A freelance consultant, university lecturer and editor in the field of international cultural co-operation and local strategies for cultural development. She is employed by IFACCA (International Federation of Arts Councils and Cultural Agencies) as their European Liaison Officer and is a contributor to IFACCA’s international news bulletin, ACORNS. In 2006, she developed and continues to co-ordinate ConnectCP - an international online database of experts in cultural policy, planning and research.
Primary role
Researcher, Co-ordinator, Policy advisor
Interests
International cultural foreign policy, Cultural employment, International cultural diplomacy, Engaging artists in international cultural projects
, European capitals of culture
Diane Dodd is a freelance consultant in the field of international cultural co-operation and local strategies for cultural development. Since 2007, Diane works for IFACCA (International Federation of Arts Councils and Cultural Agencies) on European affairs and is a contributor to IFACCA’s international news bulletin, ACORNS. In 2006, she developed and continues to co-ordinate ConnectCP - an international online database of experts on cultural policy, planning and research.
She is currently working on the third European Capitals of Culture report with TRAM-Research (UK) and carrying out consultancy work for Fundación Burgos 2016 in preparation for their bid to be European Capital of Culture 2016 (Spain). She is the editor for the I and II Handbook on Cultural Management for the European Cultural Foundation (Netherlands).
She is a permanent lecturer on the ‘International Masters in Cultural Management’ course at the International University of Catalonia in Barcelona, as well as a visiting lecturer on many other European courses. She co-authored the book entitled 'a Cultural Component as an integral part of the EU's Foreign Policy?' - which looks at foreign cultural policies and the state of international cultural co-operation in EU member states and which led to this subject being addressed by Foreign Institutes at the Hague in 2007.
Diane has worked for and maintains relations with the European Commission (Directorate General for Regional Policy and Directorate General for Education and Culture); UNESCO; the Boekmanstichting Study Centre for Arts and Culture; Interarts Foundation (Spain); the European Cultural Foundation (Netherlands); CIRCLE (Cultural Information and Research Centres Liaison in Europe); LabforCulture.org (European portal for cultural co-operation); On-the-move.org (European portal for performing artists mobility); the European League of Institutes of the Arts (ELIA); the International Network for Contemporary Performing Arts (IETM) and the London School of Economics.
She obtained her PhD from the University of Girona in 2010.
2007 - 2010 European Liaison and contributor to Acorns - International Federation of Arts Councils and Cultural Agencies (Australia) - Based in Barcelona, Spain
2009 - 2010 Consultant - Fundación Burgos 2016 (Spain) - Support and strategy guidence for the development of the City of Burgos' bid to be European Capital of Culture in 2016
2010 - 2010 Editor - Handbook II on Local Cultural Policy Making - European Cultural Foundation (Netherlands) - Handbook drawing together a collection of papers from various authors.
2010 - 2010 Co-author and researcher - TRAM-Research (United Kingdom) - Research and writing for the III European Capitals of Culture report.
2009 - 2010 Lecturer - Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (Spain) - Lectures on cultural management; international cultural cooperation; e-technology etc.
2006 - 2010 Co-ordinator - ConnectCP - the who's who in cultural policy, planning and research (Spain) -
2009 - 2009 Editor - Handbook I on Strategic Planning for Cultural Organisations - European Cultural Foundation (Netherlands) - Strategic Planning for Cultural Organisations authored by Lidia Varbanova.
2005 - 2006 Coordinator - ConnectCP (Spain) - ConnectCP - an international who' who of cultural planning and research. A joint initiative of the Boekmanstichting and IFACCA.
2006 - 2006 International projects co-ordinator and general editor - Freelance (Spain) - Current contract include on-the-move.org and labforculture.org
2005 - 2006 Coordinator On-The-Move projects - On-the-move.org aisbl (Belgium) - Experts workshops, training of trainers and acting-general editor for the portal.
