Fiona Hutchison
Fiona Hutchison was selected as a finalist for the 2015 ENCATC Research Award on Cultural Policy and Cultural Management for her PhD thesis, “Socio-cultural Impacts of Museums for their Local Communities: The Case of the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter” defended at the University of Exeter.
Fiona Hutchison is a social researcher and cultural and heritage professional whose work connects research, policy and practice. She holds a Master's degree in socio-museology from the Amsterdam School of the Arts and completed an ESRC-funded doctoral studentship in partnership with the Royal Albert Memorial Museum.
Her research interests include visitor studies, cultural and heritage management, community engagement, performance management and service innovation. Her doctoral research examined the social and cultural impacts of museums on their local communities and subsequently contributed to research on understanding and profiling museum audiences.
Hutchison has held research and policy roles across the cultural, heritage and tourism sectors, including at Interface and Historic Environment Scotland. She is currently Head of Research at the Diffley Partnership, where she leads social research and applies qualitative and quantitative methods to policy and public-sector challenges.
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Ann Overbergh
Ann Overbergh was selected as a finalist of the 2015 ENCATC Research Award on Cultural Policy and Cultural Management for her PhD thesis, "Extended cinema in Kenya and Tanzania. Technological Innovation and Related Trends in Local Audiovisual Storytelling” defended at the University of Antwerp.
Ann Overbergh is a Belgian cultural manager, researcher and policy professional with extensive experience in the Flemish arts sector. She holds a Master’s degree in Cultural Management and a PhD in Applied Economics from the University of Antwerp, as well as a Master’s degree in Political and Social Sciences from Ghent University.
She began her career working with organisations including Kunstencentrum Vooruit, Festival van Vlaanderen Kortrijk, LOD and BAM, and later became programme coordinator at the Flemish-Dutch cultural organisation deBuren. In 2019, she became General Director of Kunstenpunt, the Flemish support centre for the professional arts.
Her work focuses on cultural policy, the professional arts sector, participation, diversity and the relationship between research, practice and policy. She continues to publish and contribute to debates on the development of the arts landscape in Flanders.
