Mr Ernesto Ottone Ramírez is the Assistant Director-General for Culture of UNESCO. Prior to this position, Mr Ottone Ramírez served as Chile’s first Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage from 2015 to 2018. As Minister of Culture, he created a Department of First Peoples, a Migrants Unit and strengthened copyright laws and heritage protections. During this time, he also chaired the Regional Centre for the Promotion of Books in Latin America and the Caribbean (2016 – 2017). From 2011 to 2015, Mr Ottone Ramírez served as Director-General of the Artistic and Cultural Extension Center of the University of Chile, which manages the National Symphony Orchestra of Chile, the Chilean National Ballet (BANCH), the Chile Symphony Choir and the Vocal Camerata. From 2001 to 2010, he held the position of Executive Director at the Matucana 100 Cultural Center in Santiago.

Adriana Pantoja de Alba holds a Master’s degree in Management and Cultural Development from the University of Guadalajara (UDG) and a PhD in Social Science from the  Western Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESO), Universidad Jesuita de Guadalajara. She is a member of the National System of Researchers of the National Council of Humanities, Science and Technology in Mexico. At ITESO, she serves as Professor and Researcher in the Department of Sociocultural Studies and coordinates the Master’s program in Science and Cultural Communication.
She has extensive teaching experience in undergraduate and postgraduate programs in communication, cultural management, and the arts, where she has designed and led courses in sociocultural theory and research, cultural policy and economics, and arts management. Within the Research Program in Sociocultural Studies at ITESO, she is engaged in the line of inquiry Communication, Aesthetics and Politics and directs the project Contemporary Transformations in Arts Management at the ETIUS Observatory of Communication and Culture.
Her research focuses on emerging processes of cultural management in contemporary artistic practices, particularly on the ways social meanings are generated, reproduced, and redefined through cultural action. By combining teaching, research, and program leadership, she contributes to strengthening the field of cultural policy and arts management in Mexico.

Alan Salzenstein is Professor at DePaul University in Chicago where he directs the MFA/Arts Leadership and Performing Arts Management programs. Salzenstein is an international correspondent advisor to the board of ENCATC and past president of AAAE (Association of Arts Administration Educators). He has held various Executive Director positions for a wide array of arts organizations over the past thirty-five years, with a long history of theatrical producing, devising and presenting many special events, membership on various arts boards, and as an arts consultant. He is a frequent invited speaker on topics related to arts management and legal issues in the arts, having presented across North America, Europe and Asia. Salzenstein is also an attorney, focusing on issues related to the performing arts industry.

Alba Colombo (ORCID) is a Professor in Critical Event Studies at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) in Barcelona, where she also directs the Master’s Programme in Cultural Management. Her research lies at the intersection of Critical Event Studies, Cultural Studies, and the sociology of culture, with a particular focus on the critical analysis of festivals and events as cultural practices, contested spaces, and platforms for social transformation and cultural equality rights. She has led and participated in numerous Spanish and European research projects, including Art Festivals and the European Public Culture (FP7), the European Festival Research Project (EFA), and FESTSPACE: Festivals, Events and Inclusive Public Space in Europe (HERA). Prof. Colombo is currently the coordinator of the Special Interest Group on Events at Association for Tourism and Leisure Education and Research (ATLAS) and co-leader of the Special Interest Group on Critical Event Studies at the World Leisure Organization (WLO). Her current work examines participation in traditional and popular culture in Spain and rethinks methodologies for assessing the intangible cultural, social, and political impacts of festivals and events. Author of numerous academic publications, she has received several awards, including the Sant Jordi Modest Reixach Prize (IEC, 2021) and the Emerald Literati Award (2022) for her research on events and urban design.

Alfonso Méndiz is Professor of Audiovisual Communication and Advertising and Rector of the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya since September 2021. He graduated in Communication Sciences and earned his PhD in Public Communication from the University of Navarra, both with Extraordinary Awards. Early in his career, he specialized in audiovisual scriptwriting and, together with his mentor Juan José García-Noblejas, founded the Department of Culture and Audiovisual Communication, launching the course Theory and Technique of Audiovisual Narration.
He completed postgraduate studies in Motion Pictures and Television Production at UCLA and has explored topics including the representation of Jesus Christ in cinema and the influence of television on children and adolescents. In 1993, he became a tenured professor at the University of Málaga, focusing his research on advertising, values, and new advertising formats, while maintaining interests in cinematic narrative. He directed 21 doctoral theses and is the author of 17 books and over 100 articles and book chapters.
He has served as Dean of the Faculty of Information Sciences at UIC Barcelona (2015–2021), where he promoted internationalization, established partnerships with European universities, and launched the Doctorate in Communication, Education and Humanities. Méndiz Noguero has also been a visiting researcher at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Universidad de La Sabana (Bogotá), and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Milan).

Ana Zuvela is a cultural policy expert whose career spans a diverse array of roles within the arts and culture sector. With a foundational degree in the arts, Ana began her professional journey as a cultural officer in local government, managing cultural funding and programming. This role provided her with a deep understanding of the intersections between politics, policy, and cultural production. Her pursuit of further expertise led her to academia, where she earned an MA in Cultural Policy from University College Dublin and a PhD from the University of Zadar. Currently, Ana is employed at the Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO), where her research focuses on cultural governance, power dynamics within cultural policy, and democratic innovations in the field. Alongside her academic work, she has actively collaborated with civil society organizations, public institutions, and authorities, building transnational partnerships that contribute to the development of cultural policy and practice.

Anne-Sophie V. Radermecker holds a Ph.D. in Art history/Cultural Economics from the Université Libre de Bruxelles. She is a former B.A.E.F. fellow at Duke University (NC) and lecturer at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Since 2021, she is a FNRS research associate in Cultural Management at the Université libre de Bruxelles. Her main research interests are the economics of art and culture, the market for marginal heritage, the reciprocal interactions between museums and the art market, and quantitative methods applied to art history. She has published several cross-disciplinary papers in both economic (JEBO, JCEC) and art historical journals (IJDAH, NKJ, Marges,…). Her book entitled Anonymous Art at Auction was released in July 2021 (Brill, Studies in the History of Collecting & Art Markets).

