2023 ENCATC Research Award
HelsinkiThe 2023 Research Award ceremony took place in Helsinki on 12 October 2023, during the second day of the 31st ENCATC Congress.
The 10th ENCATC Research Award Ceremony took place in Helsinki on 12 October 2023, during the second day of the 31st ENCATC Congress, bringing together an international community of academics, researchers, cultural professionals and policymakers.
Two finalists presented their doctoral research: Giuliana Ciancio (Belgium), whose work explores cultural policy, cultural activism and political emotions, and Carlotta Scioldo (Italy), whose research examines transnational networks and policy harmonisation in the cultural and creative sector.
The 2023 Award was won by Carlotta Scioldo, researcher and consultant in EU cultural policies, for her PhD thesis, Transnational Networks between European Governance and Local Chance in the Cultural and Creative Sector, if not for harmonizing Policy, then what?, defended at the DIST Interfaculty Department of the University and Polytechnic of Turin, Italy. As a prize, she will have her work published as a book in the ENCATC Advances in Cultural Management and Policy, an ENCATC series published by Routledge
The ceremony opened with contributions from ENCATC President Gerald Lidstone and Annick Schramme, Full Professor and Academic Director of the Master in Cultural Management at the University of Antwerp. The winner was announced by Mona Forsskåhl, Rector of Arcada University of Applied Sciences, Finland.
The ceremony reinforced the Award’s role in raising the international visibility of emerging researchers and supporting career development, while connecting research with policy and practice and fostering international knowledge exchange in cultural management and cultural policy in Europe and beyond.
