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Luis Cesar Herrero Spain President Learn more
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Christian Handke Netherlands Executive Board Member Learn more
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Alan Collins

Professor of Economics and Public Policy

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Alessia Lucentini Italy

PhD in Banking & Finance

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Alice Fontana France

PhD student in Digital Cultural Economics. Editor of the blog 'Economist Talk Art' and Ambassador of Young Cultural Economists Network

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Fanyu Zhang 中国

PhD candidate in University of Nottingham. Her research interests include creative industries, urban regeneration, sustainability, cultural policy, inequalities in the creative sectors, inclusive and participatory creative practices, art market.

Amir Borges Ferreira Neto Learn more
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Andrea Baldin Learn more
Andrea Rebolledo Chile
Andrej Srakar Slovenia, EU

Member of the ACEI Communications Board. Co-editor of the Cultural Economics & the Creative Economy Book Series for Palgrave Macmillan. Mathematician and economist, interested in the arts.

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antonio c. cuyler United States

antonio c. cuyler, ph.d. (he) is Professor of Music in Entrepreneurship & Leadership, Faculty Associate in Voice & Opera in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, and Faculty Associate in the African Studies Center at the University of Michigan.

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Attila Dinnyes Hungary

PhD candidate in Designcommunication at BCE, Budapest, with a background in arts management. His research explores value co-creation in cultural policy by bridging design and economics. He applies facilitative design-methods to managerial practice.

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Bartosz Jusypenko Poland Learn more
Bill Ivey USA

Bill Ivey is a folklorist and historian who served as the 7th chairman of the US National Endowment for the Arts. He was director of the Country Music Hall of Fame and founded Vanderbilt University's Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, Public Policy.

Boram Lee Australia

Boram Lee, PhD in Finance, is a Senior Lecturer in Arts and Cultural Management, University of South Australia. She is specialised in the field of accounting and finance with an emphasis on behavioural studies based on psychological approaches. Boram

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Bronwyn Coate

Bronwyn is a cultural economist who uses uses techniques and approaches from behavioural economics. Key topics that her research explores include the role of gender in determining preferences for fine art, artists careers & creative entrepreneurship

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Bruce Seaman
Cameron Weber

Cameron earned a dual PhD in economics and historical studies at the New School for Social Research in NYC in 2015, where he helped to create the field exam in cultural economics. His latest book is Artists and Markets with Zhen and Arias (2024).

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Carlos Casacuberta Uruguay
Carlos Ponzio Mexico

Ph.D. from Harvard University and Multidisciplinary Artist. My music has been performed by MET Orchestra musicians and the OSM Symphony Orchestra. Published 2 Novels, 400 flash fictions (Spanish). Represented by Galeria Marstell as visual artist.

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Chiara Dalle Nogare

Associate professor of Applied Economics at University of Brescia. In 2018, country expert for Italy in the OECD research project: “Culture and local development: Maximising the impact.” Member of the editorial board of Tourism Economics.

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Christian Handke Learn more
Clare McAndrew Learn more
Daniel Cortazar Triana Mexico

PhD in Organisational Studies, SNI candidate level and Post-doctorate in business administration. Researcher and consultant in self-management and internal communication. Producer of science communication documentaries.

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Dario Gödecke Germany
Darlene Chisholm Learn more
Diogo Diogo Norway Learn more
Diana Montes CDMX
Doug Noonan Learn more
Dylan Thompson Australia

Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Economics at Macquarie University. I study how consumers choose and value cultural products and how cultural producers and organisations can improve their strategies in the digital age.

Enzo Defilippi Perú

Full Professor (Department of Finance) at Universidad del Pacífico, in Lima, Peru.

Elisabetta Lazzaro Learn more
Enrico Bertacchini Italy

Associate Professor in Public Economics, University of Turin

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Federico Etro

Editor of the Journal of Cultural Economics, Professor at the University of Florence

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Fiona Drummond South Africa

Fiona is a post-doctoral research fellow at Rhodes University, South Africa. Her research focuses on the creative economy in Africa, including labour markets, the spatial dynamics of the creative industries, arts festivals, heritage and tourism.