Annick Schramme is Full Professor at the University of Antwerp, where she directs the master’s program in Cultural Management and the Competence Center Management, Culture & Policy in the Faculty of Applied Economics. She is also Academic Director of the Competence Center Creative Industries at the Antwerp Management School. Since 2018, she has led the Leadership in Culture program, a joint initiative between the Antwerp Management School and Utrecht University. In 2024, she was appointed UNESCO Chair in Cultural Entrepreneurship and Policy.
Her research and publications address arts and cultural policy in Flanders, cultural governance, international cultural policy, leadership, cultural entrepreneurship, and public–private partnerships in the heritage sector. She has played an active role in advising cultural policy, serving as expert to the Vice-Mayor for Culture and Tourism of Antwerp (2004–2013), chairing the Strategic Advisory Council on Culture, Youth, Sports and Media (SARC) of the Flemish Government since 2020, and coordinating the working group that developed the Culture Good Governance Code in Flanders.

antonio c. cuyler, Ph.D., is Professor of Music in Entrepreneurship & Leadership, Faculty Associate in Voice & Opera, and Faculty Associate in the African Studies Center at the University of Michigan. His research focuses on arts administration, cultural policy, leadership, and advancing creative justice through access, diversity, equity, and inclusion (ADEI). He is the author of Achieving Creative Justice in the U.S. Creative Sector and Access, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Cultural Organizations, and has published widely in leading journals. His expertise has been commissioned by major institutions, including the League of American Orchestras and the Hewlett Foundation. 
Internationally recognized as a thought leader, he has lectured and facilitated workshops on six continents and was a delegate to the 2024 World Opera Forum. In 2020, he founded Cuyler Consulting, LLC, a Black-owned arts consultancy, and in 2024–25 he served as Lyric Opera of Chicago’s inaugural Scholar-in-Residence. He serves on the boards of the American Composers Forum, I/O, and OPERA America.

Bianca Traxler is the Executive Director at Le Dimore del Quartetto, a Milan-based cultural and creative social enterprise. Before taking on this role, she spent over two years leading Corporate Projects and International Relations at the same organization, overseeing its growth across Europe from Barcelona. Previously, she worked as Social Responsibility Specialist at MANGO in Spain, managing social compliance across the company’s global supply chain, developing sustainability strategies, while training over 300 suppliers on compliance and best practices. She has also collaborated with international organizations such as Henkel/Schwarzkopf Professional, Sermo, and Valore D, focusing on CSR, sustainability, innovation, and diversity initiatives across Europe

Blanca Reguant is a scholar and lecturer in the Bachelor’s Degree in Humanities and Cultural Studies at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, where she teaches courses on Contemporary Art, Mediterranean Shared Heritage, Ancient Art, Renaissance and Baroque Art, and Art Studies. She also contributes to the University Senior Programme in Barcelona, leading courses such as The Cradle of Art and Renaissance and Baroque Art, integrating group work and applied learning.
Her research focuses on art history, with a particular emphasis on the role and visibility of women artists. She is the co-author of The Presence of Female Painters in Barcelona Exhibitions (1888–1936), published in Human Review. International Humanities Review (2023), and has also published "Ocio, negocio y la vida lograda" in Cuadernos Empresa y Humanismo (2021).
Through her teaching and research, Blanca Reguant examines both historical and contemporary approaches to art, linking scholarship with practical engagement in cultural heritage and education. Her work seeks to broaden understanding of the artistic canon, highlight underrepresented voices, and foster critical thinking among students. She combines rigorous academic research with accessible pedagogy, contributing to the development of cultural awareness and humanities education in both undergraduate and lifelong learning programs.

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).

Carlotta Scioldo is a researcher and consultant focusing on EU cultural policies. Through her professional and academic trajectory, she has acquired a multifaced view of the cultural and creative sector in Europe. Her fundamental drive is to bridge the communication gap between the cultural sector and policymaking, ensuring that the functioning and aspirations of the artistic field are effectively conveyed. With this motivation, she has worked as dance dramaturg, joined the Creative Europe Unit at EACEA, and served as Network Manager and Policy Advisor the European Dancehouse Network. Carlotta completed her Ph.D. on how European Transnational Networks operate in the Cultural Sector at DIST the Interfaculty Department of the University and Polytechnic of Turin, and she was visiting researcher at the UCL’s Public Policy Department. Her work questions the political and empirical implications of Transnational Networks in the EU’s cultural sphere and the external dimension. She holds two master’s degrees, the first in Theater Studies from IUAV in Venice, the second in Cultural Projects for Development from ITC-ILO and UNESCO Centre in Turin. Carlotta's expertise was also acknowledged through a visiting fellowship at New York University.

Constance DeVereaux works in the fields of cultural policy and cultural management as an educator, researcher, and consultant. She is the co-author of the well-regarded and much cited Narrative, Identity, and the Map of Cultural Policy: Once Upon a Time in a Globalized World and was lead editor of the series Cultural Management and the State of the Field, which documented and benchmarked key ideas and concepts in the development of the field. Her work focuses on critique of cultural policy and cultural management practices, as well as on development of theoretical frameworks for new vocabularies in the field. She has edited a number of widely used books including Managing Arts and Culture: Cultivating a Practice, and Cultural Management: Sense and Sensibilities in the State of the Field. She was the first person to have served as a Fulbright Senior Specialist in arts management and policy. She is the Managing Editor and Co-Chief Editor of Journal of Cultural Management and Cultural Policy and sits on the editorial boards of Culture et Gouvernance Locale and DIY: Alternative Cultures and Society. Constance has worked with cultural organizations worldwide, and has lectured at universities in Europe, Asia, North America, and Africa.

