Promoting and advancing academic research
The ENCATC Research Award is an important recognition assigned every year to promising Ph.D. graduates in the field of cultural management and policy, aiming to stimulate academic research in the field of cultural management and policy, by focusing especially on its applied implications.
Developed in partnership with the Cultural Management Fund from the University of Antwerp, the Award recognizes a recently published Ph.D. thesis based on innovative and internationally oriented research designs, paying special attention to works that can inform policymaking and benefit practitioners in the broad field of culture.
The call for nomination for the 2026 edition of the Award is out!
Deadline for applications: 25 May 2026 at 23:59 CEST
This prestigious recognition aims to stimulate academic research in the field of cultural management and policy with an emphasis on its applied implications. The Award also has the ambition to contribute to the process of creating a network of scholars who are competent in doing ground-breaking research projects in cultural policy and cultural management.
Granted each year, the Award consists of the winning doctoral thesis being published in the ENCATC Advances in Cultural Management and Policy Series, a series of publications specializing in cultural management and cultural policy topics, published by Routledge, the world’s leading academic publisher in the Humanities, Social Sciences and STEM
It's assigned every year to promising Ph.D. graduates in the field of cultural management and policy, aiming to stimulate academic research in the field of cultural management and policy, by focusing especially on its applied implications. The Award recognizes a recently published Ph.D. thesis based on innovative and internationally oriented research designs, paying special attention to works that can inform policymaking and benefit practitioners in the broad field of culture.
Steering Committee
Gerald Lidstone - Goldsmiths, University of London, United Kingdom
Marielle Hendriks - Director, Erfgoedhuis Zuid-Holland (Heritage House), The Netherlands
Catherine Magnant - Advisor, Head of the 2018 European Year of Cultural Heritage Task Force, European Commission
Valentina Riccardi - Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF)
Ximena Varela - President of the Association of Arts Administration Educators
Jury
Elena Borin - ENCATC President; Pegaso University, Italy
Jamie Alberto Ruiz Gutiérrez - Universidad de los Andes at Bogotá, Colombia
Leticia Labaronne - ZHAW School of Management and Law, Center for Arts Management, Switzerland
Jerry Liu - Taiwan Association of Cultural Policy Studies, Taiwan
João Oswaldo Leiva Filho - J. Leiva Cultura e Esporte, Brazil
Richard Maloney - New York University, USA
Annick Schramme - University of Antwerp, Belgium
Daniel Green - H. John Heinz III College of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Past editions
Over the last ten years, the Award has gained prominence internationally, attracting
submissions from across the globe and becoming a platform for sharing knowledge and
expertise. At this link is available all the information about the winners of the past editions.