2006 - 2006 Editorial Group (Research) - Labforculture.org (Netherlands) -
2000 - 2005 RECAP network co-ordinator - Boekmanstichting - Development of on-line services and resources for cultural policy research including Cultural Policy Research On-line (CPRO) and ConnectCP (Experts in Cultural Policy)
1995 - 2005 Network co-ordinator - Cultural Information and Research Centres Liaison in Europe - Development of network activities, research and on-line services and communication strategies for over 100 researchers based in 38 European countries, Canada, Australia, Africa and the United States of America.
2005 - 2005 Consultant - European Cultural Foundation (Netherlands) - Consultant on web based resources for cultural policy on the internet
2004 - 2004 International relations consultant - Eurocongress 2000 (Spain) - Consultant for the symposium entitled Cultural Policies in the European Union organised as an associated event in the Fòrum de les Cultures de Barcelona 2004
1999 - 2000 International conference organiser - European League of Institutes of the Arts (The Netherlands) - Organiser of
1999 - 1999 Researcher, data analyst and co-author - London School of Economics (United Kingdom) - Project entitled New working practices in the Electronic Arts - a pan European research project, supported by DG V, to examine new work patterns and working practices in the digital arts in Spain, the United Kingdom, Finland, Austria, Ireland and the Netherland
1995 - 1999 Projects manager - Interarts Foundation (Spain) - Manager of: the EMPORION project which conducted research in five countries on employment in the cultural field and designer of the FACTUS database on area-based cultural policies
2010 PhD City led international cultural co-operation: applying a service-learning model for the training of cultural administrators and cultural operators. - University of Girona (Spain)
1999 M'PHIL Arts policy and management - the interaction between arts, culture and language in selected regions of Spain and United Kingdom - City University, London (United Kingdom)
1992 BA Joint (hons) Theatre Studies and Contemporary Dance - University of Surrey (United Kingdom)
Dodd, Diane (2010) City led international cultural co-operation: applying a service-learning model for the training of cultural administrators and cultural operators. , Girona, University of Girona,
Dragojevic, Sanjin, Diane Dodd, Biserka Cvjeticanin and Cas Smithuijsen (Eds.) (2005) eCulture: The European Perspective; Cultural Policy, Creative Industries and Information Lag, Zagreb, Culturelink, ISSN/ISBN:953-6096-36-6
Bodo, Carla, Christopher Gordon, Dorota Ilczuk, Diane Dodd (Ed.) (2004) Gambling on Culture: state lotteries as a source of funding for Culture - the arts and heritage, Amsterdam, Boekmanstudies, ISSN/ISBN:90-6650-078-6
Dodd, Diane (2009) 'Diversity in the cultural life of European cities', IN: Cultural Policy and Management Yearbook 2009 pp.157-165, ISSN/ISBN:978-90-6650-095-2
Dodd, Diane (1999) 'Barcelona, the making of a Cultural City', IN: Planning Cultural Tourism in Europe: A presentation of case studies and theories 53 -64, ISSN/ISBN:90-6650-060-3
Dodd, Diane (1996) 'Factus a database of European urban and regional cultural policies', IN: Cultural Research In Europe 199, ISSN/ISBN:90-6650-049-2
Dodd, Diane (1996) 'Observatorio Interarts', IN: Informazioni Commenti Inchieste Sui Beni Culturali Anno 4 N. 1 53, ISSN/ISBN:4677 - 31 10 1978
Dodd, Diane (1996) 'EMPORION: European observatory of employment in cultural heritage', IN: European Union: Regional Policy and Cohesion Article 10 ERDF 32, ISSN/ISBN:COM (96) / 512, 20 nov 1996
Dodd, Diane (1995) 'FACTUS Observando las Políticas Culturales en cuidades y regiones', IN: KARIS Issue 0 14, ISSN/ISBN:155-28080
Dodd, Diane (1/2008) Historic academic campus: developing cultural innovation based on architectural heritage, , University of Girona
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