Cristina Ortega Nuere works as Chief Academic and Operating Officer of World Leisure Organisation, a non-governmental organization born in 1957 with consultive status of United Nations, since she was appointed in January 2016. Doctor in Leisure and Human Development, with a Master degree in Leisure Management, specialized in Cultural Management, she graduated from the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy from the University of Deusto and completed her studies in London, Middlesex and at Westminster University. She has done several research stages, the last ones at the University of Fordham (New York, EEUU) and Cambridge (UK). Previously to her present work, she has worked for over two decades at the University of Deusto as professor and researcher; the last five years as Director of the Institute of Leisure Studies and Principal Researcher of the official research group on leisure and human development. She has been the ENCATC President for 4 years, the leading European network of cultural policies and management education and research; and the Chair of ENCATC’s Policy Group Monitors of Culture, made up of over 40 cultural observatories worldwide. She has also been Jury member of the European Capitals of Culture. She has also been appointed twice as Member of the Basque Council of Culture of the Basque Government. Her area of specialization is cultural policies, cultural and creative industries, evaluation, wellbeing and human development.  She has participated in more than 50 research projects and wrote dozens of books and articles in the leisure and cultural field. She wrote a book of reference on Cultural Observatories where she built a utility model adopted in several cities and countries, Ortega, C. (2010) Cultural Observatories: Mapping of Observatorios Culturales. Creación de Mapas de Infraestructuras y Eventos, Barcelona. Ariel. She usually participates as a speaker in international scientific conferences worldwide, among her last conferences: Monitoring cultural policies and measures for sustainable urban economies and societies, UNESCO Creative Cities Beijing Summit II, Beijing, June, 2016; Research, evaluation and cultural policies, UCLG Culture Summit Culture and Sustainable Cities, Culture 21, Agenda 21 for Culture, Bilbao, March, 2015; FOCUS UNESCO World Forum on Culture and Cultural Industries, Florence, October, 2014.

Born in 1953, Cristina holds degrees at the Milan University and at the Piccolo Teatro Dramatic Art School in Milan. She’s an active promoter of European cultural policies, contributing to their creation at the European Parliament and to treasure them in Italy, as Advisor to the Minister of Culture, with tasks including Jury Member for the Italian Capital of Culture (2017-2022). As chair and member of different EuropeanThink Tank for culture aiming to the European CCSs, she’s actively contributing to European networks , being in particular Europa Nostra Vice president and active member of PEARLE-Live Performing Arts, and  Culture Action Europe. In Bergamo, her hometown, Cristina is President of Fondazione Ravasio, running the Puppet Museum and activities. She’s invited as lecturer by academic and professional fora. She loves theater, art and education, with a civil spirit and managerial attitude. Based in Italy and in the USA, Cristina is a truly frequent flyer.

Cristoph Pasour has been teaching in the University Master’s Degree in Arts and Cultural Management at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC Barcelona) since 2009 and currently serves as its Director. He holds degrees in Art History and Media Studies from Freie Universität Berlin (Germany) and Edinburgh University (UK).
A media professional with extensive experience in television and film, Pasour has authored articles on media art and cinematography for newspapers and magazines and has been involved in script development for both fiction and non-fiction productions in Berlin and Hamburg. He served as Project Manager and Curator at the Museum for Cinematography in Potsdam, Germany, and as Commissioning Editor in the film department of the 3sat cultural television channel, covering Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
Since 2005, he has produced and authored documentaries for production companies in Berlin, Hamburg, and Barcelona, working with major broadcasters including ARTE, 3sat, ARD, ZDF, RAI, YLE, and TV3. At UIC Barcelona, he combines his professional expertise with academic leadership, training the next generation of arts and cultural managers in both theoretical frameworks and practical applications. His work bridges media production, curatorial practice, and cultural management, emphasizing the integration of creativity, strategy, and cultural entrepreneurship.

Daniel Green is a Distinguished Professor and the Director of the Master of Entertainment Industry Management Program at Carnegie Mellon University. Based in Los Angeles, CA, Daniel has extensive experience in TV production, having worked on shows like ER, The Sopranos, The West Wing, and directed the pilot Munhall starring George Wendt. As a theatre director, his work has been produced in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. Dan has also served as a Casting Director for projects including The Kennedy Mystique: Creating Camelot for National Geographic Channel and Nixon in China, 72 for CCTV, Beijing. He has a MFA in Directing and his Ph.D. focused on first-generation student experiences at private universities in China. 
He was the President of the Association of Arts Administration Educators and is currently an International Correspondent Board Advisor for ENCATC as well as being a member of the jury for the ENCATC Research Award. Daniel Green is also a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. In addition, he sits on the Les Paul Audio Educators Advisory Council whose mission is to promote the legacy of Les Paul as an inventor and innovator of audio technology.

Douglas DeNatale earned his PhD in Folklore and Folklife from the University of Pennsylvania in 1985. Prior to joining the Metropolitan College faculty, he was the president of Community Logic, Inc., an arts consulting firm specializing in research and documentation. He previously served as director of research for the New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA), where he played an instrumental role in forecasting the emerging creative economy and in developing the web-based research database CultureCount.

Formerly, he was director of the Lowell Folklife Project at the Library of Congress and director of the oral history and folklife program and collections at the University of South Carolina’s McKissick Museum. Trained as an ethnographer, Doug has overseen collaborative arts research projects for the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Library of Congress. He conducted oral histories for the Lowell National Historic Park, the Southern Oral History Program, and the J. Alden Weir National Historic Site, and curated exhibitions for the McKissick Museum and the Smithsonian Institution Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.

As an early adopter of technology, Douglas DeNatale has helped many New England cultural institutions establish their first websites. He has also been involved with technology projects for Heritage Preservation, the New England Museum Association, and the Boston Foundation. His research on the creative economy is widely cited, with publications that include Documenting the Arts (NEFA) and Passion & Purpose: Raising the Fiscal Fitness Bar for Massachusetts Nonprofits (Boston Foundation, co-author).

Elena Borin holds a Ph.D. in Economics and Doctor Europeus and her PhD thesis on "Public-Private partnerships in the cultural sector" won the 3rd ENCATC Research Award on Cultural Policy and Cultural Management and the IUSS Best Thesis award. She is member of Scientific Committees of several academic programs and international committees working on the themes of sustainability and the cultural and creative sector, among which the university network “Routes Towards Sustainability” and the international summer school "After the Damages”. Her most recent articles address topics related to partnership, funding and sustainability published by the Journal of Cultural Management and Policy, Journal of Intellectual Capital, Urban Design and in the Springer FGF Studies in Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Her research interests include international cultural governance, multi-stakeholder partnerships, funding and financing for the cultural and creative sector and CCIs in the sustainability paradigm.