Clarissa Alessandra Gambuzza
Georges Zouein

Former Adjunct Director of World Heritage Centre at UNESCO Principal of Gaia-heritage consulting & University lecturer Website: www.gaia-heritage.com

Giulia Carallo
Giuliano Picchi United States

Lead at MIT Culture Dynamics, Instructor of entrepreneurship for creatives at MIT , Cultural entrepreneur in residence at MITdesignX.

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Gordon Dimitrieff Canada

I have been a music publisher and record label owner for over 25 years, and am now a PhD student at the Antwerp Management School. I also serve on the boards of CIMA, the Re:Sound Music Licensing Company and the Worldwide Independent Network (WIN).

Greta Cordioli Italy

PhD student (Univeristy of Brescia)

Hamidreza Sheshjavani Canada

Dr. Hamidreza Sheshjavani is a researcher in Cultural Economics with interests in cultural policymaking, copyright, art market and creative labour market. He is a policy analyst in the Cultural Policy Hub at OCAD University.

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Hendrik Sonnabend Germany Learn more
Hongyuan Jin United States

Hongyuan Jin is a cultural economist and entrepreneur researching migration and digital culture, bridging academia and innovation with AI-driven tools.

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Ivo Velinov Bulgaria

Dr. Ivo Iv. Velinov serves as an assistant professor in cultural studies and cultural economics at New Bulgarian University, Sofia (Bulgaria). His works focus mainly on semiotic approach.

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Jonathan Daniel Gómez Zapata Colombia Learn more
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Joanna Woronkowicz

Dr. Joanna Woronkowicz is an associate professor at the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University where she is the co-founder and faculty director of the Center for Cultural Affairs and the co-director of the AEI Lab.

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John O'Hagan Learn more
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Juan Prieto-Rodriguez

Universidad de Oviedo

Karol Borowiecki

Please see my website for Bio.

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Katarzyna Smolny Poland

I am a lawyer by profession, with a PhD in finance, professionally related to public finance. My activity has been focused on financing culture from public funds for over 10 years. I constantly cooperate with local government cultural institutions.

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Katia Magdalena Lozano-Uvario México

Professor-researcher at the Department of Geography and Territorial Planning of the University of Guadalajara since 1994. PhD in Economics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM, 2010).

Masaki Katsuura Japan

Professor at Meijo University

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Kayla Cunha Belgium

History student at the Ghent University with a passion for culture and art.

Luisa Bicalho Ritzkat United Kingdom

PhD Candidate in Economic History at the London School of Economics, researching the British art market. Her work explores how market inefficiencies influence art returns and price volatility.

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Laura Vici Italy
Leonardo Damen Italy

Leonardo Damen is a PhD student at the Conservatorio di Musica “Santa Cecilia” in Rome, where he researches the role of cultural and creative industries in territorial development.

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Lorenna S. Eunapio da Conceição Spain

PhD candidate researching Flamenco’s role in Spain’s place branding. With a background in marketing and journalism, my work explores how Intangible Cultural Heritage shapes country image, cultural policy, and tourism strategy.

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Luc Renneboog Belgium

Luc Renneboog is a professor of finance at Tilburg University. His research interests span cultural economics and art markets, and sustainable finance. He published in American Econ Rev, Eur Econ Rev, Mgt Science, Org Science, J of Finance, JFE etc.

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Luis Quintana-Romero Mexico

Economist, full professor in the Graduate Program in Economics of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in the field of knowledge of Regional and Urban Economics

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Marc Law United States

Please see my website for more information.

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Marta Zieba Ireland Learn more
Maria Chiara Giovannelli Italia

A PhD student in Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods at the Università degli Studi della Tuscia in Viterbo (Italy) with a research project focusing on the Viterbo’s candidacy proposal at European Capital of Culture 2033.

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Abelardo Mena Cuba

Former art curator of contemporary art at The National Museum of Cuba. Cultural promoter and collections adviser.

