A blog about the new book ‘Culture Based Development: Modelling Cultural Bias in Economic Choice‘ has been published in the Author’s Article section of the Edward Elgar Blog. The piece explores the relevance of the CBD Paradigm for the urgent theme of transitioning from hate to love and peace - resonating deeply with global reflections on peace and nuclear disarmament last week.

The article appeared at the 80th Anniversary of Hiroshima & Nagasaki, on the same day as the Nobel Peace Center’s event commemorated the atomic bomb dropped on Japan, alongside a statement from the European Commission on nuclear disarmament. My reflections align with these historically relevant events, offering a Culture Based Development perspective on pathways to healing and human flourishing.

This goes with special thanks to Edward Elgar for all their great care in making this book a reality, and especially for choosing this really important date to publish the Elgar Blog article about the book. Deep understanding and togetherness in action are being demonstrated on every step in working with them! Thank you so much, Edward Elgar Publishing Team!

Read the article on the Elgar Blog: 

https://elgar.blog/2025/08/06/to-apple-or-not-to-apple/

Watch the Nobel Peace Center - A Message to Humanity Conference recording

Read the European Commission’s statement: 80th anniversary of the bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki: here

Let’s continue the conversation on how culture can be a bridge from conflict to compassion and togetherness.

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#CBD_Paradigm #NewCulturalEconomics #CultureMatters #CBDParadigm #CultureBasedDevelopment #CulturalEntropy #peace #winwin

 The new short CBD movie introduces the Culture-Based Development (CBD) paradigm from the perspective of its applications as a pioneering approach to investment in the culture of places. This CBD cultural investment leads to education in emotional intelligence: aesthetic education. 

A CBD-balanced aesthetic education ensures the preservation of local emotional resilience in times of uncertainty - a skill which is in the heart of sustainable human flourishing. You can read more about aesthetic education here: PASCAL Briefing Paper 30 - Aesthetic Education and Learning Cities | CRADALL 

CBD offers a blueprint how to successfully achieve this in policymaking. The end of each chapter of the new CBD book dedicates special attention to its relevance for aesthetic education. The most important CBD policy indicator in this context is CULTURAL ENTROPY. For more details on Cultural Entropy, check Chapter 4 of the CBD Book available at: here. 

You can also check the CBD academic paper on Cultural Entropy available at: Cultural Entropy, Innovation, and Growth - Tubadji - 2025 - Politics & Policy - Wiley Online Library 

Here is a link to the movie in the CBD YouTube channel: Humanistic Policy Making with Culture Based Development (CBD)  

Here comes the Caravan of Round Table Launch Events for the CBD new book: “CULTURE BASED DEVELOPMENT – Modelling Cultural Bias in Economic Choice” 

📘 Published by Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025

Our first stop? The iconic Association of Cultural Economics International (ACEI) Conference in Rotterdam, the Netherlands — a perfect stage to bridge theory and practice.

🔴 26th June 2025 – ACEI2025

Join us as we journey from the Venn diagram of regional economics, happiness economics, and cultural policy into the lived realities of researchers and practitioners who’ve been applying Culture-Based Development (CBD) for years.

The first round table launch event for the book: Tubadji (2025) CULTURE BASED DEVELOPMENT - Modelling Cultural Bias in Economic Choice, Edward Elgar, successfully took place on 26th April 2025. The event was streamed directly from the international conference book-launch round table at University of Elbasan in Elbasan, Albania.

Recording of the event can be found on the CBD YouTube channel here:

Culture Based Development - Talks - YouTube 

The Productivity Institute awarded its Annie Tubadji its Policy Fellowship for implementing the MAnaging THE Roadmap (MATHER) Project. The project links the Wales Future generations Act and the Levelling Up agenda on the basis of better exploitation of cultural capital, employing the CBD paradigm. Start: September '24.