Elena Raevskikh holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from EHESS and a degree in Public International Law from Moscow State University. Beyond being Head of the Research and Analysis Unit of the Department of Culture and Tourism of Abu Dhabi, she leads and co-develops CultureSTATS-AD, the first initiative of its kind in the MENA region dedicated to creating tailored qualitative and quantitative measurements for Abu Dhabi’s culture sector. Since 2020, her team has produced more than 20 research reports, including the landmark Abu Dhabi Cultural Activities Baseline Report (2021), several in-depth studies on creative ecosystems, and economic analyses of the emirate’s culture sector, with findings published in leading international journals such as Quality & Quantity and Nature. Her work has also shaped the biennial Abu Dhabi Culture Population Survey, the region’s first Register of Cultural Organizations and Professionals, and new heritage and cultural destination indicators. At the Department of Culture and Tourism – Abu Dhabi, she collaborates with UNESCO, OECD, IFACCA, ENCATC, WCCF, and the World Economic Forum, linking local practice with global dialogues on culture, sustainability, and innovation.

Eli Gras is a Spanish composer, multi-instrumentalist, writer, and visual artist. Active since the early 1980s, she was a co-founded of the Obmuz Trio amongst other duets as Motor combo, The hower Sisters or with Pelayo Arrizabalaga. Over the years, she has performed widely as a soloist and collaborator in diverse genres ranging from experimental music to electropop and minimalism. She is also the founder and director of La Olla Expréss, a cultural association and publishing project dedicated to books and music in atypical formats and contents, as well as of NoNoLogic, an experimental music festival launched in 2007. Her artistic practice combines improvisation with structured composition, often incorporating unconventional instruments built by herself, prepared guitars, and found artifacts alongside more traditional instruments. Gras has presented her work at numerous international festivals, including Jardins Efémeros, Worldtronics or Blurred Edges. She has published several solo music albums, some are concept works, including "Museum of the Dry Bugs", "Grass Velvet", "Xylotheque" or "Tasmanian Robinet", as well as collaborations with other artists. Beyond music, she has published several object works, and collaborated as illustrator and designer, photographer, and radio presenter, and her work extends to animation cinema through special effects and visual production. She combines her creative fields with works taking care of the technical production of events and exhibitions.

Gerald Lidstone, ENCATC President, was the Director of the Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship at Goldsmiths, University of London and founder of the MA Arts Administration and Cultural Policy and co founder of the MA in Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship programme and the MA in Cultural Policy, Relations and Diplomacy, the first worldwide. Previously he was HOD of the Department of Theatre and Performance in Goldsmiths, having originally trained as a scenographic and lighting designer as well as a production manager with extensive design and touring experience in Eastern Europe and the USA. For the British Council and other agencies he has also taught Arts Management courses including, Arts Marketing, Arts Education, Fundraising, Copyright and Strategic Planning in over 20 countries. He has worked for over twelve years on behalf of The Ministry of Culture and Information in Viet Nam establishing Arts Management education in Hanoi University of Culture, funded by the Ford Foundation, well as being awarded the national medal for culture in Viet Nam. He was also the director of a four-year British Know-How Fund (Foreign Office) project establishing arts management education in Slovakia. An outcome of this was the publication of the first book on arts management in Slovak and the British Council project Closer to the Museum. He has recently completed a major research evaluation of a dance projects for Sadler’s Wells in the UK using the Five Ways to Wellbeing framework created by the New Economics Foundation.

With 15 years of experience in research and professional practice on sustainability in the cultural sector, Giada is the co-founder and CEO of Chloe Sustainability, a consultancy that supports cultural organisations in their transition towards sustainability. She also works as a Senior Environmental Assessor for events and festivals at A Greener Future (UK).
She teaches cultural management, sustainable events and festivals, and international cooperation at various universities and institutions.
Giada has served as a researcher and project manager on several European initiatives, including EULAC Focus, Be SpectACTive!, MESOC, and Stronger Peripheries.
She holds a PhD in Cultural Management from the University of Barcelona, with a dissertation on environmental sustainability strategies in European music festivals.
Previously, she was Academic Coordinator of the Postgraduate Programme in Production and Management of Performing Arts and Festivals (University of Barcelona) and Head of Research at the Observatory of Performing Arts in the Emilia-Romagna Region (Italy).

Since 2004, GiannaLia Cogliandro Beyens is the Secretary General of the European network on cultural management and policy, ENCATC. She is also the administrator of the Thomassen mobility programme and serves on several boards. GiannaLia is an expert in EU affairs and international relations, with more than 30 years’ experience in advocacy, cultural policy, and strategic management, in the context of international cultural NGO. Since 1998, GiannaLia has also successfully designed, drafted, and managed a large number of EU cross-sectorial projects in the field of culture, education, and research.

Former Policy Officer of the Cultural Forum of EUROCITIES, GiannaLia was also Secretary General of the Association of the European Cities of Culture , AECC. Journalist since 1993, she started her career as Press & PR Officer for the N.A.T.O organisation in Rome. For the European Commission, she wrote 10 Reports on social European policy and a major study on the European Cities of Culture of the year 2000. Educated at the University “La Sapienza” in Rome, GiannaLia holds a Degree in Political Sciences - International Relations and two additional masters in European & International Career Studies, and a in European Constitution. Since 1993, GiannaLia is member of the Association of the Former trainees of the European Union.

Isabel Causadias graduated in Fine Arts in 2006 at the University of Barcelona, where she also obtained her Master's degree in Artistic Productions and Research in 2008. In 2016, she defended her PhD dissertation, Primary Market of Contemporary Art in Catalonia, dedicated to the market strategies and professionalisation of visual artists within the primary art market. Since 2007, she has been a lecturer at the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Department of Visual Arts and Design at the University of Barcelona. Her main research interests include the economics of art and culture, primary art market dynamics, the sociological aspects of artistic careers, and the issue of value in cultural economics, with a particular focus on the role of trust in market interactions among artists, dealers, and collectors. She is also a member of RELAT, a research group dedicated to the narrative construction within contemporary artistic practice.

