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Birgit Mandel

is professor for cultural management and head of the master program Arts Mediation and Cultural Management at the University of Hildesheim. She is founding member and former president of the Association of Cultural Management at universities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (Fachverband für Kulturmanagement) and Vice president of the German society for cultural policy.

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Research

Work Routines of Arts/ Cultural Managers in International Contexts 2017-05-23

This article presents the results of a research on the opinions of arts/ cultural managers around the world regarding their profession, working conditions, current challenges, required competencies, and training opportunities. Is cultural management getting harmonized due to cultural globalization? Or are concepts and practices of cultural management more influenced by the specific national or regional conditions?

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Report AAAE conference 2015

Engaging Effectively with Broad Segments of the Population 2015-06-09

The German arts management professor Birgit Mandel visited two arts management programs in the USA and attended the main conference of AAAE, the Association for Arts Administration Educators at Universities and Colleges, that took place April 16-18, 2015 in Portland. There, she realized several aspects of managing arts that contradict the European presumption of the arts sector in the US.

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