Professor of Humanities and Cultural Management at the Warsaw School of Social Psychology. Currently, she is President of CIRCLE and the Pro Cultura Foundation, which acts according to the Research + Development formula. She is an author of over one hundred publications, studies and articles.
Primary role
Academic, Policy analyst, Researcher
Interests
Cultural cooperation, Financing the arts and culture, Cultural and creative industries, Social inclusion and civil society, Comparative cultural policy
President of the Pro Cultura Foundation, President of CIRCLE, Professor at the Warsaw School of Social Psychology
Resident
Poland
Professor of Humanities and Cultural Management at the Warsaw School of Social Psychology. Currently, she is running the Pro Cultura Foundation, which acts according to the Research + Development formula.
She is the author of over one hundred publications, studies and articles, (in Polish and in English) which centre upon culture, economy, cultural industries, civil society, and the non-profit sector. Most recently she published, in English, her study on civil society in Europe entitled Cultural citizenship: civil society and cultural policy in Europe (Amsterdam, 2001). Her recent publication in Polish is: Organisation and financing of culture in market economy (co-author W.Misi#g; Warsaw, 2003) and Gambling on Culture (co-edited by C.Bodo; Ch.Gordon;D.Ilczuk; Amsterdam 2004).
She led many research projects commissioned by the Ministry of Culture and Art and the Polish Scientific Committee (KBN). Among others: Cultural Industries in Poland, 1999; System of organisation and financing of culture in Poland , 2002; Changes in Public Cultural Institutions in Poland after 1989, 1997/1998; Cultural Strategies for Warsaw, 1999 - 2001; Congress of Polish Culture 2000. She was the organiser and moderator of Forum Cultural Policy in the Self-Governing Society.
She has a great deal of experience in the international sector, both as a researcher and a lecturer in the field of culture economics. She also worked as a Council of Europe expert and consultant for: The Program of Evaluation Cultural Policies in Europe (1995); The Latvian Report (1997); Privatisation and Désétatisation: National cultural institutions in Transition (1998/1999); Mosaic project for Romania and Bulgaria (2001). In addition, in 1998 she was the Project Manager for project No. 1011/1/97 The Modern Cultural Policies in Europe granted by the Office of European Integration Committee. Since 2001 she has been the author of annually updated Polish profile in CoE and ERICarts Compendium project: Cultural Policies and Trends in Europe (www.culturalpolicies.net). In 2003 she took part in the Interarts/EFAH study on Cultural co-operation in Europe (report on Books and Reading sector) commissioned by EU. Currently she is a head of the international project: Metropolis of Europe - URBAN CULTURAL LIFE AND INTER-CITY CULTURAL INTERACTIONS - FOR 'CULTURAL DIVERSITY' IN EUROPE financed by European Commission.
Dorota Ilczuk has been the President of Circle since 2001 and a board member of ERICarts since 2003. She is also a board member of numerous Polish associations and foundations, i.e. The Union of Polish Theatres. She is actively involved in the Culture and Business Group associated with Polish Federation of Private Employers.
2001 - date President of CIRCLE (Cultural Information and Research Centres Liaison in Europe) - -
1999 - 2006 Assistant Professor at the Jagiellonian University at the Institute of Public Affairs of the Department of Management and Social Communication - (Poland) -
2004 - 2006 Founder and President of the Pro Cultura Foundation - (Poland) -
1980 - 2001 Assistant Professor – Head of the Cultural Economics Department at the Culture Institute in Warsaw - (Poland) -
1997 - 1998 advisor of the Head of the State Centre of Strategic Studies - -
2005 Professor of Humanities and Cultural Management - Jagiellonian University (Poland)
2003 The President’s of the Polish Republic Golden Cross of Merit - (Poland)
2002 Prize for the publication: “Cultural Citizenship. Civil Society and Cultural Policy in Europe”, (Council of Europe/Boekmanstichting)” Amsterdam 2001 - Ministry of National Education and Sport (Poland)
2002 Prize of the Rector of the Jagiellonian University for the work and achievements as a whole - (Poland)
1996 - Johns Hopkins University (United States)
1995 Doctor of Economy - University of Łódź (Poland)
1990 European Diploma of Cultural Manager - European Diploma of Cultural Management organised under the auspices of the European Community and UNESCO.