Isabelle Brianso is a teacher-researcher at the University of Avignon, attached to the Norbert Elias Centre (UMR 8562). She previously held positions as ATER and ANR post-doctoral researcher at Université Paris Saclay / Centre d’Histoire Culturelle des Sociétés Contemporaines, and as Marie Curie Individual Fellow (FP7-IEF) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona / Jean Monnet Chair. She has also been a research fellow at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris (UMR 208 Local Heritage and Governance).
She studied economics at the University of Paris X–Nanterre, cultural policy at Sciences Po Aix-en-Provence, and museology at the Università degli Studi di Roma Tre, where she completed her master’s research under Professor Emma Nardi. Her doctoral dissertation, a European doctorate defended in French and Spanish, analyzed the process of UNESCO heritage designation for the temples of Angkor in Cambodia. This work, awarded the 2010 Cultural Policy Research Award of the European Cultural Foundation and the Riksbankens Jubileumsfond, received the jury’s highest honors.
Her international experience includes academic and research stays in Oxford, Italy, and Cambodia, expert missions in Gabon, Sudan, and Kosovo, and participation in numerous European projects in Latin America, Europe, and Morocco. Her research focuses on cultural policies, heritage governance, and international cooperation.

Jaime Alberto Ruiz Gutiérrez is an Industrial Engineer and Master in Industrial Engineering from the Universidad de los Andes at Bogotá Colombia. He subsequently made a D.E.A. in mathematics and applications and obtained a PhD in mathematics applied to the social sciences from the École E.H.E.S.S. des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales at Paris in 1982. From 1994 he is Associate Professor and researcher at the School of Management at Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá Colombia. He has developed research in the following topics: Organizational Demography, Cultural studies and Arts and Cultural Management. He has published three books and several articles in International Journals.  He was the organizer at  Bogota, in June 2013 of the XII International Congress on Cultural Management AIMAC (The International Association of Arts and Cultural Management). He is a member of l'Academy of Management since 2003 and international jury of ENCATC (European Network on Cultural Management and Policy) and a permanent member of AIMAC

Jenni Pekkarinen is a PhD candidate in Cultural Policy at the Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy of the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. Her doctoral research explores how international Capital of Culture programmes – particularly the European and Ibero-American initiatives – address the relationship between culture and sustainability. She has published several works on cultural policy and sustainability, including "Towards an ecosystemic approach to culture and sustainability" (International Journal of Cultural Policy, 2025), "Meaningful encounters: value-based foundations of art-ups" (Uniarts Helsinki, 2024), and "An Intersectional Analysis of Young People’s Cultural Participation in the Context of the European Capital of Culture: The Case of Oulu2026" (Nordisk Kulturpolitisk Tidskrift, 2023). Her earlier publications include contributions on the societal role of the arts and the reconstruction of the arts sector from a sustainability perspective. Her research interests focus on cultural sustainability, cultural policy, and the transformative role of the arts in society.

Jordi Baltà Portolés works as an advisor for the Committee on Culture of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), providing research and advice to local governments with an interest in developing cultural policies and sustainable development. He is also a freelance researcher, consultant and trainer in the areas of culture and international affairs, for several organisations, including the Asia-Europe Museum Network (ASEMUS).
Previously he was a researcher and project coordinator at the Interarts Foundation (2001-14). He is a member of the UNESCO Expert Facility for the implementation of the Convention on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. Jordi teaches at the Online MA in Cultural Management of the Open University of Catalonia (UOC) and the University of Girona (UdG), as well as the Degree in International Relations of Universitat Ramon Llull (URL). He is a PhD candidate at the universities of Girona and Melbourne.

Laida Azkona Goñi is a dancer, choreographer, and stage director based between Barcelona and Pamplona. She trained as a dancer in London, Salzburg, and New York and has since dedicated her career to research, creation, and interpretation in the performing arts.
In 2015, together with Txalo Toloza-Fernández, she co-founded the documentary theater company AzkonaToloza. The duo has created works including Canto Mineral, La Colección – Pequeña Caja de Herramientas, Tierra Quemada, and the trilogy Pacífico, which explore themes such as new forms of colonialism, territorial exploitation, and the experiences of indigenous peoples in Latin America, linking these issues to contemporary cultural development. Their performances have been presented at prominent international venues, including the Grec Festival of Barcelona, Temporada Alta in Girona, Festival d’Automne and Théâtre de la Ville in Paris, RomaEuropa in Italy, La Bâtie in Geneva, FIT Cádiz, FITAM in Santiago de Chile, Mirada in São Paulo, Condeduque in Madrid, Euro-scene in Leipzig, and Museo Universitario del Chopo in Mexico City.
As a performer, Azkona Goñi has collaborated with Francesco Scavetta (Oslo), Juschka Weigel (Berlin), and Noemí Lafrance (New York). She was a member of the collective HierbaRoja and co-directed the festival INMEDIACIONES in Pamplona, contributing to the development and promotion of contemporary performing arts both nationally and internationally.

Laura Guitart holds a PhD in Economic and Business Sciences (2005) from the University of Barcelona. She is a tenured professor in the Department of Business and serves as director of the UB Chair of Family Business. In June 2025, she took office as the Dean of the School of Economics and Business at the University of Barcelona, having previously served as Academic Vice-Dean. In her academic leadership, she also heads the Business Research Group, leads the Teaching Innovation Group on Learning Tools in Business Management (G·IDEA), and co-directs the Executive MBA lifelong-learning programme. As Dean, she spearheads the Faculty’s strategic planning, faculty renewal, infrastructural efficiency, and reaccreditation processes, while promoting innovative European trends in program design, responding to demographic shifts, restructuring support staff, and fostering ethical and responsible use of AI in the university context. 
Beyond academia, she serves on the Board of Trustees of the CARES Foundation, which promotes job opportunities for people with disabilities and those at risk of social exclusion.

Before joining academia, Leticia Labaronne studied Performing Arts in the United States, and then went on to work as a professional ballet dancer in Europe for over ten years. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies from the United Kingdom and a Master of Science in Public and Nonprofit Management from Switzerland. 

Since 2009 she has been working with the Center of Arts Management at the ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences. Labaronne directs the executive Master in Arts Management at ZHAW. Since 2019 she serves as a Head of the Center of Arts Management at the ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences.