Angela Milagros Reyes-Gutierrez Perú

She is a PhD student in Economics at the University of Valladolid (UVA). She is conducting research on efficiency in the provision of cultural public goods, focusing on cultural institutions such as libraries and cultural policies of reading habits

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Miyuki Taniguchi Japan

Miyuki Taniguchi (Ph.D. in Economics, Keio university) is an associate professor at Kyoto Tachibana University. Her research interest is in investigating the effects of such deregulation policies.

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Monika Murzyn-Kupisz Poland

Professor, Jagiellonian University. Specialises in multidisciplinary research in cultural economics, socio-economic geography and urban studies, with a focus on heritage, museums, CCIs and artists, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe.

James Moy USA

Currently Professor and former Dean of the College of the Arts at USF. After training as a studio artist, Moy pursued studies at Cal Arts where he worked with performance art. This led to a PhD at UIUC in Cultural History/Performance Studies.

Olivier Mouate France
Pablo Angel Lugo Martínez United Kingdom

Dr. Pablo Angel Lugo's contributions as a researcher, artist, and art market specialist have garnered international recognition. Driven by an unwavering commitment to pushing boundaries and effecting positive change, Dr. Lugo continues to inspire.

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Marco Palomeque Spain

Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Southern Denmark, specializing in Cultural Economics and Data Science. Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Alcalá in 2024, and recognized with the President's Prize at the ACEI 2023.

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Paolo Petrocelli Italy

Paolo Petrocelli (PhD-EMBA) has established himself as one of the leading cultural leaders of his generation on the international scene.

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Paul Crosby Australia

Dr Paul Crosby is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at the Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University. He is an applied microeconomist with research interests in the economics of digitisation, entertainment, social media, culture, sport, and consum

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Richard Paulsen United States

Dr. Paulsen is currently an Assistant Professor of Sport Management at University of Michigan. He studies labor market issues in the entertainment issues, with a focus on sports and the arts.

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Romain Lerouge Italy
Satia Rożynek Poland
Svetlana Kharchenkova Netherlands Learn more
Seppo Suominen Finland

PhD (econ), senior lecturer, Haaga-Helia University of Applied Sciences, Finland

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Sharine Machado Cabral Melo Brazil

I have a degree in Social Communication (Advertising) from the School of Advertising and Marketing - ESPM (2005), a master's degree (2010) and a PhD (2015) in Communication and Semiotics from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo - PUC-SP,

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Silvia Cerisola Italy
Francesco Angelini Italy

Adjunct Professor @ University of Bologna

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Staffan Albinsson Learn more
Su Fern Hoe Singapore
Thainan Rocha Brazil
Tim Fry

Now semi-retired I am a Visiting Fellow in The Nottingham Business School at Nottingham Trent University. I am a micro-econometrician whose recent research focuses on two areas Australian Indigenous art at auction and on street performers.

Trilce Navarrete Learn more
Eirini (Irene) Tsitse Netherlands

PhD Candidate in Media & Creative Industries at Erasmus University of Rotterdam under the supervision of dr. Izabela Derda, dr. Ellen Loots and dr. prof. Susanne Janssen.

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Valerie Visanich Malta

Valerie Visanich, PhD, is Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, at the University of Malta. Her research interests are within the fields of the sociology of the arts, visual sociology and cultural policy.

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Wojciech Hardy

Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw; head of the Research Lab on Digitization in Cultural and Creative Sectors (CCS) at DELab; co-founder of the Association for Cultural Economics Poland (ACEP)

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Xinxin Guo United States

Arts entrepreneur with a cross-sector business portfolio spanning artists' immigration, AI-driven museum strategy, and international art education; currently a PhD Fellow at Ohio State University researching the creative economy.

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Yuki Takara

Yuki Takara is a Senior Lecturer at Bunkyo University, Faculty of Business Administration , Japan.

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Ziba Karjoo United States

Assistant Professor of Economics at Emerson College

Ali Mosaferi ziaodini Iran

Funder of studies of art economics group and website

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