultural institutions, communities, and creative practitioners, so learning and care can move together.
Join as a curator
Be part of a hands-on learning lab where students and creatives learn to turn ideas into civic practice.
You can propose an idea, or join an existing idea, or help shape one together with others.
You’ll co-design projects, learn curatorial methods, and help shape the cultural future.
You don’t need prior experience in design, art, or curation.
Join as a partner
Bring a challenge, question, or idea to the table.
We’ll work with you to explore how your research, programme, or organisation can connect more deeply with the people it serves.
You don’t need a fixed brief. Just the curiosity to see how collaboration might open new ground.
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Not sure where you fit?
Write to us at hello@civiccurate.com
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About Civic Curate
Civic Curate Oxford is a civic systems studio that unites research, community, and culture to prototype new ways of learning and belonging.
Our work blends the precision of research, the empathy of co-creation, and the imagination of culture. We help partners and participants turn complex civic challenges into tangible experiences that generate both understanding and change.
Who We Partner With
We partner with leaders and organisations who feel a gap between their public mission and their public's experience.
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You might be a good fit for us if you:
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Feels your organisation is out of touch or that your public perception doesn't match your internal values.
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Wants to engage new, diverse audiences
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Sees a systems problem—perhaps you've launched a new space or service, but no community is using it.
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Has a vague feeling that you need to make some change in how you relate to your community, but you don't know where or how to start.
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Is ready to move beyond public engagement and wants to build a lasting relationship with your community.
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​Our partners include but not limited to: GLAM (Gallery, Library, Archive and Museum), research centres, charities, health and wellbeing initiatives, creative businesses, and public-sector or community organizations.
What Make Us Unique​
We don't operate like a consultancy or a campaign agency.
We design the conditions for inquiry, care, and collaboration to flourish.
Our work brings people, ideas, and practices into meaningful relation, so understanding grows from within the process, not imposed from outside.
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Our practice is civic, reflective, and grounded in lived experience.
We follow the life of a question.
Each project is a living conversation between research, community, and culture, where participation itself becomes a form of thinking.
Through this curatorial method, we help organisations move beyond engagement to cultivate civic intelligence: the collective capacity to understand, imagine, and act together.
Get in touch
We’d love to hear from you.
Whether you have a question, an idea, or a challenge you’re trying to make sense of.
Tell us what you’re working on, what community you want to reach, or what connection feels missing.