Her focus with respect to consulting and research is cultural policy, fundraising as well as evaluation in the nonprofit and arts sector. Her current doctoral research relates to evaluation practices in the Performing Arts. The research focus of her doctorate was motivated by her late artistic career. Labaronne is committed to applying her working knowledge of the field to explore new research paradigms that can better capture the complexity of artistic activities, and shed more light on the creative processes in the Performing Arts.

Leticia Martín is an art historian, musicologist, performing arts producer, and cultural manager. She holds degrees in Art History and Musicology from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and a Master’s in Cultural Management. She has worked in both public and private institutions, including Fundación SGAE, Teatros del Canal—where she served as Director of Performing Arts Production from 2009 to 2014—the Festival Internacional de Música y Danza de San Lorenzo del Escorial, and Editorial Tritón. She has also contributed as a music and art critic, educator, and writer for various publishing houses, institutions, and record labels.
Since 2014, Martín Ruiz has been Assistant to the Artistic Director of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, participating in the design of the theater’s seasonal programming. In 2019, she became Director of Production, assuming final responsibility for the execution of artistic programs and budget management.
In 2024 she was appointed Director of the Grec Festival de Barcelona, following a selection process led by the Institut de Cultura de Barcelona, and will assume the position on September 1, succeeding Francesc Casadesús. Her career reflects a blend of scholarly expertise, artistic leadership, and strategic management, positioning her as a key figure in Spain’s cultural and performing arts landscape.

Lidia Varbanova's professional experience in strategy, policy, capacity building, management and entrepreneurship extends beyond 60 countries, with a special focus on the arts, culture and creative industries. She meets with artists, cultural professionals, and students from around the world to help them increase their competence, audiences, supporters and budgets. She has also been permanent and visiting professor in prominent universities and training centers in Europe and Canada and has received a number of distinguished awards, among them: Dragan Klaic European award for excellence in teaching, FULBRIGHT Program, Japan Foundation fellowship, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation post-doctoral award; and scholarship from Webb Memorial Trust, Oxford.
Lidia Varbanova is currently a member of UNESCO Expert Facility for the implementation of the 2005 Convention on Cultural Diversity and Director of the MA Program in Management of Performing Arts and Industries at the National Academy of Theatre and Film Arts.

Lluís Bonet is Professor of applied economy and Director of the Cultural Management Graduate program at the University of Barcelona, specialized in cultural economics, cultural policies and arts management. He has been president of ENCATC, board member of many academic and cultural organizations, and coordinator / active participant of many international research projects (H2020, Eramus+, Creative Europe, IADB, National research or Arts councils …). He is the coordinator of the Erasmus+ project CHARTER ('Cultural Heritage Action to Refine Training, Education and Roles'). 

Lucrezia Gigante is a Museum Studies researcher with an interest in contemporary public culture and the politics of place-based cultural participation. She is particularly interested in the political agency and responsibility of cultural organisations in producing and reproducing ideas of place through their public programming.
She earned her PhD from the University of Leicester's School of Museum Studies, with funding from AHRC Midlands4Cities, with a research project focused on art organisations' place-based public programmes as sites for progressive cultural citizenship.
Currently, Lucrezia Gigante is a Research Associate at the University of Glasgow on the AHRC Place-based Research Programme. Prior to this role, she was a Post-doctoral Research Associate with Culture Commons, working on the UK-wide open policy development programme 'The Future of Local Cultural Decision Making'.

Mara Cerquetti is Associate professor in Management at the Department of Education, Cultural Heritage and Tourism of the University of Macerata. At the same University, she teaches Management and Organization of Cultural Institutions, Cultural Marketing and Tourism and Heritage Management. Her research and publications focus on: cultural management and policy; cultural heritage value, value creation and measurement; cultural marketing; museum visitor studies; museum management; sustainable tourism; the links between cultural heritage and made in Italy.
She has been a member of the Scientific Committee and Editorial Board of the Journal “Il Capitale Culturale. Studies on the Value of Cultural Heritage” since 2010, the Teaching Body of the PhD Programme in Global Studies. Justice, Rights, Politics of the University of Macerata since 2020 and the Board of Directors EUM – Edizioni Università di Macerata (2022-2024). She is also a member of ENCATC, the European cultural management and policy network, and of the Advisory Board of the “European Journal of Cultural Management and Policy”.

Maria Feliu, Vice-Rector of the University of Barcelona since 2024, graduated in Art History and holds a PhD in Didactics of Social Sciences from the University of Barcelona, where she received the Extraordinary Doctorate Award for her thesis Methodologies for Education and Learning and Factors of Perception of Art in Primary Education. She was a pre-doctoral fellow under the Government of Catalonia (FIE program) and completed postdoctoral research and teaching at the University of Barcelona, where she currently serves as an Associate Professor.
Her teaching and research focus on didactics of artistic expression in early childhood education, teaching social sciences, heritage education, didactic iconography, archaeology of conflict, and didactic museography. She has extensive experience in developing pedagogical approaches for art and heritage education, bridging theory and practice across multiple educational levels.
She has contributed to a range of master’s programs, including Didactic Museology at IL3, Heritage and Museology at the University of Barcelona, and Museology at the University of Murcia. Her work combines research in educational methodologies with applied practice in museum and heritage settings, aiming to enhance student engagement and the perception of art and cultural heritage among learners.

Maria Inês Pinho holds a Master’s and PhD in Cultural Management and Strategic Cultural Entrepreneurship. She has extensive academic leadership experience at IPP-ESE, where she coordinated the Undergraduate Program in Heritage Management (2000–2003, resumed in 2023), the International Relations Office (2006–2018), and undergraduate internships (2019–2023). She currently coordinates the undergraduate degree in Cultural Heritage Management and teaches courses including Cultural Management I–III, Cultural Policies, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and Cultural Programming and Production. She is also a guest lecturer in Portuguese Cultural Policies at Université de Cergy-Pontoise (France) and co-supervises dissertations in the Master’s in Heritage, Arts, and Cultural Tourism.
She has presented at numerous international conferences, published book chapters and articles, and co-authored the 2025 volume Best Practices for Teaching Technological Literacy in 4.0 Technologies to Non-Technological Lecturers and Students in Higher Education. 
Pinho has been actively engaged in European cooperation projects. She has contributed to Erasmus LLP and Erasmus+ initiatives on cultural heritage, entrepreneurship, robotics, and literacy in higher education technologies. She currently co-leads the Erasmus+ KA131 BIP SCH project on cultural heritage protection in times of war (2026). In 2024, she joined a research consortium with universities in Osijek, Trnava, and Krakow, collaborating on projects addressing AI-enhanced learning, social inclusion, and the development of joint study programs.

