Towards MONDIACULT 2025: The Viewpoint of The Cultural Management and Policy Community

Carla Figueira, Strategic Policy Advisor at ENCATC, is the Director of the MA in Cultural Policy, Relations and Diplomacy and of the MA in Tourism and Cultural Policy at the Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship, Goldsmiths, University of London. She is an international relations graduate of the Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas, Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (Portugal), and she moved to London after a career in arts management. In the UK, she gained an MA in Arts Management and a PhD in Cultural Policy and Management. Her interests and expertise range from mapping of cultural and creative sectors and industries, language policies, the theory and practice of cultural diplomacy and international cultural relations in general, to place branding, national identity and cultural tourism. Carla is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) and of the Higher Education Academy (HEA).