9th ENCATC Policy Debate

Annick Schramme is Full Professor at the University of Antwerp, where she directs the master’s program in Cultural Management and the Competence Center Management, Culture & Policy in the Faculty of Applied Economics. She is also Academic Director of the Competence Center Creative Industries at the Antwerp Management School. Since 2018, she has led the Leadership in Culture program, a joint initiative between the Antwerp Management School and Utrecht University. In 2024, she was appointed UNESCO Chair in Cultural Entrepreneurship and Policy.
Her research and publications address arts and cultural policy in Flanders, cultural governance, international cultural policy, leadership, cultural entrepreneurship, and public–private partnerships in the heritage sector. She has played an active role in advising cultural policy, serving as expert to the Vice-Mayor for Culture and Tourism of Antwerp (2004–2013), chairing the Strategic Advisory Council on Culture, Youth, Sports and Media (SARC) of the Flemish Government since 2020, and coordinating the working group that developed the Culture Good Governance Code in Flanders.