ENCATC Research Award Ceremony 2016
Brussels, BelgiumThe 3rd ENCATC Research Award Ceremony took place on 16 December 2016 at the Balassi Institute in Brussels, welcoming an international audience of leading academics and renowned researchers, and representatives from the European Commission and the cultural field.
Elena Borin was announced as the winner of the award for her timely and relevant PhD thesis “Public-Private Partnership in the Cultural Sector: A Comparative Analysis of European Models”.
Alongside the 2016 winner, the second finalist, Jonathan Price from the Robert Gordon University (Aberdeen) in the United Kingdom, received a special mention for his PhD thesis, “The Discourse of Cultural Leadership” .
The Award was presented by Catherine Magnant, Deputy Head of Unit at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Education and Culture, Cultural Diversity and Innovation Unit, and member of the Award Steering Committee. The programme also featured an international panel debate on the “Role of research for the practice and the importance of comparative and global research”.
The ceremony highlighted the Award’s role in increasing the international visibility of young cultural policy researchers and allowing them to take a step from evaluative (descriptive) to comparative applied research that can inform policymaking and benefit practitioners active in the field.
