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Director Budapest Observatory Péter Inkei is the director of the Budapest Observatory: Regional Observatory on Financing Cultural in East-Central Europe. As a non-profit organisation, it conducts comparative projects on issues of cultural policy and planning. Inkei has done consultancy in various fields of cultural policy, among others for the Council of Europe, the European Commission, the Open Society Institute and the World Bank. He also served on the board of Cultural Information and Research Centres Liaison in Europe (CIRCLE) as well as the LabforCulture of the European Cultural Foundation (ECF). Previously, he had held various positions in the civil service,... read more →

Professor Jeannine Siat studied theology at the catholic theology faculty of Strasbourg where she received her Master’s degree. From 1995 to 2002, Siat organised conferences at the Institute of Political Sciences in Strasbourg and since 1994 she is lecturer for history of religions at the University of Strasbourg. Her teaching engagement and research work led her to produce several historical and religious publications.

Vice Director at the Institute for Cultural Policy in Germany / Head of Compendium Coordinator  Ulrike Blumenreich is vice director of the Institute for Cultural Policy within the Kulturpolitische Gesellschaft in Germany and head of the Compendium coordinator. She leads several (inter)national research and monitoring projects (research areas: cultural policy, cultural financing, cultural statistics, cultural governance), coordinates the service provider of the Compendium of Cultural Policies and Trends, works at numerous cultural development plannings processes (on national, regional and local level), as co-editor (e.g. "Yearbook of Cultural Policy", "Journal on Cultural Policy"), as lector at universities and as (inter)national consultant.... read more →

Director Valerian Gunia Union of Young Theatre Artists Nino Gunia-Kuznetsova graduated from the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts in 1988. In 2004, she was awarded a scientific pedagogical title of Docent of Fine Arts. In 1991-2017, she has been teaching at various universities before becoming an Accreditation Expert of the National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement (2018). In 2013-2016, Gunia-Kuznetsova served as a member of the State Committee for Development of Cultural Policy and was part of the Cultural Strategy Coordination Team of the Ministry of Culture and Monument Protection of Georgia. She participated in the development of legislative normative... read more →

Associate Professor Thomas Perrin is associate professor in regional planning and social sciences at the School of architecture of Montpellier, and in the research centre TVES, University of Lille. Previously, Perrin worked for the French Ministry of Culture, French cultural networks abroad (Morocco, Chad) and the University of Toulouse. In 2011, Perrin won the Mark Schuster Prize on comparative cultural policies and received a merit prize for the EU Committee of the Regions' Doctoral Thesis Competition. He was awarded "Chercheur novélisé" by the Toulouse City Council in 2012. Perrin is a specialist of European studies, particularly concerning cultural policies, regionalism... read more →

Research officer Jean-Cédric Delvainquière has been a research officer in the Department of Studies, Future Trends and Statistics (DEPS) in the French Ministry of Culture and Communication since 1997. Trained as an economist (Master in 1991), he had been involved for 5 years (1991-1996) in the research carried on by the European Commission on local economic development and social exclusion strategies (in the frame of the programme "Poverty 3"). In charge at the DEPS of issues relating to public funding for culture and domestic cultural policies, he is responsible for the surveys on local cultural expenditure. He has been involved... read more →

Senior researcher Anna Kanerva works as a senior researcher and vice-director at the Center for Cultural Policy Research Cupore in Helsinki. Her research interests include international comparative cultural policies, intergovernmental organizations, education in arts and culture, cultural and creative industries, cultural heritage policies, digitalization of culture and data and the knowledge base of cultural policies. As Cupore’s vice-director, she actively works in the development, administration and communications activities of the research center. During 2017-2020 Kanerva acted as the subeditor of the Nordic Journal of Cultural Policy. Kanerva holds an MA in Ethnology and M.Soc.Sc in Sociology (Master’s Programme in Cultural Policy)... read more →

Associate professor Nanna Kann-Rasmussen is an associate professor in Cultural Policy and Library Development at the University of Copenhagen, Department of Information Studies. Since 2017, she is Head of Centre for Cultural Policy Studies, which is a research centre based in the University of Copenhagen. She is also the editor in chief of the journal NTIK: Nordic Journal of Information Science and Cultural mediation. Her research focuses on cultural institutions and their relation to society. She is particularly interested in the legitimation work in cultural organizations and the relations between cultural policy and cultural leadership. More information »

Director Arts and Theatre Institute With her background in economics and management, Pavla Petrová has many years of experience working for large cultural institutions and projects. Since 1992, she has been working for the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic in different capacities - longest of all as the Director of the Section of Arts and Libraries, with focus on theatre, dance, visual arts, music, literature and libraries. She has also acted as the producer manager of the International Festival of New Dance CONFRONTATIONS 2001 and the producer of the Central European Dance Platform 2002. Since 2008, she is... read more →

Senior Officer Cultural Services Dr Elena Theodoulou-Charalambous holds a PhD in cultural policy and cultural governance (Leeds Metropolitan University, UK). She also has a MA in Music Education (Reading University, UK), a primary school teacher’s degree, a music diploma, and a certificate from City University, U.K. on Arts Policy and Management. Currently, she is senior officer at the Cultural Services Department of the Ministry of Education and Culture of Cyprus. She worked as a journalist and TV- and radio presenter on programmes related to cultural affairs. She has worked also as a music educator for several years and as a... read more →