Marta Crispí holds a PhD in Art History and is Professor in the Bachelor’s Degree in Humanities at UIC Barcelona. She served as Director of the University Master’s Degree in Arts and Cultural Management from 2012 to 2021. Her research focuses on artistic heritage, cultural management, medieval art, and iconography, exploring how historical art and cultural institutions can adapt to contemporary societal challenges.
She has led and participated in a variety of research projects, including Changes in Cultural Management in Post-COVID-19 Catalonia: From On-Site to Online (UIC, 2020–2022), the analysis and evaluation of temporary exhibitions for the CaixaForum Foundation (2009–2018), and the creation of content and educational programming for the Cathedral of Vic (2017–2019).
Marta has published extensively in international journals and is responsible for editing several books, including Cultural Leadership in Transition Tourism: Developing Innovative and Sustainable Models (Springer, 2022), The Cathedral of Saint Peter of Vic (2019), and Monastery of Sant Joan de les Abadesses (2012). Her work bridges research, education, and applied cultural management, emphasizing sustainable approaches to heritage interpretation and the professional development of arts and cultural managers.

Matina is an Associated Researcher at the SIC.Lab Méditerranée of the University Côte d’Azur in France. She holds a PhD in Leisure, Communication and Culture from the University of Deusto. Her tesis focused on the evaluation of international cultural cooperation projects, with a focus on the EuroArab region. Her expertise lies on creative spaces, cultural and creative industries, cultural relations and cultural policies. She is currently investigating collective responses from creative professionals in regard to the challenges posed by AI. In the past Matina has worked for festivals, theater productions and large-scale events such as the Olympic Games Athens 2004, the European Capital of Culture Patras 2006 and the International Expo Zaragoza 2008. She has also worked for public institutions such as the European Parliament, the Greek Ministry of Education and the Municipality of Athens.

Milena Deleva holds master's degrees in Cultural Studies from Sofia University and in Arts Administration from Baruch College. She serves as the Executive Director of the Association of Arts Administration Education in the US. Before this, she acted as the Managing Director of the Elizabeth Kostova Foundation for Creative Writing for nearly 15 years, overseeing the foundation's initiatives in both Bulgaria and the United States. Under her leadership, EKF’s work has garnered coverage by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Publishing Perspectives, Poets & Writers, Oberlin's College Blog Reading in Translation, and the organization was shortlisted for the Literary Translation Initiative Award of the London Book Fair's International Excellence Awards 2021.

In her current role, Milena spearheaded year-round programs for the Association of Arts Administration Education, such as the first year-round Mentorship Program, Professional Development and Research Series, and the Arts Administration Fellowships, and increased the organization's budget tenfold.

She routinely participates in review panels at the Department of Cultural Affairs in New York, among other arts councils. Milena co-authored Cultural Policy, Politics and Change (ed. Boekmanstichting, Amsterdam, 2005) and wrote  Technological Park Culture (ed. Ecumest, Bucharest, 2005). She contributed to the anthology "Stories from the 90s" (ICU, 2023). 

Nansi Popovac Ivanišević is a Project manager, lecturer, cultural and education policy researcher in the field of Admisinistration and Communication Sciences. Founder and president of the NGO Prokultura - Observatory of Cultural Policies – Split, she has written and edited several scientific papers and reviews. In 2020 her book Broken Mirror; decentralization of cultural policies in the Croatian way was published. Graduated from the University of Zagreb, Faculty of Arts and Letters with a Bachelor’s degree in French Language and Literature and Italian. Worked as professor, became the director and vice president of the Alliance française de Split. Postgraduate in Management of Cultural Projects at the Institute of Political Studies and Observatory of Cultural Policies, Grenoble, France; 1999 obtained a Master’s degree. At the University of Zadar obtained the Doctor´s degree in Culture and Tourism with Ph.D. thesis in social sciences. Worked in the Public Administration sector, holding office of head of the Education, Culture and Sport Department. During that time was the Minister of Education and Sport of the Republic of Croatia, council member of the City of Split, advisor for culture and education to the Split Mayor and Special Envoy of the President of the Republic of Croatia of the International Organization of the Francophony.

Nataša Kraljević is a Lecturer at the Faculty of Visual Arts (FVU) and Head of the International Office at the University “Mediterranean” in Podgorica, Montenegro. She teaches across Arts and Cultural Management, Entrepreneurship in the Arts, Public Relations, and Marketing Services, equipping students with both theoretical insights and practical skills for effective cultural leadership.
A Chevening Scholar, she completed an MA in Arts Festival and Cultural Management at Queen Margaret University (Edinburgh) and holds an LL.M. in Intercultural Human Rights from St. Thomas University (Miami, USA), following a law degree from the University of Montenegro, School of Law in Podgorica.
Her international engagement is significant: since 2019, she has served as President of the Montenegrin Centre of the International Theatre Institute, and she is a designated Country Expert on cultural policy for Montenegro in the Compendium of Cultural Policies and Trends. She also moderated sessions at the 2024 International Cultural Policy Conference hosted by her university and recognized by the Compendium association. Recently, she has engaged in a bilateral research project on creative industries in rural tourism between Montenegro and Slovenia

Piotr Firych is Assistant Professor at the Institute of Cultural Studies of the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland. He is the director of AMU ROK Culture Observatory and, besides co-authoring a number of research and strategic projects in the field of culture, he is also the author of "Audience Development: Between Theory and Practice" (2023). He holds the role of co editor at Connecting Audiences International magazine and is a guest lecturer at a variety of unversities, including the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre in Tallinn, the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt and the International Cultural Centre in Krakow. Piotr Firych is also a former coordinator of the postgraduate study programme in Audience Development.

