3rd ENCATC Research Award on Cultural Policy and Cultural Management

ENCATC, the European network on cultural management and policy*, launches the call for applications for the 3rd ENCATC Research Award on Cultural Policy and Cultural Management (the JRC is a member of the Steering Committee of the Award). This annual award is granted to a recently published PhD thesis exploring, through comparative and cross-cultural research, issues at stake and taking a step from evaluative (descriptive) to comparative applied research. In addition, the ENCATC Award is rewarded to a PhD thesis that can inform policymaking and benefit practitioners active in the broad field of culture. Granted  each  year, the  Award  consists  of the translation of  the  winning  PhD  thesis  into English  or French and its publication in the Cultural Management and Cultural Policy Education Book Series, a new series of publications specialising in topics related to cultural management and cultural policy headed by ENCATC. The international dissemination of the ENCATC Book Series  is  ensured  by  Peter  Lang,  an  international publishing group. The ENCATC Award targets emerging researchers in the field of cultural policy and cultural management up to 35 years of age from Europe and the rest of the world. How to apply Download the pdf file here with all the instructions to apply.The deadline to submit the documents outlined in the call is 30 June 2016. Representing the JRC on the award's scientific committee is Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska. The committee oversees the strategic direction of the Cultural Policy and Cultural Management Research Award. *ENCATC is the leading European network on Cultural Management and Cultural Policy education. ENCATC is a network of more than 100 member institutions and professionals in over 40 countries active in education, training and research within the broad field of cultural management and policy. ENCATC members have an impact on the education of thousands of cultural managers worldwide. ENCATC is co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.