Cultural Policy Research Award (CPRA) 2009

Winner of  the CPR Award 2009 announced on 22 October at ENCATC Annual Conference in Barcelona

The Cultural Policy Research Award (CPRA) was launched in 2004. It is a joint initiative of the European Cultural Foundation and Riksbankens Jubileumsfond in partnership with ENCATC.

The CPRA represents an award  and at the same time a grant of 10.000 euro. It  is open to young academics, researchers and policymakers aged 35 or under from all European countries.

Designed to stimulate academic and applied cultural policy research and to explore, through comparative cross-national research, issues at stake in contemporary Europe, and possibly anticipate new cultural policy orientations, the CPRA has also the ambition to contribute to the process of creating a a network of scholars competent in carrying comparative research in cultural policy.

Issues covered so far range from the raison d'être of a European cultural policy, creative industries in South-East Europe, comparison of trends in funding, governance and organizational structure of live classical music organizations, and issues of diversity and the commodification of culture in the cultural industries (focus on architecture, fashion and music).

Read our press releases: 10.09.2009 - 15.10.2009 - 24.10.2009 and the event reader.

A full report on the CPR Award ceremony, including photographs and video footage, will be available shortly.