Christoph Weckerle is Director of the Zurich Centre for Creative Economies (ZCCE) at Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK). His cultural policy research focuses on the intersection of art / design and economy / policy / society. He is a member of the Executive Board of ELIA (European League of Institutes of the Arts) and he is member of the Advisory Board "Education and Discourses" at Goethe Institut. He was awarded the Swiss Design Prize for his research on the creative economies.

Claudio Bucher is a Research Associate at the Zurich Centre for Creative Economies (ZCCE) and a lecturer at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK). His current research interests include cultural policy and decision-making processes in strategy development for the cultural sector, digitalisation and new reception and creation practices in the cultural and creative industries. Bucher holds an MA in Cultural Publishing, Department of Cultural Analysis and Communication, ZHdK and is currently President of the Commission for Cultural Promotion of the City of St.Gallen.