Richard G Maloney, PhD, is a Clinical Associate Professor and Director of the Performing Arts Administration graduate program at the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, and an Affiliated Faculty member of the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University (USA). He teaches courses in performing arts management, cultural and creative industries, and cultural policy.
Richard Maloney’s research has been supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, and published by the Brookings Institution and the Journal of Cultural Management and Policy. His primary research interest is exploring why and how small and midsize municipalities pursue cultural economic development as an urban regeneration strategy. He is a member of the Scientific Committee of the journal “Cultural Management: Science and Education.”
Richard Maloney has undergraduate degrees in European History and Music (classical and jazz guitar), a Graduate Diploma in Early Music Performance (lute), a master’s degree in Arts Administration, and a doctorate in Law and Public Policy (cultural policy).

Roberta Ghilardi is Sustainability, Art & Finance Senior Manager and Business Eminence Coordinator at Deloitte Italy. Since joining Deloitte in 2017, she has developed a dual expertise in sustainability and cultural strategy, guiding projects that integrate ESG principles into the art market and shaping Deloitte’s positioning in the Art & Finance sector. She is a co-author of the annual Art & Finance Reports and has presented the 2024 and 2025 editions at leading international events, contributing to global debates on the future of the art market and its sustainability challenges.
She holds a degree with honors in Cultural and Performing Arts Management and began her professional journey with a thesis project at the Museo del Novecento in Milan, followed by a traineeship at Intesa Sanpaolo. At Deloitte, she has led initiatives in sustainability strategy development, ESG reporting, and stakeholder engagement for cultural institutions.
Alongside her corporate role, Roberta is committed to academic engagement, regularly lecturing at IULM, Università Cattolica, and the University of Pavia, where she teaches courses on the economics of the arts and the art market. She is also an active member of ICOM Italy, the International Council of Museums, contributing to the Sustainability and UN Agenda 2030 working group.

Sérgio Coelho is Adjunct Professor at the Polytechnic of Porto, where he teaches in the Heritage Management program and the Master’s in Heritage, Arts and Cultural Tourism. He holds a degree in Historical Sciences from the Portucalense University Infante D. Henrique, with a seminar on The fortifications of the Siege of Porto: 1832–1833 that received Honorable Mention in the Vítor de Sá Contemporary History Prize (1995, University of Minho). He earned a Master’s in Modern History from the University of Porto, a postgraduate qualification in Military History from the Lusíada University of Lisbon, and a PhD in History from the Portucalense University with the thesis Royal Arsenals of Lisbon and Porto 1800–1814, which was awarded the National Defense Award (2010) by the Portuguese Committee on Military History.
Coelho is an Integrated Researcher at the Center for Research and Innovation in Education (Polytechnic of Porto), a member of the Nucleus of Studies of Art and Heritage, and a collaborating researcher at CITAR / Escola de Artes UCP. He serves as President of the Association of Friends of the District Archives of Porto, partner of the League of Friends of the Military Museum of Porto, founding member of the Portuguese Napoleonic Association, and member of the Historical Recreation Group of Almeida. His publications span Military History, Industrial History, and Cultural Heritage.

Tiffany Bourgeois returns to the Department of Arts Administration, Education and Policy as an Assistant Professor of Arts Management. Bourgeois earned both her PhD in Arts Administration, Education and Policy and master’s degree in Arts Policy and Administration at Ohio State University. She most recently served as Audience Development Director of the Ensemble Theatre in Houston, Texas, and as Adjunct Professor for the University of Houston-Downtown. Her scholarly work examines the relationship between sports mega-events, cultural organizations, cultural outcomes, and changes in perception. Bourgeois’ recent publications can be found in Place Branding and Public Diplomacy and the American Journal of Arts Management. 

Holding a Doctor of Arts degree in Art and Design and an M.Sc. in Economics, Toni-Matti has authored over 100 academic publications spanning design, brand management, and popular music. With a rich background as an Academy Research Fellow and Research Director at Aalto University, he has managed diverse research projects across consumer products, design, technology, and cultural domains. Toni-Matti boasts a strong international presence, having served as a visiting professor, speaker, and researcher in the Nordic countries, the Baltics, Europe, the United States, Japan, and South Korea for almost two decades.

Txalo Toloza-Fernández is a video artist, performer, and stage artist based in Barcelona since 1997. He trained in video art in Santiago de Chile and in performance and stage arts in Barcelona. In 2005, he founded the audiovisual studio MiPrimerDrop, specializing in videographic work for live and performance art.
Since 2015, Toloza-Fernández has been a member of the performing arts company AzkonaToloza, collaborating with Basque choreographer Laida Azkona Goñi. Together, they have developed the documentary theater trilogy Pacífico, which investigates the links between the historical and contemporary experiences of indigenous peoples in Latin America, territorial exploitation, neocolonialism, and contemporary cultural expression.
His work has been presented at numerous international festivals, including Feria ARCO in Madrid, Festival Grec in Barcelona, RomaEuropa in Rome, Festival d’Automne in Paris, and the Festival de Teatro Iberoamericano in Cádiz. He is also a frequent collaborator with performer Sònia Gómez and stage director and playwright Roger Bernat, contributing to interdisciplinary projects that combine videography, live performance, and stage direction.
Through his practice, Toloza-Fernández bridges technology, visual arts, and performing arts, exploring social and cultural narratives while advancing contemporary performance methodologies in both national and international contexts.

Dr. WU Chieh-Hsiang is Professor of the Department of Arts in the National Changhua University of Education of Taiwan, Taipei City. She earned her master and doctorate degrees of sociology and art history in Carl von Ossietzky Oldenburg, Germany. In 2013 and 2014, Dr. WU chaired Taiwan’s Association of the Visual Arts, a nationwide association for the rights and benefits of visual artists. Since 2021, Dr. WU chairs the Taiwan Association of Cultural Policy Studies. In addition to her devotion to cultural policy, Dr. WU is an accredited essayist and art critic; her articles are published in various periodicals and platforms. Her recent research focuses on the culture of memory and art projects reflecting the unjust incidents in the past, as well as the interrelations between the state power and exhibiting institutions.