A key area of the ECF's work, particularly in relation to diversity, is our active involvement in the development of cultural policy research.
Cultural Policy Research Award
The Award is open to young -35 or under- academics, researchers and policymakers. The award stimulates
academic research in the cultural policy field. The proposed research should assist cultural policymaking by offering possible policy solutions to the cultural issues it analyses. A long-term goal is the development of a network of young cultural policy scholars.
The nominees are selected by an international Jury of cultural policy researchers, this years edition was presided by Prof. Dr. Milena Dragicevic-Sesic from the University of Arts in Belgrade.
Previous winners
If you want to learn more about the Award, get information on previous winners and read their contributions, click here
The Cultural Policy Research Award was launched in January 2004 by the ECF in partnership with the Riksbankens Jubileumsfond.
Commissioned Research
As part of our commitment to cultural policy research and education, we commission practice-oriented papers, studies, surveys and ba
ckground documents. The aim is to achieve informed policymaking at EU, national and local levels.
The research we commission is not strictly academic, but has real practical relevance to cultural practitioners and policymakers.
A choice of ECF commissioned papers:
Cultural Policy Education Group - CPEG
provides an expert platform for tackling all aspects of the emerging academic discipline of cultural policy research, especially in Eastern Europe and some of its neighbouring regions. An initiative of the ECF, it addresses lecturers, students, scholars and cultural practitioners who deal with cultural policy issues and professional education. From 2006, the project's local partners will progressively take over the organisation of the group, which we will continue to support.