Sophia Labadi obtains PhD and Master in Cultural Heritage from the University College London (UK. She has graduated from the Institute of Political Sciences in Grenoble (France). Since 2004 she has held different positions within UNESCO. She has worked in … Read More
A short talk with Davide Ponzini: “Passion and critical approach for exploring new frontiers between urban and cultural policy research”
Davide Ponzini received his PhD in Urban Planning from Politecnico di Milano, where he is currently Assistant Professor (Ricercatore) of Urban Planning. His research activity focuses on planning theory, policy tool analysis, urban and cultural policy, heritage preservation, spectacularization of … Read More
Between research and practice – Aleksandar Brkic shares
Aleksandar Brkic is a lecturer/research fellow at the UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policy and Management and a PhD candidate at the Management in Arts and Media program at the University of Arts in Belgrade. His primary research focus is on … Read More
Tags: management, research, Voices and viewpoints
The emerging cultural policy research and education in Turkey: A snapshot interview with Ayca Ince
Ayca Ince, recently finalized a 3-years-long project called “Invisible Cities: Building Capacities for Local Cultural Policy Transformation in Turkey”. This project aims to increase cultural policy knowledge and management capacities of cultural organizations and city administrations in Turkey together with … Read More
Tags: city policy, local policy, research, strategy
“Culture can play a crucial role in urban development because of its multidimensional impacts”: a short talk with Mariangela Lavanga
Mariangela Lavanga is a lecturer at the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Her research focuses on cultural and creative industries, urban (re)development, creative cities, creative clusters and cultural policy. Mariangela holds a PhD in Communication Economics from IULM University in Milan, a … Read More
Tags: city policy, research, urban revitalization
SEAS Dock: a tool for people who engage in transnational collaboration
Black/North SEAS was a European cultural platform that connected two very different European regions – The Black Sea and the North Sea. SEAS created 20 new cross-disciplinary artistic works that were inspired by intercultural exchange between artists from the two … Read More
Tags: cooperation, local development, management, research
Prof. Milena Dragićević Šešić: A collaborative, human and community engaging angle on cultural policy and management
Milena Dragićević Šešić is Professor of Cultural Policy & Management, former President of University of Arts in Belgrade. She is Head of UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policy and Management (interculturalism and mediation in the Balkans) at the University of Arts, … Read More
Tags: management, policy, research, Voices and viewpoints
“ If you don’t care don’t do it”, advises Christopher Gordon
Christopher Gordon has worked in the arts/cultural policy professionally for 40 years. He is a freelance consultant, university teacher and writer/researcher. Having half-trained as a Classical archaeologist, changed direction into arts management and then policy development, implementation and evaluation. Some … Read More
Tags: policy, research, Voices and viewpoints
Climate change: artists respond
Many scientists agree that climate change – including global warming – is possibly one of the greatest threats and one of the biggest challenges facing our society today. In response to this global problem, artistic communities across Europe are initiating … Read More
Tags: climate change, innovation, research, sustainability
Greening the Arts: Thinkpieces for a zero carbon future and a survey of sustainable arts practices
Recently launched collaborative Research in focus “Climate Change: Artists Respond” on LabforCulture aims at investigating whether artistic work and actions can influence sustainability – and if so, how? We collected there diverse viewpoints, made interviews, and summarized results of mapping … Read More
Tags: climate change, research, sustainability