1979 MA degree - Warsaw School of Economics, Department of Economy and Social Studies (Poland)
Dorota Ilczuk (co-editor and report author), Yudhishthir Raj Isar (co-editor) (2006) “Metropolises of Europe. Diversity in Urban Cultural Life”, Warsaw, Pro Cultura,
Dorota Ilczuk, Wojciech Misiąg (2003) "Finansowanie i organizacja kultury w gospodarce rynkowej", Warsaw, IbnGR,
Dorota Ilczuk (2002) "Polityka kulturalna w społeczeństwie obywatelskim", Cracow, Jagiellonian University Publishing House,
Dorota Ilczuk (2001) "Cultural Citizenship. Civil Society and Cultural Policy in Europe", Amsterdam, Boekman Studies,
Dorota Ilczuk (1995) „Sektor nonprofit w kulturze. Analiza instytucjonalno-finansowa fundacji i stowarzyszeń”, Warsaw, Instytut Kultury,
Dorota Ilczuk, Andrzej Siciński, Jan S. Wojciechowski (2006) ' „Polityka kulturalna państwa (projekt)”', IN: Kultura Współczesna nr 2-3/1999 ,
Dorota Ilczuk (2006) ' „Supply and Demand in the Polish Culture Industries”', IN: Trends in the Culture Industries in Europe, Dusseldorf, 2000 ,
Dorota Ilczuk (2006) '„Ile państwa w kulturze? Kultura w dyskusjach wokół trzeciej drogi”', IN: Kultura Współczesna nr 1-2/ 2002 ,
Dorota Ilczuk (2006) 'Konsultacje dotyczące projektu Strategii Średnioterminowej UNESCO na lata 2008-2013. Commissioned by the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.', IN: ,
Dorota Ilczuk (2004) 'The background paper for the reform of organising and financing culture in Poland. Commissioned by the Warsaw City Council.', IN: ,
Dorota Ilczuk (2003) '“Zmiany w organizacji i finansowaniu narodowych instytucji kultury w Europie. Prywatyzacja i de-etatyzacja”', IN: Teatry w Europie. ,
Dorotaq Ilczuk (2003) ' “The Books and Reading Sector”', IN: Report on the State of Cultural Cooperation in Europe by EFAH i INTERART for the European Commission Directorate-General for Education and Culture ,
Dorota Ilczuk (2002) '„Czy w Polsce są potrzebne instytucje typu QUANGO działające w obszarze kultury?”', IN: in ed. by: Emil Orzechowski: Kultura – Gospodarka – Media. ,
Dorota Ilczuk (2001) '„Poland” Cultural Policies in Europe: A Compendium of Basic Facts and Trends”, ERICarts & Council of Europe', IN: Cultural Policies in Europe: A Compendium of Basic Facts and Trends”, ERICarts & Council of Europe ,
Dorota Ilczuk, Robert Górski (2000) ' "Finansowanie kultury w Warszawie". in: Kultura w Warszawie. Ekspertyzy".', IN: Kultura w Warszawie. Ekspertyzy". Publication of the Warsaw City Authorities. ,
Dorota Ilczuk, Anna Wieczorek (2000) '"Przemysły kultury w Warszawie" Kultura w Warszawie. Ekspertyzy". Publication of the Warsaw City Authorities. Warsaw, 2000.', IN: Kultura w Warszawie. Ekspertyzy". Publication of the Warsaw City Authorities. ,
Dorota Ilczuk, Anna Wieczorek (1999) ' „Ekonomika kultury”', IN: Book ed. by Teresa Kostyrko, Marcin Czerwiński „Kultura polska w dekadzie przemian” ,
Dorota Ilczuk (1999) '„Prywatyzacja w kulturze inaczej: możliwości jej rozwoju w ramach trzeciego sektora”', IN: Book ed. by Teresa Kostyrko, Marcin Czerwiński „Kultura polska w dekadzie przemian” ,
Dorota Ilczuk, Anna Wieczorek (1999) ' "Finansowanie Kultury w III Rzeczypospolitej"', IN: book ed. by Janusz Kostecki "Z dziejów mecenatu kulturalnego w Polsce". ,
Dorota Ilczuk (1998) ' „Cultural Policy in Latvia”', IN: Report of a European panel of examiners. Council of Europe Publishing ,
Dorota Ilczuk (1998) ' „Kultura dla wszystkich i dla każdego”', IN: in: Sfera społeczna w Polsce. Przesłanki rozwoju. Rządowe Centrum Studiów Strategicznych ,
Dorota Ilczuk (1998) '„Private Action for the Public Good”', IN: ARSIS nr 1/1998 ,
Dorota Ilczuk (1/2006) Konsultacje dotyczące projektu Strategii Średnioterminowej UNESCO na lata 2008-2013., , the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
Dorota Ilczuk (1/2006) Diverse European Cultural diversity., , the Council of Europe
Dorota Ilczuk (1/2006) Artists mobility in Poland, , ERICArts
Dorota Ilczuk, Katarzyna Badźmirowska-Masłowska (1/2006) Towards a regional role of the Pro Helvetia Polish branch office in 2006-2009., , Pro Helvetia Foundation, Switzerland.
Dorota Ilczuk (6/2005) The concept of the project ‘System of Regional Information’, , Main Library of the Mazowieckie Vivodship
Dorota Ilczuk (6/2004) The background paper for the reform of organising and financing culture in Poland., , Warsaw City Council
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